Putnam patriot., 1913-04-18
PROPOSED TARIFF
 ON MANY ITEMS
A Concise Statement of tho Chances Made by New
 Bill.
COMMODITIES ON FREE LIST
e,.,s Raised on Some LuxurIes-Raw Wool Placed on Free List and Sugar Given Heavy Reduction-Farm
 Products Reduced.

 rates on variety of commodities in the new tariff bill now before congress follow:
 Barley malt, from 45 cents to 25 cents bushel.
 Buckwheat, from IS cents to cents bushel.
 Oats. from Is cents to 10 cents a bushel
 bice. cleaned. from cents to 1 cent pound.
 wheat from 25 cents to 10 cents bushel
 Butter. from 6 cents to 3 cents pound
 Cheese from cents a pound to 20 per cent ad valorem.
 Beans, from 45 cents to 25 cents a pound
 Eggs, from 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 25 cents to 10 cents bushel
 Raisins, from 2i1 cents to 2 cents pound.
 Lemons-Present rate 1h cents pound proposed rate IT cents for package under IA cubic feet, S5 cents for package up to 2h cubic feet, TO cents for package up to cubic feet, F cent a pound for lemons f., k,,Ily or ty, Ia
 Oranges, lines. grapefruit, etc. Present rate cent pound, proposed rate same as for lemons.
 Pineapples, from cents to cents a cubic foot capacity of barrels or packages. from sS to s a thousand in bulk.
 Chocolate and eocoa-Present rate when valued from 15 cents to 24 cents. 21a cents pound and 10 per rent ad valorem additional; proposed rate per cent ad yalorem.
 Value of Raw Wool Factor. Woolen manufactured goods and clothing-Presen 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:
 Bombed wool and tops, from 105 per cent to 15 per cent.
 Cloths. knit fabrics, felts and manu ffactured goods, from 97 per cent to s6 per cent.
 Suspenders, ribbons. bindings, etc, from S3 per cent to 35 per cent. Cotton manufactures:
 Curtains, table covers, etc, from 50 | to 35 per cent.
 Garters, suspenders, etc. from fS l per cent to 25 per cent.
 Table cloths. from 70 to 25 per r cent
 Lace curtains, yetc., from 50 to &5 per cent.
 Miscellaneous cotton goods, from 4s to 30 per cent.
 Earthenware and Glassware. Cement from cents a hundred pounds to 5 per cent ad valorem. Lime from cents hundred pounds to per cent ad valorem. China clay, a ton, from $z-50 to s125
 Fuller's earth manufactured. from g to $50 a ton.
 Mica, manufactured, from 5 cents and 20 per cent additional pound to 30 per cent ad valorem.
 Chinaware. decorated, from 60 per cent to 55 per cent ad valorem; chinaware, plain white, from 55 per cent to 50 per cent ad valerem. Cut and decorated glass from 6e per cent to AS per cent ad yalorem. Mirrors from Il cents and 25 cents E square foot to cents and 13 cents 8 square foot
 Marble, rough, from 65 cents to 50 cents a cubic foot.
 Marble articles from 50 per cent to 45 per cent ad valorem.
 Granite and building stone. dressed, from 50 per cent to 25 per cenE ad yalorem.
 Iron steel and metal products:
 Reduction on Automobiles. Automobiles and motorcycles. 45 per cent to 40 per cent.
 Ferromanganese, from s2.50 a ton to 15 per cent
 Round iron from st to SIP ton to s per cent.
 Iron and steel forgings from 30 per cent to Is per cent
 Ball and roller bearings from 45 to s5 per cent.
 Sheet steel or iron, now s6 to SIS. cut to 20 per cent.
 tn per cent
 Shotguns and rifles, now s2.25 to s10 each, changed to 35 per eent. Table and kitchen ware. from 40 to g per cent.
 Steam engines, printing presses, machine tools. from 30 to IS per cent Embroidering and lace making ma chimes, now free, made dutiable at 2s per cent
 The schedule carries blanket clause that articles or wares not spe- eially mentioned shall pay 50 per cent. If wholly or partly of platinum. gold or silver, and 25 per cent II wholly or in chief value composed Of iron, steel lead. copper, nickel, pewter, zine' aluminium or other metal. Tableware penknives and watch movements are required to bear the names Of the manufacturer and country of origin Lead bearing ore. from IF cents pound to half . cent
 As to Aluminium and Lead. Aluminium, from cents a pound to 20 per cent
 Antimony, from 1 cent a pound to 10 per cent
 Lead bullion, from Is cents