The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-23
Reductions of From Thirty to Fifty Per Cent Is
 Proposed
ISUNDRY ARTICLES
 GO ON FREE LIST
NIT. Underwood Estimates Bill Would Reduce the Average on Steel Imports From 34.51 Per Cent
 to 22.42 Ad Valorem

Washington. January 22-Reducuons or from 30 to 50 per cent on all items III the iron and steel tariff and the placing on the tariff free list of iron ore, sew ing machines, printing machinery, eash registers, nails and many other sundry articles against which tariff IS now levied arc proposed in the democratic steel revision tariff bill made public to- day
 Democratic Leader Underwood esti- mated the bill would reduce the aver age on steol imports from Si.5l per cent to 2e. .43 ad valorem; would reduce the government tariff revenues from steel products by Is2S.597 from 1911 and by S4.- 000000 from 1910.
 Steel Imports Would Increase Imports of steel products. he said would be increased by nearly $20,00o,Ooo. | The measure was completed last Sat
 urday After being submitted to the full
 committee the bill will be laid before
 the democratic caucus tomorrow. If ap-
 proved by the caucus, it will be formally
 introduced Wednesday in the House
 Sweeping reductions are made in all ot
 the important items of the iron and steel schedules. Among articles now dutiable under the Payne-Aldrich bill which would | b eplaced on the free list are Iron ore
 texisting duty 5.2s per cent, hoop and
 band iron and steel. 16 per cent; bar
 bed wire and wire fencing, TIT per cent;
 nails, 17.67 per cent; horseshoes. 2l per cent; tunsstein ore, 10 per cent; zinc ore, S6. .57 per cent; cash registers, linotype ma chimes and tools. printing presses, sewing machines and typewriters, 20 per cent.
 Reductions on Finished Steel The reductions made on finished steel and iron products ranged in many cases as great as 50 per cent The figures given out by the committee to accompany l the bl,i show that this will make a cor
 responding reduction in tariff revenues
 from these sources.
 The rates of duty under the existing i Payne-Aldrleh tariff la whave been re- | ducod to the equivalent of ad valorem i duty by the committee.
 | Using ad valorem equivalent as a >pasis, the important reductions pro- ! Dbhtd. ttB lIOiit iospp Htl ttbA No Q Pti cent. slab iron and steel from 25.62 to 10 per cent; round iron in coils or rods, | 34 to 10 per cent; beams, girders, 30 to 15 per cent; boiler plate, 37 to 20 per
 cent; sheet iron or steel 32 to 15 per
 cent, steel saw plates 23 to 15 per cent;
 iron or steel forgings. 30 to 15 per cent;
 ball and roller bearings, 45 to % per cent. hoop iron, 17.83 to 10 per cent; {; band iron 8 to 10 per cent: railway
 bars, 1584 to 10 per cent. railway fish plates, 20 to 10 per cent; steel ingots,
 21 to 10 per cent; riyet. screw and fence | rods, IA to 10 per cent. anvils, 3195 to I Is per cent; automobiles, motor cycles and bicycles, 45 to 40 per cent; axles and axle bars, 14.S1 to 10 per cent; blacksmith tools, 1712 to 10 per cent; bolts 29.7 to 15 per cent, cast iron pipe (all kinds), from 16.33 to 10 per cent; chains, 29 to 20 per cent; knives and cutlery, 7762 to 35 per cent; razors, 7l
 to 35 per cent: scissors and shears, 52 to 33 per cent, carpenters. butchers and artisans knives. kitchen knives and forks, 43.43 to 25 per cent files and
 rasps, 41.16 to % per cent; muskets and rifles 25 to | ] per cent. breech loading shotguns and rifles, 45.64 to 3J per cent; table, kitchen and hospital utensils, 40 to 20 per cent needles and bodkin, 43 to 25 per cent flshhool<s, 45 10 10 per cent, and fishing rods, reels and tackle from 45 10 35 per cent; engraved plates for printing, electrotypes and stereop-
 ticons from 25 to Ia per cent; litho graph plates. 90 10 25 per cent saws, 2430 to 12 per cent; umbrella and parsol ribs and stretchers, 90 to 90 per cent; railway wheels, 50.63 per cent 10 25 per cent: aluminium and alloys, 16.10 to 25 per cent, antimony, 26 to 10 per cent, German silver. 25 to 5 per cent; bronze and powder 40 to % per cent; braziers (copper), HAS to ] per cent gold leaf, 3s.65 10 35 per cent, and silver leaf, S7.70 to 30 per cent; tnsel wire in creased from 1045 to 30 per cent.
 Tinsel Products
 Tinsel products are reduced from 64 10 40 per cent, hooks and eyes, 32 50 to 1 5 per cent; lead bearing ore, 53 to 25 per cent upon the lead context; bullion, lg359 to % per cent. nickel and alloys, 1880 to 10 per cent; pins (except gold), 30 to 25 per cent; gold pins, 20 per cent, not changed; pins, 35 to 20 per cent; quicksilver, g 10 10 per cent; type metal, 34 to 10 per cent; watch movements, 50 to 30 per cent; zinc in kblocks of pigs, 29 to , per cent; metal cans and packages, 66 to 30 per cent; bottle caps, 0U to 3U per cent, steam engines. 30 to 25 per cent, and nippers and plyers from so to 30 per cent.
 Many other articles to be dutiabIe under the bill at 25 per cent, according to the value where rate is not speci- fcally given. While barbed wire Is put on the free list, yet telegraph and tee- phone wire is given d rate of 30 per cent ad valorem.
 Democratic leaders of the House have determined to hasten their tariff re- vision plan and the democratic mem bers of the ways and means committee as soon as they completed the iron and steel schedule began work at once on revision of the chemical schedule of the Payne Aldrich bill. The com mittee met tonight for seevral hours and went over data collected on the subject and discussed preliminary work of a subcommittee.
 Chairman Underwood hopes to have the iron and steel schedule passed next week and. ito be ready immediately aft erward with the chemical schedule. Then will follow the sugar and cotton schedule. The wool bill will come last.
 Nelson Weds in Chattanooga
 Chattanooga, January 22.z-(Special)-- Terry Nelson, the Chicago and Philsdel-