Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1913-04-17
TARIFF
ON MANY ITEMS
A Concise Statement of the
Changes Made by New
Bill.
COMMODITIES ON FREE LIST
Rates Raised on Some Luxurles-Raw
Wool Placed on Free List and Sugar
Given Heavy Reductlon-Farm
Products Reduced.

Washington. changes In
rates on variety of commodities In the
new tariff bill low before congress
follow:
Barley malt, from AZ cents to rs
cents a bushel.
Buckwheat, from IL cents to 8 cents
a bushel.
Oats, from Is cents to 10 cents a
bushel.
Rice, cleaned, from cents to cent
a pound.
Wheat, from rs cents to 10 cents a
bushel.
Butter, from cents to 8 cents a
pound.
Cheese, from cents pound to 20
per cent ad valorem.
Beans, from 45 cents to rs cents
pound.
Eggs, from 3 cents to 2 cents per
dozen.
Nursery cuttings and seedlings,
from 25 per cent to Is per cent.
Fresh vegetables, from 25 per cent
to Is per cent.
Apples, peaches, ETC., from rs cents
to 10 cents bushel.
Raisins, from "a cents to 2 cents
a pound
Lemons-Present rate ~ cents
pound, proposed rate II cents for
package under IN cubic feet, 30
cents for package up to IN cubic
feet, 10 cents for package up to 8
cubic feet, u cent pound for lemons
In bulk or in larger packages.
Oranges. lines, grapefruit, ETC.
Present rate / cent pound, proposed
rate same as for lemons.
Pineapples, from cents to 8 cents
cubic foot capacity Of barrels or
packages, from So to S. thouasnd In
bulk.
Chocolate and cocoa-Present rate
when valued from Is cents to "a
cents. ~ cents a pound and 10 per
cent ad valorem additional; proposed
rate 8 per cent ad valorem.
Value Of Raw Wool a Factor.
Wooden manufactured goods and
clothing-Present tariff rates are
based in many cases on value of raw
wool. Comparison is here made with
the equivalent ad valorem duties as
previously estimated by the ways and
means committee on wool prices In
1910:
Combed wool and tops, from 105
per cent to Is per cent.
Cloths, knit fabrics, felts and manu-
featured goods, from OF per cent to
IS per cent.
Suspenders, ribbons, bindings, etc,
from 83 per cent to 35 per cent.
Cotton manufactures:
Curtains, table covers, etc, from 80
to 35 per cent.
Carriers, suspenders ETC., from As
per cent to 25 per cent.
Table cloths. from 40 to rs per
cent.
Lace curtains, etc, from so to 45
per cent.
Miscellaneous cotton goods, from As
to 80 per cent.
Earthenware and Glassware.
Cement from cents a hundred
pounds to per cent ad valorem.
Lime from cents a hundred
pounds to per cent ad valorem.
China clay, ton, from $3.50 to
1925
Fullers earth, manufactured, from
SO to $3.50 ton.
Mica, manufactured, from cents
and 20 per cent additional pound to
80 per cent ad valorem.
Chinaware, decorated, from 60 per
cent to So per cent ad valorem;
chinaware, plain white, from 90 per
cent to 80 per cent ad valorem.
Cut and decorated glass from 90
por cent to as per cent ad valorem.
Mirrors from II cents and 25 cents
a square foot to 7 cents and Is cents
a square foot
Marble, rough, from 85 cents to 80
cents a cubic foot.
Marble articles from 30 per cent to
Is per cent ad valorem.
Granite and building stone, dressed
from 30 per cent to rs per cent ad
| Valorem.
Iron, steel and metal products:
Reduction on Automobiles.
Automobiles and motorcycles, 45 pei
| cent to 40 per cent,
Ferromanganese, from $3.50 a tor
to Is per cent.
Round iron from SO to 81 ton t.
8 per cent
Iron and steel torgings from 81
per cent to Is per cent.
Ball and roller bearings from 45 Il
35 per cent.
Sheet steel or iron, now SO to SIS
cut to 20 per cent.
Tin plate, now $24 ton, cut to n
per cent.
Shotguns and rifles. now S2.26 Il
SO each. changed to 35 per cent.
Table and kitchen ware, from 40 u
26 per cent.
Steam engines, printing presses
machine tools. from 80 to IL per cent
Embroidering and lace making ma
chimes, now free, made dutiable at q
per cent.
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