The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1913-04-18
show reductions on cotton thread from


to % per cert; on ready made cloth
ing from so per cent to so per cent;
on collars and cuffs from 64,03 per
cent. to 25 per cent. on pushes from
81 40 per cent. to 40 per cent; on
handkerchiefs from 1927 per cent to
30 per cent; on stockings. 1884 per
cent. to so per cent; on gloves from
derwear from 6027 per cent. to 25 per
cent. and on cotton damask from ~
per cent. to 25 per cent.
Flax hemp and their products have
been similarly dealt with. Raw flax
and raw hemp have been reduced from
$22.40 and $22 so per ton. respective
ly. to $11.20 each; jute yarns have
been cut from $3.50 per cent. to Is
per cent; cables and cordage from
GAS per cent. to ass per cent, oil
cloths for floors from 1929 per cent
to Is per cent; handkerchiefs from
so per cent. to 30 per cent.
How Schedule X Fares.
Schedule X. dealing with woods
and wooden manufactures, has been
the center OF criticism for many years
and the committee has given II very
careful study. The result has been
to make raw wool free OF duty. to re-
duce yarns from 1884 per cent to 20
per cent; blankets from 1859 per cent
to % per cent: fiannels from 1929 per
cent to % and 80 per cent; dress
goods from 1910 per cent to 35 per
cent; clothing from 1886 per cent to
35 per cent; weddings. ETC., from 1921
per cent to 35 per cent. and carpets
from rates ranging from go per cen:
to SO per cent. 10 rates ranging from
20 per cent to 35 per cent.
'Inasmuch as silk and silk goods
are distinctly to be classed as lux.
uries, II has been deemed wise TO
make only very moderate reductions
in the rates OF duty. Partially mani
featured goods have been cut from
21.01 per cent to Is per cent: spun
silk yarn from 300 per cent to 80 per
cent: sewing silk from 80 per cent to
Is per cent; silk goods from 52.55
per cent to so per cent; silk handker-
chiefs (pain) from so per cent to 40
per cent; ribbons from so per cent to
40 per cent; artificial silk yarns from
41.79 per cent to 80 per cent. and
braids, embroideries and the like OF
artificial silk, from 6S.49 per cent to
60 per cent
Print Paper on the Free List.
Print paper. whose cost OF produc-
tion is as low in this country under
favorable conditions as 1t is anywhere
in the world has been transferred to
the free list when worth less than
2h cents per pound. while the higher
grades have been given a tariff of IL
per cent in place Of 1880 per cent.
Copying paper has been cut from 1882
etc, from 1892 per cent. to So per
cent, parchment papers from 47.92 per
cent to 35 per cent. Photographic pa.
per from 2999 per cent to % per
cent writing paper from 1913 per
cent to 25 per cent; common wrap.
ping paper from 35 per cent to % per
cent and books from 25 per cent to
Is per cent.
Trimmed hats are given only q
moderate reduction, being cut from
SO per cent to 40 per cent. while
brooms are substantially reduced, be.
ing cut from 40 per cent to Is per
cent.
JeweIry only Slightly Reduced.
'Jewelry has been only slightly re
duced. falling from 1874 per cent to
so per cent. A good illustration of
the attitude adopted with respect 70
the application OF the tariff is seen In
the item, precious stones uncut,
which are given a rate of 10 per cent
Notwithstanding they were on the
free list under the act OF 1909.
Where the tariff rates balance the
difference In cost OF production at
home and abroad. including an allow.
ance for the difference In freight
rates, the tariff must be competitive,
and from that point downward to the
lowest tariff that can be levied will
continue to be competitive to a great.
er or less extent
Strikes Blow at Monopoly. ,
ION the other hand. when the duties
levied at the custom house are high
enough to allow the American manu-
facturer to make a profit before his
competitor can enter the field, we have
invaded the domain of the protection
of profits. In the committees judg.
ment the protection Of any profit must
of necessity have tendency to de-
stroy competition and create monop
oily, whether the profit protected 10
reasonable or unreasonable.
(which course is the wiser one for
our government to take? The one
that demands the protection of profits,
the continued policy Of dollhouse
growth for our industries-the stag.
nation OF development that follows
where competition ceases-or. on the
otner hand, the gradual reduction of
our tariff to basis where the Amer
lean manufacturer must meet honest
competition: where he must develop
his business along the best and most
economic lines; where, when he fights
at home to control his market. he is
forging the way I'm the economic de.
vaIonmant of hia husinass tn extend hie