New-York tribune., 1909-07-31

wines aho liquors 462 0O1 S56
Silks io6 742e4s
Total .;57es5o a22
This leaves balance Of increases not on articles
OF luxury, OF s272. .662 2o3.
Mr.. Payne gave assurance that ain preparing this
table the experts had used all OF the available in
formation from the office and other
But all OF those" he said ARE not sufficient pre-
sent the total consumption OF either class OF ar
ticles II the total amount Of consumption
available. the contrast between the amount of goods
on which duties were lowered and those increased
would be still more striking"
CHEMICALS SCHEDULE.
Taking up the schedules in their order he first
gave the increases and then the decreases. The
figures in all cases are comparisons with the Ding
ley Jaw. In schedule A. relating to chemicals, he
gave the increases follows
Liquid anhydrous ammonia from 25 per cent
Manufactures Of coIlodidn, increased per cent
Cocoa leaves. increased increased ; Ger cents % pound ,o,,ro
Fancy soaps. Increased from ID cents pouno
TO 50 per cent ad valorem.
The list Of decreases in this schedule much
longer, the principal items being as follows;
Boracic acid, from to cents a pound,
Chronic acid and Tactic acid from to cents
sslicyiic acid from 10 to cents pound.
Tannic acid. or tannin from 30 to c5 cents
suiphate OF ammonia. from $40 cent pound
Borax. from TO 2 cents a pound.
Borate OF lime and other borate material from
Chloroform. from % TO 10 cents a pound Lo,,,,
fSRRSG4s fod6for rom rom s 70 S5" . c. cents pound
Licorice from AZ 10 2l1 cents pound.
Ccttonseed oil and croton oil. from the dutiable
Fiaxseed linseed and poppy-seed OIL from % to
Peppermint oil, from 50 to Is cents a gallon
Ochre and ochery earths sienna and sienna
IN oil or water. from IL to 10 cent pound.
varnshes. from IS per cent TO 25 per cent ad
Methyiated and spirit varnishes from 81 81
gallon and S5 per cent ad valorem 70 35 cents a
White lead acetate OF lead and number Of
other lead products from one-fourth 70 one-eighth
- BicLron9te and chronate Of potash. from three
70 two and one-fourth cents pound
Chlorate Of potash. from two and one-hah 10
Crystal carbonate Of soda from three -tenths TO
OF one cent Ropfnd , Saorao o,,0 0t soda
Hydrate OF or caustic soda from three -fourths
70 one-haf Of one sent round nitrate ord of soda
Sulphae Of soda. or salt cake, or nitre cake. from
strychnia or strychnine from thirty TO fifteen
Sulpnur. refined sublimed, or flowers OF, from
ONLY ONE INCREASE.
In earthenware and glassware there IS only one
Increase according 20 Mr.. Psyne's figures. This
IS slight and is made on the smaller sizes Of plate
glass. The decreases IN this schedule include
F!rebris& slazed enamefIlsd etc from IS per
hrehrtck. glazed. from IS per cent 10 s. per cent
plaster rock or gypsum. crude. from nifty 10
thirty cents ton; II ground or calcined. from
Unpollshed. cylinder crown and common window
glass, smaller glass and cheaper values. reduced
onyx in block. from 81 so per cubic foot to IS
Ma rble wed or dressed. over two inches IN
thickness. from 81 10 10 81 cubic foot with other
other stone
There is a general reduction in mica to so per
cent ad valorem. There before mixed specific
and ad vaorem system.
Structural steel. fitted for use falls in the basket
clause at 45 per cent ad valorem-
There is also an increase on raZors. and on NIP
pers and pliers.
Iithographic plates increased from 25 TO so
per ad vn!orem.
Chrome metal. ferrosilioon. tungsten and other
metals used in the manufacture OF steels are
made dutiable at not more than 10 per cent ad a
loren. Tungsten Is made dutiabe at 10 per
cent
The duty on watches readjusted remaining
at about the sa me as the Dingley law.
A duty pound was put the zinc
In the orc where II contains more than 90 per cent
of zinc. On zinc with less than 20 per cent there
is lower rate OF duty. Zinc now has duty of 20
per cent.
There was an added duty Of one-hah Of one cent
a pound on plain bottle caps. and on decorated bot
tie cnps the duty was increased from As to SIS per
cent
REDUCTIONS IN METAL SCHEDULE.
The reductions in the metal schedule
numerous and generally more marked than in most
Of the others. Heading the list is iron ore which
was decreased from 40 to Is cents ton. Pig iron.
iron kentedse and spiegeeisen were lowered from
81 to 81 so a ton. Scrap iron and steel from 81 20
81 a ton.
Reductions were made on bar iron. round iron.
slabs and blooms structural steel not fabricated
anchors iron and steel forgings. hoop, band or
scroll iron or steel. steel bands or strips.
The reduction on cotton ties is from fve-tenths
TO three-tenths Of cent pound. and railway
bars and steel rails from seven-twentieths OF
cent a pound to seven-fortieths- Iron or steel
sheets were also reduced and the duty on charcoal
iron is made Sc ton instead of s12.
Other reductions In the metal schedule affect
polshed sheets rolled sheets of iron steel copper
or nickel; steel ingots. coSged ingots, blooms and
slabs: round iron steel wire. steel bars rods
cold rolled cold drawn or cold hammered or pol
ished. anviIs axles, backsmiths hammers and
sledges track tools. wedges and crowbars; bolts
cast iron pipes cast hooWware. chains. lap
welded or Jonted iron steel boiler tubes. cut
nails and spikes horseshoe nails wire nails spikes
nuts and washers cut tacks. steel plates engraved
rivets crosscut mill saws circular saws. pit
and drag SAWS steel bandsaws and all other saws,
screws. wheels for railway purposes aluminium
monazite sand and thorite
Tin plates reduced from IA TO 21O cents pound
DutIes on table and carving knives reduced
and the minimum limit Of the rates on these
knives is made 40 cent ad valorem. instead OF
A Material reductions are made in the rates on
files and the duty cash registers. jute manu-
featuring machinery, typesetting machines. ma
chine tools printing presses sewing machines
tvpewriters and all steam engines is reduced to
60 per cent ad valorem from the existing rate OF
is per cent.
r-rtu January / 1912 embroidery and certain lace
making machines and machines used for the manu-
facture OF linen cloth and tar and oil spreading
machines used in the construction OF roads are 10
be admitted free