The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-06-16
eoop REvENuE IRON TARIFF
In Nine Months Imports Are
s1,205,771,11s.

Washington, June 15.-Total inn
ports under the operations OF the
Payne tariff law for the nine months
ended April 80 were valued at Sl,2O5,-
III, 11S of which 49.9 per cent we're
free The duties collected amounted
to 52,250,S14. The average ad val
orem duty on the total imports was
2091.
Comparisons are made by the Bur
eau OF Statistics with similar Stats
ties during the nine months of the
year ended April 80 in which the Nc
Kinley. the Wilson and Dingley tar
ifs were in force The total imports
were greatest under the Payne tariff
as were also the customs received.
The percentage of free imports was
exceeded in three years Of the Nc
Kmley tariff and in one year of the
Wilson tariff
With two exceptions during the
last twenty years, the average ad
valorem on the total imports under
the existing law was the lowest One
of these exceptions was during the
Mckinley and the other under the
Wilson tariff,
The Government experts announced
that the manufacturers materials in
Guiding crude and partly manufactur-
ed imports, form $3.50 per cent of the
total imports, during the nine months
under the Payne law. This class
formed 1915 per cent of the free i'm
ports and 1864 per cent Of the duti-
able imports. AS compared with the
corresponding period of 1909, the
per centage which manufacturers
materials formed Of the total imports
showed an increase Of 7.34 per cent
and as compared with the nine-year
average Immediately preceding 1910
an increase Of SIT per cent. The
value of the manufacturers materials
was announced to have been S667 ,90i
362, under the Payne bill law, as com
pared with 537,523, O66, the tota
amount of all other imports, mostly
manufactures and foOdstuffs The
amount of free manufacturers mate
rails was $44S,1Sl ,554, as compared
with $224,722,S0S dutiable The sta
| tisticians compared these amounts
with a similar classification of man
, ufacturers' materials in the CORES
ponding periods Of 1909 and an aver
age obtained from consideration o
such imports during the years 1900
90 inclusive. This comparison show
ed that there was an increase undel
the Payne law in free manufacturers
materials of 1856 per cent as compar
ed with the nine year average The
dutiabe manufacturers materials
. show an increase under the Payne
law Of posi- per cent as compared
with 1909 and 1887 as compared Will
the nine-year average.
A similar comparison was worked
| out IN regard to all imports othel
than manufacturers materials. which
footed up S53787l ,657. In this class
the free imports amounted to Sl5S.
j9l as compared with $379.523 O66 du
table Thus the free division show
ed an increase OF 1878 per cent al
compared with 1909 and an increas,
OF 503I per cent as compared will
the nine year average. The dutiabl
division showed an increase Of 1874
y per cent as compared with 1909 AM
+ 25.0l as compared with the nine yea
y average.
a Returns from "a car service as
d sociations and demurrage bureau
: show that in the period OF August
! 1909 to March 81. 1910. 23959l7
e freight cars were handled against 20
o SO2.9i2 cars in the same period o
e l90S-O9, and ly.95S. 1855 cars in the liz
+ period OF l9O7-0S.