New-York tribune., 1910-08-18
YEAR Of PAYNE TARIFF
u,l,Ie of Imports for Twelve
Months Was S1,562, ,621,1s1.
uFsRLY HALF CAME I'M FREE
Average Monthly Receipts, SGT
900 s06-Lowest Ad Valorem
Duty for Many Years.
MN The Triaune Bureaa. ]


-,---,,;rrton. Aug IA special state
n the record Of the first full wear
.sa PAYNE tariff law 1-as made pub
,,-6sy by the Bureau OF Statistics
.o-ors requests fer information on this
- have been received IN the last few
- * the tariff question j. a live poIiti-
..~s,,e n mary states. The figures cover
.n-elre months from August ! 1902, 20
= 1910 and thus include five days
me DinSley tariff. as the Payne law
=. into effect a. midnight August {.
r.~,-aI weeks ago the figures for the
-. elere- months Of the Payne law We're
..s+-e5 IN these dispatches The state
-, II tie Bureau Of Statistics * as
fslOws;
IRE total imports during the twelve
--hs were OF the value Of S1.5s2 GO. ISL
,lir7- SOS 0z72s1 or +915 per cent, en-
--.s free Of duty The importations dur
--s wear were larger than in any cor
.-,o,din- period II the history Of the
.--,,-+ r-ede. and the value OF those en-
Eng free OF duty The largest ever shown
!, s-v corresponding year. while the per
-.ea which free merchandise formed
80 total imports was larger than in any
..-ssnordinE year except 1897, the clos
= ~sar Of the Wilson tariff, when large
-rsntf-ies Of merchandise then on the free
- ws-a beng imported in anticipation Of
-As-re IN the tariff law the years 1892.
:, I'D 1Sa4 under the Mckinley tariff.
,,ar sugar was admitted free OF duty.
-s the year ended December 50. 1871
Tho customs receipts during the twelve
-,r--s August l. 1879. TO July 81, 1910.
~--e Seg- S-ss72 q larger total than II any
.---as7or5frc year except 19a- when the
ma was So sSa SO. = comparison of the
.--,o--s and customs receipts during l..e
-s-,o5 IL caest5ou shows an average ad
-.,o-r-7 rate of dutv on all imports of as
-,~ cent. and on dutiablc imports only of
r. re- cent The average ad valorem
-s-a on ali Imports Is lower than IN any
rr--asnonding period during the last twenty
-as-s except the second year Of the VII
err rg-s~. when the average was 201z per
cs-- and the closing year of the Nc
E-f-lev- tariff. when the average was 1911
7e- cent. The average ad valorem rate on
ds-fable imports is lower than in any cor
~aspondirs period Of The last twenty years
.zeer- 1Ns Ehe1 TIE avera &c was SO i
nor cent and 1885. when the average was
"a Ter I1lfL-- aL----- ears NtLIl- ElEl6E
--e wilson lsE.
. comparison Of the record OF the
Pavne law during the entire period of its
operation for which figures are available.
win rhat Z the Mckinley. Dingley and
T7lson Jaws. respectively. shows the per
c-uJsEe 0f TIE toJal imports free of duty
as follows. Cndsr the Payne law. 49.I5:
ua6er The Dinelev law. 443I: under the
wilson laW, =ss- and under the Mckinley
lsw J9+
TIE nontLIv average OF customs receipts
,lde- The respective tariffs were raayre
iaF, --.2@2 So, Ulngley law. 81. .676 0SJ; VIII
s7l lsE- s.. 5s7.s5S, and Mckinley Law. sl4.-
--,,M The average ad vaIorem rate Of
d1iE II to-al imports vas: Under the Payne
ldr 20 pc- cent. DingIey Law. % IS per
rs7ti Wilson law, -l-ee per cent. and Nc
Aalsy Law. @2I2- per cent. Average as
Tliore- rate on dutiable imports. Under
ts Payne Law, zL25 per cent: DingIey Iaw.
- PEI cent; wilson law, +e.S2 per cent.
IL znoe- The Mckinley law, $40 per cent. -