The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1913-04-18
PROPOSED 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.

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rates ON variety of commodities in the
new tariff bill Low before congress
follow: .o
Barley malt, from As cents to 20
cents a bushel.
Buckwheat, from Is cents to s cents
bushel.
Oats. from 10 cents to 10 cents
bushel.
Rice, cleaned, from cents to 1 cent
pound.
Wheat, from 20 cents to 10 cents
bushel.
Butter, from 6 cents to 3 cents
pound.
Cheese, from 6 cents a pound to ~
per cent ad valorem.
Beans, from As cents to 20 cents
pound.
Eggs, from cents to cents per
dozen. H.
Nursery cuttings and seedlings,
from 25 per cent to 10 per cent.
Fresh vegetables, from % per cent
to Is per cent
Apples, peaches, etc, from 25 cents
to 10 cents bushel.
Raisins, from 2la cents to 2 cents
q pound.
Lemons-Present rate IL cents
pound, proposed rate II cents for
package under N cubic feet, 30
cents for package up to "a cubic
feet. 70 cents for package up to B
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 6 cents
a cubic foot capacity of barrels or
packages, from So to S. Thousand In
bulk.
Chocolate and cocoa-Present rate
when valued from Is cents to "a
cents. 21a 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 iu
1910:
Combed wool and tops. from 1O5
per cent to Is per cent.
Cloths, knit fabrics, felts and manu-
featured goods, from 81 per cent to
35 per cent.
Suspenders, ribbons, bindings. ETC.,
from SO per cent to 80 per cent.
Cotton manufactures:
Curtains, table covers, etc, from 50
10 IS per cent.
Carriers, suspenders, etc, from As
per cent to 25 per cent.
Table cloths. from 40 to % per
cent.
Lace curtains, etc, from so to 45
per cent.
Miscellaneous cotton goods, from Is
to 80 per cent.
Earthenware and Glassware.
Cement from cents hundred
pounds to per cent ad valorem.
Lime from cents a hundred
pounds to per cent ad valorem
China clay, a ton, from $3.50 to
SIPS,
FuIler's earth. manufactured, from
So to $3.50 ton.
Mica, manufactured, from cents
and 20 per cent additional pound to
80 per cent ad valorem.
cent to 55 per cent ad valorem;
chinaware, plain white, from So per
cent to so per cent ad valorem.
Cut and decorated glass from 60
per cent to 40 per cent ad valorem.
Mirrors from II cents and % cents
n square foot to cents and 13 cents
a square foot.
Marble. rough, from Go cents to so
cents a cubic foot.
Marble articles from so per cent to
Is per cent ad valorem.
Granite and building stone, dressed,
from so per cent to 20 per cent ad
vAlorem.
Iron, steel and metal products:
Reduction on Automobiles.
Automobiles and motorcycles, 40 per
cent to 40 per cent.
Ferromanganese, from $3.50 ton
to 10 per cent.
Round iron from Sc to s12 ton to
per cent
Iron and steel forgings from 30
per cent to Is per cent.
Ball and roller bearings from As to
So per cent.
Sheet steel or iron, now Sc to SIS,
cut to 20 per cent
Tin plate, now $24 ton, cut to 20
per cent.
shotguns and rifles, now $2.25 to
$40 each, changed to So per cent.
Table and kitchen ware. from 40 to
Is per cent.
steam engines. printing presses.
machine tools. from 80 to 10 per cent.
Embroidering and lace making ma
chimes, now free. made dutiable at 20
per cent
The schedule carries blanket
,t.uaa that articles or wares not spe-