Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-10-06

The duty was raised.
To put the matter In another form
ths minimum duties we're as follows;
Dingiey Law. Payne Law.
Per cent Per cent.
First grade hose. /. .65 50
Second grade hose. .55 II 7-10
Third grade hose so 60
It viii be noticed that under both
laws the cheaper the hose the higher
the per cent of tax.
Another increase OF direct interest
10 every woman OF the United States
Is that on artificial flowers and orna-
mental feathers. This tax was in
creased from SO per ceut under the
Dingley law to GO per under the Payne
law. As the importations of this class
Of merchandise aggregated for the
year above mentioned about s6,000.000
1t will be cen that 10 per cen In
crease e IN aggregate additional
tax of 100000. besides the increase
the home manufacturers are enabled
TO exact.
And still another increase OF direct
interest 10 the women is that OF all
kinds Of millinery ornaments, hat
pins, belt buckles, hat ornaments,
breaches and all articles OF like char
aeter worn on, about or attached to
the person. Under the Dingley law
the duty ranged from As to GO per
cent, principally 45, while under the
pavna law tho dufv has hoen In
creased to IS per cent SO that on the
bulk OF importations OF this character
the increase has e e 40 per cent on
the value, or IS per cent oVer the old
rate.
The minimum rate on silk goods
was reduced from so per cent under
the old law to 10 per cent under the
new, but again provision was made to
catch the poorer classes, for a e
paragraph makes artificial silk duti-
able at 60 per cent and 10 cents a
pound in addition.
nde the old law all leather novel
Ties, hand bags, belts n manufac-
lures OF leather In general we're taxed
20 per cent The new law increases
the tax to 40 per cent
Straw mating. the poor mans floor
covering, was lifted, too. The old law
levied a tax OF three cents a yard on
all mating costing d ten cents a
yard, and seven cents a yard and 70
per cent on mating costing over ten
cents a yard. The new law makes all
mating dutiabie at three and one-half
cents a yard. regardless OF cost, thus
increasing the tax one-nalf cent a
yard on the cheaper mating and low
ering II ON the higher priced.
or cotton cloth. dress goods, etc.
more than s~l0.oOO.OOO was Imported
In the year ending June 80, 1903. and
q conservative estimate on this class
Of merchandise would be an Increase
OF fiye per cent, making more than a
haI a million dollars ADDITIONAL dt
ties, II the same quantities are i'm
ported under the new law. This is a
small burden compared to that which
Will be exacfed by our home manufac.
turers increasing the price OF their
products in h same proportion on
the millions OF dollars worth made
In this country. The duty under the
old law averaged e Al per cent
The tariff on wooden goods was not
changed in the new law, probably for
the reason that 1t was o~utrageusly
high OF a total importation for the
year mentioned Of $4,777,00O worth of
WOODEN or worsted cloths, the duty
ran from 20 TO 1873 per cent, and av-
erage sc per cent OF the value. On
E,000.0OO OF women's and children's
dress goods. the duty averaged
JOB 74-l00 OF the value; on $1,463,OOO
worth OF wool wearing apparel the
duty averaged over So per cent; on
hannels. 104A per cent; on knit fab
ries, lOl% per cent
Senator Aldrich said the wool SEIZED
ule was the keystone Of The protective
arch and should not be touched.
And as usual the burden is pus upon
The one least able to pay. A proYi-
sion in the wool schedule makes every
class Of merchandise or article Of any
wool at all, no matter how small a per-
centage, dutiable under the wool
schedule, which is In every case a
compound duty. ranging from 80 cents
a pound and SO per cent to "A cents a
pound and co per cent. 1t even catches
rubber boots lined with felt, or furni.
ture unhnlstnred with cloth contain.