The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-18
TARIFF CHANGES
 AND PROVISIONS
Free Sugar and Free Raw Wool Average AdValOrem Rate Is Two Per Gent Lower Than EX-
 iSting Rates.

Per tent Lower Than EN-
 isting Rates.
 Washington. Sept. 1O.-The tar itr bill as it passed the senate at I5:i5 o'clock yesterday, retained the principal house provisions, includ- ing free sugar and free raw wool, but revised other rates still further downward. The average advalorem rate in the bill now is approXi- mateIy 2i per cent a decrease of 2S per cent from existing rates and Iuearly four per cent lower than .he rates of the house bill.
 The senale's additions to the house free list with 1912 as a basis, | will cost the government more than SiL00O,0OO, but by adding tax on IOne-tenth of one cent a pound on cotton for future delivery, a tax on bananas of one-tenth of one cent a pound; restoring the re- quirement of a full internal reve- nue tax of Si.l0 a gallon on bran dies used tO fortify wines, and by increasing the sur-taX rate on large incomes. senate leaders believe they have provided an actual in- crease. That is a point disputed by Majority Leader Underwood of the house. The senate made these other important changes.
 Lowered the normal exemption from the one per cent income tax from SiOOO to S30O0 for single per sons with exemption for wives and dependent children; exempted the mutual insurance companies which revert to the benefit of stockhold- CTS increased graduated sur-taX on large incomes to a maximum of I6 per cent of those more than 50O,- 1 GOO; exempted incomes of munich palities derived from operation of public utilities and changed the ] date from what the tax shall be computed for the first year from January 1 to March 1. 1913. NdttIp AFe Y rec.
 Free listed cattle and other live stock. wheat, hair of the Angora goat, and some other agricultural products; restored oatmeal and rolled oats to the dutiable list and provided an elaborate inspection of meat imports. g
 Reduced house rates on wOolen manufactures to become effective January 1, 1914.
 Provided in the sugar schedule
 for immediate abolishment of the
 duties standard test; postponed op-
 eration of proposed reduced taxes
 until March 1, 1914, leaving the pro-
 vision unchanged for free sugar in
 May, 1916.
 Slightly increased rates on finer
 cotton goods, reclassifying the whole cotton schedule and chang ing the silk schedule from an ad-
 valorem to a specific basis.
 Provided for an administrative
 force to handle income tax collec-
 tions without regard to require
 ments of the civil service.
 Struck out countervailing
 duty on wood pulp.
 Greatly reduced rates of the met al schedule.
 Give President Strong Support.
 Struck out many reform provis-
 ions in the administrative section
 rejected the anti-dumping clause the five per cent tariff reduction on imports in American vessels and
 the requirements for the inspec- tion of the books of the foreign manufacture in under valuation cases: but added a provision giv- , ing the president authority tO re- q taliate against nations which dis
 criminate against American goods , by proclaiming increased rates on ] certain goods; adopted a provision including goods manufactured . chiefly by child labor and proyid-
 ed for the creation of a commission
 10 revise the customs laws.
 Important additions to the free list included:
 Anthony orc limestone rock, asphalt. asphal,um and btumen, , fabrics of jute yarns, wool blankets, , valued at less than forty cents a pound, text books, sugar machin- cry cast iron pipe, surgical cat gut, cement, croosote oil denatur- ed alcohol, flax and hemp, furs and
 fur skin, gun powder, pig iron, Snieslelesen, ferro manganese,
 wrought iron, iron slaps and blooms,
 photographs, moving picture films, steel ingots, blooms and slabs cat
 tie and other live stock, wheat,
 sawed cedar, angora goat and al-
 paea wool and paper twine for
 binding wool.