The Washington herald., 1913-04-08

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free list, while sawed cabinet woods
which We're 12.75 per cent in 1912. are now
| 10 per cent; casks, barrels, &C., whlcn
we're 30 per cent, are now 14T per cent
and house furniture, which was 50 per
cent, is now Is per cent
Tobacco Not Reduced.
1 Tobacco and spirits have been found
to be good producers of revenue and have
| therefore been left at the same rates
| as in the present law.
In the efforts to relieve the consumer
and to mitigate the high and rising cost
OF living, schedule G, which deals with
| agricultural products, has been thorough
ly revised and important reductions have
been made For instance, the duty on
horses has been reduced from % per cent
| to 10 per cent, cattle from 25.07 per cent
4 to 10 per cent, sheep from 16.41 per ceht
/ to 10 per cent, barley from 1906 per cent
| to 2.07 per cent, macaroni from 34.25 per
cent to ISL per cent hay from 1871 per
cent to 1851 per cent, fruits from H.21
i per cent to 1888 per cent, figs from 81.
I per cent to 42.1o per cent. lemons from
6sS5 per cent to M.03 per cent, live poultry
| from 1910 per cent to 6.67 per cent and
vinegar from 1903 per cent to 1873 per
| cent. Other changes are in proportion,
| and the general effect has been to reduce
| in a very material proportion the heavy
taxes upon imported foodstuffs.
Cotton Schedule.
In schedule I. dealing with cotton.
comparisons of the principal items show
reductions on cotton thread from 3154
per cent to 10. % per cent, on spool thread
| from % 95 per cent to Is per cent, on
cotton cloth from 42.74 per cent to $3.50
per cent, on waterproof cloth from 5O56
per cent to Is per cent, on ~ready-made
Il = onvaf
on collars and cuffs from 64.03 per cent
to % per cent; on pushes from $40 per
cent to 40 per cent, on handkerchiefs
from 59T per cent to 80 per cent, on
stockings from 1888 per cent to 50 per
cent on gloves from S917 per cent to
80 per cent on underwear from 60H per
cent to 25 per cent and on cotton
damask from 40 per cent to % per cent.
Flax, hemp, and their products have
been similarly dealt with. Raw flax and
raw hemp have been reduced from So. 40
and $3.50 per ton, respectively. to Sll.D
each; jute yarns have been cut from
$3.50 per cent to 10 per cent, cables and
cordage from SAB per cent to 4.55 per
cent, oilcloths for floors from A@ per
cent to Is per cent, handkerchiefs from
SO per cent to So per cent.
Schedule X. dealing with WOODS and
wooden manufactures. has been the CEN
ter of criticism for many years, and the
committee has given it very careful
study. The result has been to make raw
wool free of duty, to reduce yarns from
1884 per cent to 20 per cent, blankets
from 72.69 per cent to % per cent, fan
nels from 1929 per cent to % and IS per
cent, dress goods from 800 per cent to
81 per cent, clothing from 1916 per cent
to 50 per cent, weddings, &c, from S2.7
per cent to 50 per cent, and carpets from
rates ranging from 60 per cent to 50 per
cent to rates ranging from 20 per cent
to IS per cent
silks Are Luxuries.
Inasmuch as silk and silk goods. are
distinctly to be classed as Injuries, it
has been deemed wise to make only very
moderate reductions in the rates of duty.
Partially manufactured goods have been
cut from 21.01 per cent to 10 per cent.
spun silk yarn from 800 per cent to 30
per cent, sewing silk from 80 per cent to,
Is per cent, silk goods from 50 IS per cent
TO so, per cent, silk handkerchiefs (plain)
from 50 per cent to 40 per cent, ribbons
from 50 per cent to 40 per cent, artificial
silk yarns from I79 per cent to 30 per
cent, and braids, embroideries, and the
like of artificial silk from 6S49 per cent
to 60 per cent.
Print Paper Free.
Print paper, whose cost Of production
is as low in this country, under favor
able conditions, as ii is anywhere in the
world. has been transferred to the free
list when worth less than 1-2 cents per
pound, while the higher grades have
been given a tariff of u per cent in place
of 1880 per cent. Copying paper has been
cut from 1872 per cent to 30 per cent.
bag envelopes, &c, from 1892 per cent to
50 per cent; parchment papers from 1872
per cent to 80 per cent, Photographic pa
per from S.99 per cent to . per cent,
writing paper from 45.13 per cent to %
per cent, common wrapping paper from
80 per cent to % per cent, and books
from Is per cent to Is per cent.
Trimmed hats are given only a mod
crate reduction, being cut from so per
cent to 40 per cent, while brooms are
substantially reduced, being cut from 40
per cent to Is per cent Jewelry has BEEN
but slightly reduced, falling from 1874
per cent to 60 per cent. A good illustra-
ton of the attitude adopted with respect
to the application of the tariff is seen
in the item, precious stones uncut, which
are given a rate of 10 per cent, not
withstanding they We're on the free list
under the act of 1902
Chocolate and cocoa: present rate,
when valued from Il cents to "A cents
pound, 2k cents pound and 10 per cent ad
valorem additional; proposed new rate,
per cent ad valorem.
Wooden manufactured goods and cloth
ing: Present tariff rates are based in
many cases on value of raw wool COM
parison is here made with the equivalent
ad valorem duties as previously esti-
mated by the Ways and Means Commit
tee, on wool prices in 1910.
Cloths, knit fabrics, felts, and manu-
featured goods, from 81 per cent to So
per cent.
Suspenders, ribbons, bindings, &C.,
from So per cent to 50 per cent.
Cotton Rates Lowered.
Cotton manufactures:
Curtains, table covers, &C., from 50 to
80 per cent.
Carriers. suspenders, &C., from As per
cent to % per cent.
Tablecloths, from 40 to % per cent.
Lace curtains, &c, from so to 45 per
cent.
Cement, from cents per hundred
pounds to per cent ad vaiorem.
Lime from cents per hundred pounds
to per cent ad valorem. ~
Chinaware, decorated, from go per cent
to SIS per cent ad valorem; chinaware.
plain white. from IS per cent to 50 per
cent ad valorem. a.r.
Cut and decorated glass, from so per
cent to 40 per cent ad valorem
Mirrors, from II cents to % cents per
square foot to cents and 10 cents per
square foot.
Marble, rough, from 6 cents to so cents
per cubic foot.
Marble articles fron 50 per cent to Ak