The Columbus journal., 1909-03-24
NEW TARIFF BILL IS
INTRODUCED IN HOUSE
Measure Would Increase Country.
Reuenues from Customs to $780,
600, OOOa Year---Lnheritance Tax
Planned Coffee on Free List

Washington. - The ways and
means committee of the house
has begun consideration Of the tarih
bill which was introduced Wednesday.
The measure as it now stands would
increase the country's revenues from
customs to $3O0. 600. 900 year.
The senate committee on finance
also began informal consideration OF
the measure. The probabilities are
that the house committee Will have
only one sitting ON the bill. that the
measure will be reported to the house
Immediately after 1t convenes to-day
and the debates will begin next Mon
day.
The measure, which was introduced
by Serene Payne, chairman Of the
committee, chairman of the ways
and means committee provides for an
inheritance tax: increased internal
revenue tax ON cigarettes; a O.OOO.-
| 600 issue of Panama canal bonds; an
increased issue OF $15O,O0O,O 900 In
| treasury certificates, and the imposi-
| ton of duties on a maximum and
| minimum basis. Coffee. hides and
iron ore are on the free list; boots and
shoes. leather goods, steel and iron
products, lumber. wool shoddy. and
waste, and the cheaper grades of third
class wool are materially reduced. Tea
is taxed eight cents pound. The in
ternal revenue tax on beer and whis-
ky is not disturbed. Thirty thousand
copies will be printed.
| No Duty on Coffee.
| While there is no duty imposed
upon coffee. tea is taxed eight cents
when imported from the country
where 1t is produced, and nine cents
when from other than the producing
country. The internal revenue tax
on cigarettes is materially increased,
while the tax on beer and whisky is
undisturbed. A cut of so per cent
is made in the steel and lumber SEIZED.
ules. Hides, tallow, cOttOnseed oil
and works of art more than 20 years
old are placed on the free list.
The tariff on boots and shoes is re
duced 40 per cent. and OH other leath
er manufactures in proportion. The
pottery schedule remains about the
same, but the duties on window and
plate glass of the smaller sizes are
increased. while the duties on the
larger sizes are reduced. The tariff
on wool of the first and second class
used principally in clothing. is not
disturbed, but on wool of the third
class. known as carpet wool. it is re
duced on the cheaper grades.
Duty on Agricultural Products.
Agricultural products schedule: Bar
lev. from 30 cents per bushel to Il
cents; barley malt from As cents tG
Is cents; cabbages from to cents
each; bacon and hams from cents
per pound to cents; fresh meat from
2 cents TO ~ cents per pound: lart
from 2 cents to IL cents: tallOw from
y of l cent per pound to the fret
list: wool grease from Y of 1 cent t.
u of 1 cent: dextrin. burnt starch
and SO forth from 2 cents to III cent:
per pound; peas, green, from 40 cent:
per bushel to 30 cents per bushel
all starch, except potato starch, from
IL cents to l cent per pound; sugar
refined, is reduced from 1 95I1O0 cents
to 1 90l1O0 cents per pound"
Reduction for Wool.
A five cent reduction is made II
the duties on shoddy and waste. whil'
wool tops are assessed six cents
mound more than the duty on secure,
. wool, which is unchanged. TIL
recommendations for placing wOot
; pulp on the free list and reducing tn
duties on print paper. with certain re
; stricticns. made by the Mann commit
tee of the house. are incorporated il
the bill.
The duty on refined sugar is reduce
800 of a cent a pound and on deA
, trim half q cent a pound. A redut
ton of half a cent pound Is ais
made in the duty on starch, with tn
execution of potato starch. Zinc il
I ore is assessed one cent per poun
l / for the zinc contained. The tariff o.
pig iron is reduced from 81 to SIS
per ton.
Where Increases Are Made.
The principal increases are made i
the duties on lemons, cocoa and sui
stitutes for coffee. coaltar, dye:
gloves, and coated papers and liths
graphic prints.
As was expected. the new tariff bill
made on q maximum and minimum
basis. with the provision that th
maximum rates are not to 20 into e
feet until 60 days after the passag
, of the bill. Reciprocity provision
: are contained in the paragraphs a
!. sessing duties ON bituminous coal an
. coke and agricultural implements. b
which these articles are given entr
q free of duty when imported from cou
tries which permit the free imports
e For the Discouraged.
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