The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-12
ALDRICH PRESENTS AMENDED
PAYNE TARIFF BILL TO
THE SENATE
Makes Summary General Character of Changes Proposed by Senate
Finance Committee of Bill Passed by Foue-n the Main,
Tariff Rates Are Lowered, and Many Articles in Com
mon Use Are Restored to Free List

Washington. April 12.-The senat
committee on finance. with all men
bcr5 present, met at 10 o'clock today
and Chairman Aldrlch presented tn
tariff bill as amended by the majorlt
of the committee. Many of the revt
me producing features will be report
ed subsequently as they are inter
twined with administrative feature
of the measure which will be adopte,
later. Senator Aldrich, when request
ed TO make a brief summary of tn,
general character of the changes pro
posed by the senate finance committee
Of the house tariff bill, furnished tn,
following statement:
In the main. the rates in the tariff
bill as reported from the senate fin
ance committee, are lower than those
In the bill as II passed the house, the
actual number of reductions beinl
about three times the number OF In
creases. Such increases. as have
been made. have been largely render
ed necessary to preserve the sym
metry OF the schedules. A consider
able number Of articles in common use
have been taken from the dutiable list
OF the house bill and restored to the
reported are below those of the ex
listing law.
in schedule A, (the chemical schcd
ulc), the principal changes are in the
nature Of reductions below the house
bill, One important change is In put
tlng distilled and expressed oils on
the free list
in schedule p. (earth and eartheu-
ware). the rates are largely the same.
In the house bill, by a change
In phraseology from existing law. the
duties on common earthenware IN two
colors arc raised from % to so per
cent, The committee has reduced
them to the rates Of the existing law.
In glass and glassware. the rates re-
main the same as in the house bill,
The senate committee restored iron
ore 10 the dutlable list, at Csc per ton
"a reduction of fifteen cents ton in
this schedule throughout
Nearly all these reductions have
heen retained by the senate commit.
tee. In addition to those made by
the house, the senate committee have
made quite a large number Of other
reductions.
The senate committee has retained
the house rate on lead ore of | 1-2c
per pound. but it has been obliged TO
raise the rate on lead products
throughout the bill 10 correspond with
this duty on lead ore
Schedule ID. (wood and manufac-
tures of wood) The senate has talk.
Ell the house rate Of 81 thousand on
rough lumber. a reduction OF dollar
from the Dingley law. and has retain
ed the house rates on manufactures
of wood. nearly all showing reductions
from the Dingley rates. The only i'm.
portant changes In the schedule made
by the senate committee was the res
toration Of imported hard woods to
the free list The senate left the
sugar schedule as II came from the
house. but reduced the rate on sugar
In the biscuits and waters from so TO
20 per cent.
The tobacco schedule remains, un-
changed
The agricultural schedule, including
meat products, remains practically un-
changed from existing law, but where
reductions were made by the house,
the septe committee has restored the
Dingley rates, in response To the de-
mands Of farmers throughout the coun-
Try and OF the representatives of the
great agricultural interests.
Fish remain as the schedule came
from the house.
The house has returned cocoa TO the
free list, believing that an article of
such general consumption, both as 4
beverage and in all forms Of choco-
late, should no more be made dutiable
than tea OF coffee. The committee
felt that, II 1t was necessary to IN.
crcXe revenue II could be done bet
ter on luxuries than on the everyday
necessities Of life. and have pursued
this policy in the construction OF this
bill. The senate committee applied
the same principle and has restored
spices to the free list, where they
have always been Again, on the same
principle, the senate committee has
increased the rates on spirits and
wines fifteen per cent throughout
which. it is estimated. will yield an
additional revenue OF $4,000 900. most
Of which comes from the increased
duties on champagne
in the cotton schedule, there has
been an extension Of the specific rates
10 cover a class OF fancy goods and
novelties. which are covered i'm the
existing law by ad valorem rates.
The resulting ad valorem rates have
not been increased
The average rates in the cotton
schedule. other than the rates on fan
cies and novelties. remain the same
There is one exception to this state
ment. and that IS the reduction from
the house bill on fashioned hosiery
where the committee has recommend
cd the restoration Of the rates of the
existing law. The committee contcm
plates a still further substitution OF
specific for ad valorem rates in other
paragraphs of the bill
Raw flax las been restored by the
senate committee TO the dutiable list
otherwise the schedule remains sub
stantially as il comes from the liouge
The senate committee has restore,