New-York tribune., 1910-08-12

,orters urged that the duty on manulac.-
ares of india rubber be made 50 per l cen
the same a. toys Inasmuch az .sa y
graphs a0s 407, 400 and 45o all inlpose9 d
dIr.y of a5 per cent on substances VI
KINDRED nature, or those which had 10 DC
com hined with those enumerated III pei a "a
eYa,oh 449 TO avoid future litigation ana 10
accord with the wishes of the 1InpoI!ei,s
and the officers of the government, soleIS
for purposes of administration uises.
that the rate of duty should be ha1s ~
per cent, 10 correspond with that SpeclIeo
in the other paragraphs of the act. Hao
the numerous other paragraphs OF lhe asI
provided lower rate OF duty than par
graph As3 / should have recommended tl'al
the rate be changed to conform thereto.
After listening TO the reasons gave ioi
the proposed change the Finance Nol,la,e nn,,e-
mendation. and the conference committee'
before which ] had made the same state
Inerlt, did the same, both house anu w., SCI ~
ate agreeing that it would he the part o.
wisdom to avoid the continuance OF the
difficulties and disputes that had arisen pts-
tween the govsrnment ana 4, the iii1p1, rates . Of
duty between paragraph f4S t4sst ana tIIe
other para graphs mentioned. The ~isdoIh
OF his change has has ths neeh o,thngrb thtlS there
were many thousands of cases Ilsa.ea e.
under the act of 1897 for the reasons SCI
forth. under the present act there mas not
been single case
New Rate Not Excessive.
in closing his letter Senator Aidrich
says:
The committee found that If the desired
ll-iforrlitv was secured by making All the
rates - per cent. instead of 30 per cent, this
would have involved a loss Oh ,elsaeof
based upon the importations OF l"o-oL
more than half million dollars: 1heieloIe
they decided TO recommend the UNIFORM
rate of Is per cent ,,.
nat this rate was in any case excessive.
Take the case Of rubber manufacturers ioi
instance While il is true that 50 per cent
1Iss annie for protective purposes for
large class of goods, the HrucieS Nihch
were principally imported under these para,
r-aphs were of a character winch would
not be burdened-even from the STANDPOINT
trg a revenue tarif-by a duty or 90 per cent.
The principal irnporta1ions OF fuopef nlah-
uf,4ctures covered by these Various b para Para
druggists supplies, fancy articles ana nov.
cities of various kinds. The imposition OF
not be a hardship TO any one interested In
these articles. When we CONSIDER thal tne
average rate upon all articles imported into
the United States under the act Of 1909 IS
In the neighborhood Of Il per cent, certainly
q per cent could not be an excessive rate
in this case from any standpoint
EE;b reference to the effect which these
changes in rates have had on the iInporta-
+jone and revenue, there are no statistics
available that viii enable Us to measure 1t
accurately. Importations are CLASSIFIED
under the new. For instance. rubber toys
were classified manufactures of rubber
under the old and as toys unoer the new,
and this change alone accounts for re-
duction in the iTnportations of rubber man
ufact1ires under Paragraph 4s3 and a
greater increase in the importatfonS re-
turned under Paragraph 431. It is the opn-
ion Of those best qualified to judge that
there has been, and will continue to be, an
increase in the importafions OF rubber man,
uf3rtIlreS of the classes I have described
and a consequent increase in revenue.