New Ulm review., 1913-04-16

nave NOT peen productive OF any ef-
fective expansion of our foreign trade
and commerce. The conventional tar
ID being the minimum rate and the
president being authorized to enforce
the maximum rate against foreign na.
lions resulted in an attempt to ex-
pand our commerce BY force. We went
to the nations Of the world with the
demand that they stand and deliver. or
we would punish them. Many years
ago this system Of expanding trade
and commerce was abandoned BY the
enlightened nations. The only true
course that can Be pursued to expand
our foreign trade along rational lines
Is through mutual concessions that
may prove beneficial to both Of the
contracting parties. free from coercion.
Under the proposed substitute the
president Of the United States is au-
thorized to enter into these trade agree
ments without limitation on his au-
thority to do so, except that such
| agreements as be enters into must be
ratified by the congress before they
shall become effective.
| This legislation is new and somewhat
along the same line as the reciprocity
treaties that were authorized under the
Dingley tariff law, the difference being
that the reciprocity treaties were re-
quired to be ratified by two-thirds
vote of the United States senate. where
as the trade agreements now provided
for will only require majority vote
Of both houses. As the senate IS not
directly representative Of the majority
Of the people Of the United States it is
i deemed more in accord with the pro-
gressive tendencies of our people that
such agreements should be ratified as
far as possible by the representatives
Of 8. majority of the American people.
The Sugar Schedule.
Here is the sugar schedule in the
new bill:
Sugars, tank bottoms, sirups OF cane
Juice. mslada, concentrated melada,
concrete and concentrated molasses,
testing by the polariscope not above Is
degrees, 75-1OOths of cent a pound,
and for every additional degree shown
by the polariscopic test 26-10OOths of /
cent per pound additional, and frac.
lions Of degree IN proportions; mL'
lasses testing not above 40 degrees, liz
per cent ad valorem; testing above &c
degrees and not above Sc degrees, ~
cents per gallon; testing above Sc de-
grees. 41a cents per gallon; sugar
DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings shall
be subject to duty as molasses or su:y
ar, as the case may be. according to
the polariscopic test, provided that
three years after the day when this
act shall take effect the articles here
inbefore enumerated in this paragraph
shall thereafter be admitted free OF
duty"
Maple sugar, maple sirup and refined
sirups are taxed at 3 cents per pound
glucose or grape sugar at rs cents a
pound and sugar cane in its natural
state or manufactured at Is per cent
ad valOrem. At the end Of three years
the articles in this paragraph also shall
be admitted duty free.
A duty Of G5 cents per pound is pro-
vided for. saccharin. Sugar candy and
all confectionery valued at Is cents per
pound or less have a duty Of y cents
per pound. and valued ut more thar
Is cents per pound the duty is % per
cent ad valorcm.
The Metal Schedule.
The metal schedule provides duty
of per cent ad valorem on iron in
pigs, wrought and cast scrap iron and
scrap steel. All iron in slabs, blooms,
loops or other forms less finished than
iron in bars aud more advanced than
| p'g iron. except castings, also is taxed
8 per cent
Beams, girders and joiStS and all 9th
er structural iron and steel are rated
at Il per cent: boiler or other plate
iron or steel, u per cent; iron or steel
anchors and forgings of iron or steel,
Is per cent: hoop band or scroll iron
or steel, IL per cent; railway fish plates,
10 per cent; all iron or steel sheets,
plates or strips and all hoop bands or
scroll iron or steel when galvanized, 20
per cent; steel ingots and sheets and
plates made BY the Bessemer, open
hearth or similar processes not con-
taining alloys, 10 per cent, and with
alloys. Is per cent; round iron or steel
wire. 20 per cent; bolts, with or with.
out threads or nuts, Is per cent; cast
iron pipe Of every description, II per
cent: chain or chains Of all kinds Of
iron or steel. 20 per cent; table, kitchen
and hospital utensils, 25 per cent; riv-
cts. studs and steel points, 20 per cent;
screws. 25 per cent; copper in rolled
! plates. sheets and rods, s per cent;