Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-09-29
CHANGED TARIFF
BILL PUBLISHED


| er articles.
A new classification for wooden
| stockings, gloves, and mittens makes
| a reduction from the House rate on
| these valued at less than $1.20 a dozen
and an increase on those above. An
CORA wool and articles made from 1t
were given higher duty than in the
| House bill.
The House rate on silk ribbons and
| narrow fabrics was increased from
| 40 to 45 per cent, while the House
| rates on common paper box boards
and papers used for Photographic
prints were reduced.
An increased rate of duty was pro-
vided for photographic views of Amer
lean scenes and the rate on surface
coated papers suitable for covering
boxes was increased from SO to 40
per cent. Reduction in the House
duties was made on wearing apparel,
of cottle or goatskins, for hats, rough
forms of dog and goat skins, camel
hair press cloth for use In cotton oil
mills, and through a reclassification
rates will be slightly reduced from
those fixed by the House on fancy
grades of cotton cloth. The House
rate on cotton stockings and half
hose was also reduced
Reductions In the House rates in
the chemical schedule covered per-
fumed and medicinal soaps, crude
chicle. linseed oil, chlorate of potash
and several other items, while the
House rates were increased on many
kinds Of acids and on some classes Of
paints.
Senate Prevails in Lenses.
The Senate succeeded in reducing
the House rates on high power lenses,
surveying instruments, telescopes and
the like. Most of the Senate changes
reducing the rates on iron and steel
products were approved by the con-
ference committee making the rates
considerably lower on the average
than those of the original House bill.
The tariff on automobiles. fixed by
the House at As per cent. and radi-
cally cut by the Senate, was finally
compromised by making a new clas-
sification of automobiles valued be-
low 81, 900 for which a rate of 80 per
cent was fixed.
Some of the more important
changes agreed to by the conference
covered the schedule of agricultural
products and provisions. In addition
to putting cattle and sheep on the
free list the conference agreed to re-
auctions on oats, butter, beets, ex-
tracts of meat, currents, chocolate
and other provisions and vegetables.
Rebate o. X. Unless Treaty Is I'm Way.
The per cent. rebate in tariff
made by the House bill on goods
brought In American ships was re-
tained in the conference with the
added provision that 1t should not
"be SO construed as to abrogate or
in any manner impair or affect the
provisions of any treaty" the United
States now has.
The conference also amended that
portion Of the House bill requiring
foreign manufacturers or exporters to
submit their books to American GUS
toms agents, SO that IL the exporter
refuses to allow such examination an
additional tariff duty of 10 per cent.
ad valorem can be imposed on his ex-
ports.
The conference agreement repeats
section of the Cuban reciprocity
treaty, which provided that Cuba
should have preferential rate of 20 per
cent. on sugar, and that the general
sugar tariff of the United States
should not be reduced below the
figures of the Dingley tariff law.
When Civil Service Affects.
The section of the House bill which
would have thrown outside the civil
service the entire force of income tan
administrators, for period of two
committee. In it's new form employees
of the internal revenue office in
Washington, "below the grade of chief
of divisions" concerned with the in
come tax must still be selected under
civil service rules. Those outside may
be appointed by the commissioner of
internal revenue under rules fixed by
the secretary of the treasury.
The new provision of the income
10 81 Tnf n
married person provides that only
one deduction Of $4,000 shall be made
from the aggregate income of both
husband and wife when living to-
gether."
The conference committee met
shortly after 10 o'clock and the COM
pleted report was submitted to the
full committee by Chairman Sim
mons After a brief discussion it was
while the six Republicans, who had
taken no part in the conference de-
liberations, refused to sign it.
Senator La Toilette, one of the Re-
publican conferees, who voted for the
tariff bill in the Senate, announced
to the conference that he did not de-
cline to approve the report because
of prejudice against 1t. but because
he had not been consulted in the
Underwood Expresses Satisfaction.
Representative Underwood, chair
man of the House conferees, in q
statement today expressed satisfac-
ton at the outcome of the final tariff
negotiations.
1.-THE House was compelled to yield
on some items where 1t 8 believed
higher duties should be retained in
order to secure revenue" he said.
But we worked out other methods
of getting the revenue and I am now
heartily satisfied with the bill as it
came from the conference committee.
The bill is lower in its average than
either the House or the Senate bill as
originally passed because the House
accepted most of the Senate's de-
creases and rejected most of its in
creaSeS."
Senator Simmons, chairman of the
Senate finance committee, planned
today to keep the Senate in session as
long as possible Wednesday in the
hope that the conference report can
be adopted before adjournment
Wednesday, or at the latest by
Thursday.
Two hours side for debate was
the best Republican leaders hoped for,
with a probability that the cotton fu-
lures amendment would consume as
| much more. Immediately after adj
journment Representative Payne,
| actn,g Republican leader, with the
latest print of the bill in his posses
sion, began q systematic inquiry
| into its vital parts. He probably will
make the principal speech in opposi-
ton to the adoption of the report
| With an answer from Mr.. Underwood
the debate is expected to become
short and sharp.
Members of the House were eau