Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-13
PAYNE Bill TARIFF FIG
URESl0WERED BY SENATE,
Committee Amendment to House Bill Explained b
A|drich.-- Lumber Schedule Unchanged, Except
Hard Woods Are Put on the Free List. j.

further substitution Of specific for adj
valorem rates in other paragraphs Of
| the bill $50
| Raw fax has been restored by the
Senate committee to the dutiahle lat
otherwise the schedule remains sub
stantially as it came from the House..
The Senate committee has rAttored
the rates in the wool schedule to the
| rates of the present law.
| in silks the Senate COMMITTEES has
| adopted a new schedule replacing adj
| vtlorem with specific rates In ell cases!
| where 1t was possible to do so, showing
slight average reduction from the
prevalent ad valorem.
The Senate committee has not yet
decided what rates it will recommend
in regard to wood pulp and the arti-I
cles dependent upon 1t. They have. also:
left open for further action tho guess
ton OF the duties on coal and hides.
1t would be impossible in a brief
statement to review all the articles un-s
der the heading Of sundries. Tho
changes from the House bill in the
, mcin are Of such minor Importance assI
not IL require detailed statement. IT.
NAV be well. however, to call atten-si
ton 20 the fact that the Senate com-A
mittee has made reductions Of IL peri
cent. on an average In the specific du-s.
ties on hats and bonnets, which thesI
House had raised in some instancesg.
above the Dingley rates. The SenateE
committee has also struck out the
House paragraph in regard to G1bvess;
and has restored the rates In the ex- 4
listing law.
The Senate committee has also added I
to the sundries of the dutiable list L
foreign built yachts owned by Amer \
lean citizens, which Seemed to the
committee luxury which might fairly 4
poy q duty or Sc per cent.
The. free list as reported by the Sem \
ate committee, in the main, remains ass
it 20 in the existing law. A few items 4
have been nut on the dutiable list and
others have been taken from the duti~t
able list and placed upon the free list. 4
There is one change, however. In the 4
fee list which is of'great general In II
terest and that Is the provision in re- II
gard to free art The House very wise. II
ly made paintings and sculptures
more than 20 years old. free and the !!
Senate committee has added to these Il
works of art generally, including artis- /
tic antiquities more than 100 years II
old
The Senate committee has taken no
action as yet upon the maximum and 4
minimum provisions, or the administra-
tive sections of the bill. They propose &
to report their amendments to those II
most important features Of the act at II
later date. They have adopted thts "
course because it seemed to the Senate H
committee Of the highest Importance to h
secure immediate action upon the tariff
and they felt confident that tinic could X
be saved by reporting the section Inn Il
posing duties first and the maximum II
and minimum and administrative fea- II
lures later. KS
The metal. agricultural, glova and I,
hosiery schedules OF the Payne starift y
bill are the most important proyisiona 4
Of the measure which are Affected by Il
the changes made by the Senate finance
committee which today made public tho 4
amendments upon which It has reached
q decisiaT. ~ = ~ u
Senator Aldrich reported the Bill a.
amended to the Senate when Il met at !!
II O'Clock. Leaving the question Of i
free hides and free coal In an unset. 4
tied state, the committee has made H
many changes IN the free list, moSt Of j
which restore to the nom dutiabie list I
the. articles upon which the Hours 4
committee placed duty. On the other 3
hand several articles, OF which iron I:
ore is the most important. have been I
restored to the dutiable list.
The paragraph covering automobiles /
has been made to include tires, axlee 1
and ball bearings and they ara made 4
subject to the duty of As per cent. ad 4
valorem. Reductions have been made \
in the rates on anvils, blacksiniths' /
hammers and sladSes. BOLTS. castings
and malleable iron, swords and side
arms cut nails. cut spikes, nuts and
washers and horse shoes. a,,sssq,
The increases In the iron and. steel I
schedule are on lap welded and Ger.
tain iron or steel tubes. cutlery, sew.
ing machines, engraved steel plate, !
wood screws made Of iron or steal o.
umbrella ribs.
Tie Dingley rates on women'S and |
children's gloves. which were material. |
ly increased by the House, have been
restored. Fur lined gloves ara provided |
with duty that is $3.50 lower than the
original rates In the Payne bill while
practically no changes are made IN the
hide or leather schedules, compound
rates are provided for patent leather
and channels skins are specifically mSn-l
toned with q duty Of 20 per cent. Cd
valorem. i 9gs. 90 60
The provision Of the Payne blilsper.l
hitting the free entry Of agftollturAl
implements under certain conditions
has been stricken out but various In
creases have been made In the dt4siosI
coming under the agricultural ssclle n
ules. On harley and barley malt bore1]
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