The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-14
DEMOCRATIC
 TARIFF BILL
CHEMICAL BILL TO INCREASE REVENUE OF GOVERNMENT TO
 AMOUNT OF s3.53o, $40.
Perfumes, Fancy and Other Toilet Accessories and Luxuries Wit Furnish Greater Part of
 New Revenue.

] rrats chemical bill, made public to- day by the ways and means commit tee of the house. is expected to m- crease the governments revenues by $3,53O, ,Sfo over those Of the present fiscal year, although the reduction of tadyalorem duties proposed is about T per cent
 Principally, the measure increases duties on perfume,- fancy soaps and other luxuries and lowers the duties on drugs and materials in common use.
 The democrats will caucus on the measure tomorrow and it probably will be introduced in inc house Sat urday
 Democratic Leader Underwood to- day summed up the changes proposed by the bill as follows
 There is a general reduction in the ci-frfes- r,rr 'CrEmiCai products, but an increase in revenue; we have taken articles onw on the free list and madr them share taxation for revenue pur- poses Cnly. The articles transferred to fine free list amounted in ports in 1911 to $2S3,643 and produced reve- nue of S3S,69l The articles taken from the free list and made dutarle amounted in imports in 1911 to $i1,- 667,o00.
 The result to the chemical sched. ule is an estimated increase in i'm ports for the first year of $96,743.- GOO. compared with $4S,S69000 in 1911; the estimated duties under the new bill would amount to $l6,10l,- 900. as compared with $12,57o,00O un- der the Payne act of 1911 There is an average decrease of 3115 per cent advalorem. the equivalent adva- Iorem duty in l91l being 25.72. com. pared with 1G.64 for the first year of operation of the new bill"
 It would take many articles off the free list of the present tariff law and impose duties upon them Among these articles, with the new duties proposed are; Black pepper nut megs. ginger root cinnamon and oth- CT spices, ! cent per pound. mace DS cents: cloves, ? cents; medicinal roots and herbs, including Hcorioe and sarsaparilla root quarter of a cent to 1 cent
 Many oils have been transferred to the dutiable list. most of them being given 20 per cent advalorem.
 Almond and Chinese nut oil are made cents pound Cocoaout. palm and soied bean A cent a pound peanut oil, 10 cents a gallon. olive oil, SIS cent per hound
 Persumery and toilet waters un- dergo practically no change Amber gris, musk and other preparations used for manufacturing perrumeries aad cosmetics are changed from free to 20 per cent adyalorem. Vanilla beans, now free. are dutable 25 cents a pound
 The mort important reductions maae by the bin include:
 Blood albumen. -nsed- in textile in. dustries. 3 to ? cents; ammonia, from la to 9s cent, chloride of lime. from 2t to 12 per cent. calomel, S5 to P Der cent; coal tar dies, from 90 to % per cent; drugs, from l2 to 10 per cent either from ceats to { cents per pound gelatine. from 21A cents to 1 cent Der pound refined glycerine. 3 to 10 cents; ink, from 25 per cent to 15 per cent. fagnesia car bonate. from to lla cent per pound: cod, seal and whale oil, 8 cents to 8 cents a galoo, and cod liver oil, IS cents to 9 cents a gallon ultra ma rine blue, from g to 20 per cent with a minimum of cents a pound black pigments, 25 to l5 per cent: chrome yellow and green. 2G to 20 per cent but not less than 2 cents per pound powdered ochre, 42 per cent to i5 per cent white lead. 10 A cents pound enameled paints, 35 to 20 per cent; paris white, g to % per cent; all paints. 90 to 20 per cent; potash bicarbonate. 25 to 10 per cent medicated toilet soaps, 64 per cent 10 90 per cent; other soap, 20 to l5 per cen. medicated toilet soaps, 64 to 30 per cent; other soap, 20 to 15 per cent, soda pi-carbonate, % to