The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-11-18
EXPECTED
IN DEMOCRATIC TARIFF
Federal Experts Declare Duties on Revenue Only Basis
Will Necessarily Be High In Order to Avoid
a Deficit In Income

Tariff for revenue only. a slogan OF
many Democrats does not appear to
be terrifying. or to imperiI American
Industries, In the opinion OF members
/ Of the tariff board who have been look
ing into the general question of tariff
revision since the recent Congressional
! elections.
/ It was pointed out today by a mem
l Der Of the board that in writing a oil
I on IT, basis of a tariff for revenue a
Democratic House would be confront
ed with the problem Of raising so much
[ money for the ordinary needs Of the
| Government that protection 70 practi-
calIy every American industry is Ger
tain 10 result, with few exceptions.
1t IS the general expectation that the
wool schedule viii be one Of the first
attacked by n Democratic House. and
/ that raw wool viii be put on the free
list The report of the Secretary Of
the Treasury for the fiscal year 1907
shows that the duties collected on raw
wool for that year amounted to
Slb,0V1.OeO- II Congress should put wool
on the free list It would have to find
some other source Of revenue 10 com
Densate for the loss Of approximately
that amount OF money. in the opinion
"a AAlS4tlbe4S OF LAt Larlu BOARD
Another schedule which seems de-
tined TO be overhauIed at tI.s -a-liest
possible moment is the sugar schedule.
the greatest revenue producer IN the
tariff law IN 1e@7 the Government col
lected about S59.000.O0O in duties on
sugar From the manufacture Of cot
ton in the same year S39.o5s DO was
c0uected- iron and steel duties netfed
SPout slz,uc,t-J; silk duties produced
S-o.getV0; tobacco SIS. 00.009, and wines,
malts- etc, Sl6,000, 900.
Three Problems
All Of these schedules. It is pointed
out. viii be objects Of attack AZ the
hands OF the Democrats II Is suggest
ed however. that in order 10 raise q
sufficient amount Of money to run the
Government the Democrats would be
confronted with three problems. First
TeadJustment Of existing law with a
view 10 eliminating ''jOkers'' and other
objectionable features about which the
country mas been protesting second an
increase in the internal revenue taxa
uon IN the event that the tariff law
laliS 70 FalSe sufficient amount OF
MONEY and third, q deficiency
Tariff experts in the Treasury TeDsr+
nent y no are daily engaged in assem-
ping Information on which CONGRESS
can base It's next revision Of the tariff
heaviest burden OF taxation viii have
70 De placed on articles Of luxury IN order
20 compensate for the reduction n
schedules which include necessities
II also IS pointed out BY these exnerfs
mat II may be found necessary 10 place
a purely revenue tariff on articles which
now come INTO this country free Of duty
Tea and cCf1ee are mentioned as Illus
trEtlons In this connection The mere
suggestion during the last revision of
the taT1m that tea and coffee might be
placed on the dutiable Inst brouEht
forth protests from all parts Of TAO
country, and yet even a most nominal
duty on these articles would produce an
immense amount Of revenue
among the Injuries liable 20 heavily
increased taxation are precious stones.
Under the PaynC-AIdrich law precious
stones are taxed but 20 per cent while
jewelry bears a duty Of 80 per cent The
theory or which this discrimination was
made was that TO bring the precious
stones 70 this country unset AT an eZ-
tremely low duty would. encourage the
American 5ewelry industry the so ue~
cent duty on jewelry giving the Ameri- /