New-York tribune., 1912-02-14
NEW CHEMICAL SCHEDULE
Second Democratic Tariff Re-
vision Bill Out.

Washington. Feb. 1S-The Democratic
chemical tariff revision bill, made public
to-day by the Ways and Means Committee
Is expected by it's trainers TO increase the
governments revenues by S3,53O.aO over
those OF the present fiscal year. although
the reduction of ad valorem duties pro-
posed Is about 81 per cent.
Principally, the measure increases duties
on perfumes. fancy soaps and other luxu-
ries, and lowers the duties on drugs and
materials In common use.
The Democrats will hold a caucus on the
bill tomorrow, and it probably Will be In
| troducCd I'm the House on Saturday
Chairman Underwood summed up the
changes proposed by the bill as follows:
There is general reduction in the
duties on chemical products, but an IN
crease In revenue. We have taken articles
now on the free list and made them Vshare
taxation for revenue purposes only. Inc
articles transferred to the free list amount
duced revenue of s3S,6sl. The articles taker
from the free list and made dutlaDie
amounted In imports In 1911 10 Sll,66IoW.
The result OF the chemical schedule Is an
estimated increase In imports for the first
year of 500, $4,000. compared with SO, 500, w
I'm 1911. The estimated duties under ttf
new bill would amount to $l6,lOl'Oy0, az
compared with S12,570O0 under the Payne
act Of 1911. There is an average decrease
OF 2liR per cent ad valorem. the equivaleh'
ad valorem duty In 1911 being 2o.R com
pared with 1854 for the first year OF op
Grafton of the new bill.
The bill puts the following articles OF
the free lIst
Acids. sulphate of copper, borax. char
coal and bone black, coal tar ana soInt
/ % kFnn
green, london purple phosphorus sheep dlp
sulphate Of soda strychnine, sulphur "
| all forms, talcum and practically an drugs
such az barks. beans. berries, trults, uIltt
flbres roots and the like, in a crude state
not advanced in value or condition 10y
treatment beyond that essential to the pre-
vention OF deterioration pending manulact
ure The same drugs. advanced in value
or condition, are subject TO 10 per cent &c
valorem, against 1874 per cent now
The bill takes many articles off the FREE
list Among them. with the new duties
proposed, are:
Black pepper. nutmegs ginger root, cln
namon and other spices, l cent pouhu
mace 8 cents: cloves. cents: medicine
| roots and herbs including licorice ana sa.
| saparilla roots. a OF a cent to cent; Iodine
| 10 cents: indigo. ~ per cent; crude camphor
5 cents a pound.
| Gums and other articles used In making
varnish now free, are made dutiaole' a
| from - to ! cent a pound. Amber, use'
| for cigarholders now free. mas duty
81 pound. Many oils have been trans
ferred TO the dutiable list, most OF them
| 20 per cent ad valorem. Almond and Chi
| nese nut oil are made cents a pound
Cocoanut. palm and sofa bean, = cent
| pound; peanut oil, 10 cents a galloh' ohN'
| oil a Of cent a pound.
Perfumery and toilet waters underg,
practically no change. Ambergris, musl
ana other preparations used for manufac
turing perfumeries and cosmetics arr
changed from free 10 20 per cent ad va
| loren. vanilla beans, now free, are dutlabl
| at % cents a pound.
The more important reductions made in,
cude:
Blood abumen. used in textile industries
| from TO cents. ammonia, from ll2 q
| s. of cent: chloride OF lime from q 10 |.
| per cent; calomel from 81 TO II per cent
| coal tar dyes from 30 to % per cent
drugs. from l. TO 10 per cent; ether, IRON
| cents 20 cents a pound. gelatine. IRON
"a, cents 70 cent pound; refined
| gycerine. from 3 to ? cents; ink, from q
| To 10 per cent: magncsia carbonate, mon
3 TO li2 cents pound; "od' seal anu whale
! oil. 10 cents a gallon codliver oil. i
| to 10 cents a gallon. utra-m marine blue
| from 90 10 20 per cent, with minimum o.
| . cents a pound black pigments, p 70 II
| per cent: chrome yellow and green, 26 Il
| 90 but not less than cents pound pow
dcrcd oChre. 20 Tcr cent TO 10 per cent
white lead. TO IL cents a pound. enam
ellcd paints, 81 TO 90 per cent; paris white
| 81 TO % per cent; all paints, 30 TO 20 PEI
cent: potash bicarbonate. % to 10 per cent
mcdlcated toilet soaps, 81 per cent to y
PEI cent: other soap. 20 TO IL per cent
soda biCarbouate. 20 TO per cent; sponges
80 10 20 per cent.
The most important increases Ia duties
include: Chloroform. 10 20 rer cent
| caftein, 9j to ~ per cent: crude tartar. : to
10 per cent, and egg albumen. used In bak
ing powder. 10 cents a pound