The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-27
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Some of the Benefits that the 'Reci-
.procity Agreement with Canada
Ws:t Confer on the Great Mass Of
Consumers in the Cities and
Towns and Country.
In presenting the prospective ben
<efits of the reciprocal trade agree
ment between the United States and
Canada, it Is necessary to consider
that under the present tariff law
many of the duties have been who'll
ly prohibitive. The present amount
of importation or the present income
to, the United States through the me-
dium of the custom house is, ex-
cept in few instances, no index to
the future trade in any particular ar
ticle or commodity.
The restrictions of the past re.
moved, certain articles, to-day only
nominally upon the list Of imports
from the United States into Canada
and from Canada into the United
States, must, in the immediate fu-
ture become important articles Of
trade. in one direction or the other
and in some instances In both direc-
tions. The following are among the
important changes in the present
trade conditions with Canada, which
the agreement ratified by the bill
passed will put into effect at once.
The question, then, is What will rec
liprocity accomplish? 1t will
/. Admit to the United States free
Of duty articles to, the value Of $685.
S11,56O under which the Payne-Ald-
rich tariff law there is now duty.
In return Canada by remission of
her duties, will admit free, products
of the United States to the value Of
S21,957,6O5, according to the sta
tistics for last year obtainable for
purposes of calculation.
Q. Place upon the free list wheat,
rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, dried
peas and beans, and corn upon which
the United States at present imposes
varying schedule Of duties
ranging from ten cents per bushel
for rye to As cents per bushel fer
dried beans. All this benefit to the.
consumer being accomplished at a
revenue cost to the United States Of
less than 100000.
{ 8. Place upon the free list cattle,
4 horses, mules, sheep and swine at
present dutiable at rates approxii
z mately 25 per cent, but at reveau4
cost to the United States of less than
$275,000. &
4. Place upon the free list vegeta-
bles of ak sorts, including potatoes,
cabbagss, onions, sweet potatoes and
yams, low taxed at from Is cents to
40. cents per bushel, and all other
(. fresh vegetables not enumerated at
25 percent advalorem, and at a cost
to the, United States Of S3S0,000.
5. Relieve from the tariff OF IA
cent per pound the annual importa-
ton OF 31,S41,153 pounds of fresh
water fish, and from the tariff of
from 3-4 to 1 cent per pound of 49,
341,921 pounds of mackerel, ellis,
smelts, halibut, and herring; H.
0S5,Os1 pounds of cod, hadock, hake
and other dried, smoked and salt
fish, and 100000 pounds Of salted
and smoked mackerel and herring,
at a revenue cost to the United
States Of s3S0,0G0.
s. Remove the existing tariff on
pulp wood and print paper, thereby
admitting to the United States free
16O,217,569 pounds of pulp wood
now dutible, and S6,766,027 pounds
of print paper, according to the i'm
portations Of 1910, at a revenue cost
to the government of 100000, and
rs, ,446,109 pounds Of chemically pre-
pared unbleached and 19,345,312
pounds of bleached pulp wood at a
revenue of s175,000.
T. Place lumber upon the free list
thereby relieving the American con-
sumer of the tariff of s1.25 per 1000
feet upon the 975,975,0O0 feet of
sawed lumber imported last year at
a revenue sacrifice Of S1,219,970.
s. Reduce the present tariff on
fres,, meats from 11-2 per pound to
1 IA cents per pound for the return
concession on the part Of Canada of
a reduction Of 3 cents a pound to
l IA cents. Reduce the tariff on ba-
con and hams from cents per
pound to ia cents per pound, on
all other dried and smoked meats
from 25 per cent. advalorem to 1 IA
cent per pound, in return Sor re-
duction On the part of Canada from
2 cents per pound to the same fig
ure. These changes in the meat
tariff to be effected at q revenue
loss to the United States of less than
$4,000
9. Reduce the duty on canned veg
etables from 40 per cent aivalorem
to l IA cents per pound, at reve-
,vo Joce &c &c 000