Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-08-04

brick importations were valued att
S41,SOO. Less than $4,000 worth of
plaster rock came into this country
The value of the filter tube imports
was $4,000. The importations of
common window glass aggregated
about $27o,ooo. Seventy thousand dol
lars worth OF onyx in block passed
through the Dingley wall
The marble that was admitted foi
the most part was of kinds not found
in this country. Mosaic cubes valued
at less than $4,000 were received
The granite and freestone impor
tations were valued at about Sl25,-
900. The mica importations amount
ed to $4,000.
Domestic Articles Control,
There probably will be some in.
creases in these importations at the
lower duty, but for the most part the
domestic articles have control of the
market and the producers affected
have no fear that their reductions
will be affected by the reductions.
l What are particularly interesting tic
the housewife are the china, glass.
and glassware paragraphs. The rates
with regard to the articles therein
are practically not affected, although
changes have been made in classified
tons which vii require new court in
terpretations and may prove import.
ant.
The lumber reductions have
brought no joy to the lumber men.
Rough lumber is reduced from 50 Il
thousand feet to SIPS. and there are
substantial reductions in the finish
ed product. The only increases are
i'll shingles, which are advanced from
so cents to 80 cents thousand, and
hriar root or brar wood, used princi-
pally for the manufacture of pipes,
are made dutiable at Is per cent. ad
valorem. The farmers of the middle
west will not benefit from the new
lumber rates.
Structural Steel Raised.
So far as the metal schedule is
concerned, while the conference com.
mitteo has reported numerous reduc.
tons, 1t is admitted by Representa-.
tive Payne that the duty on structur-
al steel ready for use has been in
creased.
The reductions in the metal SEIZED,
ule will lead to no large importatious
The president realizes this as well
as any one else, but it was his idea
that the duties should be brough,
down to point where in case an at.
tempt was made to advance prices
through monoplies, importations
would enter as corrective.
The schedule covering sundries re
lates to everything not covered in
other schedules, ranging from beads
to jewelry, bituminous coal to hair
In this schedule also are the boot ant
shoe and leather duties, which have
been lowered as a result of the
transfer of hides to the free list, ant
the paragraph covering rates OF
gloves worn by women and children
These are the rates which were ad
vanced by the house to an eXorbitant
figure, but restored by the senate tc
those in the existing law
Changes in the Free List.
The free list includes crude petrol
cum. The conferees removed from
this list bagging for cotton, gum.
CLOTH and similar fabrics suitable fol
covering raw cotton and reimposet
the duties. This action has made
the southern senators fighting mad.
They will hold caucus for the
purpose of deciding what course they
shall pursue with respect to the bill
Senator Bailey said that In
revenge for the application Of
cotton bagging duties he would
talk the bill to death
The senator did not mean what he
said. But there is no doubt that the
action taken by the conferees viii
be matter of serious objection in
the southern states.
Taft Approval Assured.
That President Taft will approve
the bill as reported to the two houses
there is no doubt He has said as
much to the members of congress
and others who called at the White
house. He is using his Influence to
force the bill through the house
and that body will respond to his
desire.
There has been a meeting of the
senate low tariff insurgents but il
seems probable that less than seven
of the senators belonging to this fac
ton will vote against the bill on its
final passage.