Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-04-18
PROPOSED TARIFF
ON MANY ITEMS
a Concise Statement of the
Changes Made by New
Bill.
COMMODITIES ON FREE LIST
Ratea Raised on Some LuxurIeS-Raw
Wool Placed on Free List and Sugar
Given Heavy ReduetIon-Farm
Products Reduced.

Products Reduced.
hington.-Important changes in
rates on variety of commodities in the
new tariff bill now before congress
follow:
Barley malt, from IS cents to 20
cents a bushel
Buckwheat. from Is cents to cents
bushel
Oats. from 15 cents to 10 cents a
bushel
Rice. cleaned, from cents to cent
: pound
Wheat. from rs cents to 10 cents q
bushel-
Butter. from cents to cents a
pound.
Cheese, from cents = pound to 20
per cent ad valorem.
Beans. from As cents to rs cents a
pound
Eggs, from cents to cents per
dozen.
Nursery cuttings and seedlings,
from rs per cent to Is per cent.
Fresh vegetables, from rs per cent
to Is per cent.
Apples, peaches, etc, from 25 cents
to 10 cents bushel
Raisins, from 21z cents to cents
a pound
Lemons-Present rate ~ cents
pound, proposed rate II cents for
package under IN cubic feet, So
cents for package up to 2h cubic
feet, 70 cents for package up to 3
cubic feet, "a cent a 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 cents
a cubic foot capacity of barrels or
packages, from So to IS a Thousand In
bulk.
Chocolate and cocoa-Present rate
when valued from Is cents to "a
cents, az cents a pound and 10 per
cent ad valorem additional; proposed
rate 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 los
per cent to 15 per cent.
Cloths, knit fabrics, felts and manu-
featured goods from 81 per cent to
30 per cent.
Suspenders, ribbons, bindings. etc.
from SO per cent to 35 per cent.
Cotton manufactures:
Curtains, table covers, etc. from 81
20 35 per cent
Carriers, suspenders, etc. from Al
per cent to 25 per cent.
Table cloths. from 40 to 25 pei
cent
Lace curtains. etc, from so to Al
per cent.
Miscellaneous cotton goods, from Il
70 80 per cent.
Earthenware and Glassware.
Cement from cents a hundred
pounds to 5 per cent ad valorem.
Lime from 5 cents hundred
pounds to per cent ad valorem.
China clay, ton, from $3.50 t.
s1.25.
Fuller's earth. manufactured, from
50 to $50 ton.
Mica, manufactured, from cent
and 20 per cent additional pound Z
30 per cent ad valorem.
Chinaware, decorated, from so pc
cent to So per cent ad valorem
chinaware, plain white, from Do pc
cent to SO per cent ad yalorem.
Cut and decorated glass from g.
per cent to As per cent ad valorem
Mirrors from II cents and rs cent
= square foot to cents and Is cent
. square foot.
Marble, rough, from 6B cents to 8
cents cubic foot.
Marble articles from 30 per cent t,
IS per cent ad valorem.
Granite and building stone, dressed
from 30 per cent to Is per cent a.
valorem.
Iron, steel and metal products:
Reduction on Automobiles.
Automobiles and motorcycles. 10 pc
cent to 20 per cent.
Ferromanganese, from $3.50 to-
to Is per cent.
Round iron from So to S12 a ton t
per cent.
Iron and steel forgings from 5
per cent to 15 per cent.
Ball and roller bearings from % I
35 per cent
y Sheet steel or iron. now So to 81
cut to 20 per cent
Tin plate. now 324 ton, cut to 2
per cent.
Shotguns and rifes. now $2.26
$40 each, changed to IS per cent.
Table and kitchen ware, from 10
n per cent.
steam engines, printing presses
machine tools. from 30 to 10 per cen
Emhroidering and lace making ma
chimes. now free. made dutiable At z
per cent.
The schedule carries a blanke
clause that articles or wares not sp'
ciaIly mentioned shall pay 80 per cen