The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-04-18

is per cent; on cottoH ciotn hVm
4a74 per cent. to 1859 per cent; ON
water proof cloth from 60.56 per cent.
10 rs per cent; on ready made cloth
ing from so per cent. to 80 per ceEt;
ON collars and cuffs from 64.03 per
cent to rs per cent; on pushes from
LAO per cent. to 40 per cent; ON
handkerchiefs from 59.27 per cent. 20
30 per cent; on stockings, 1884 per
cent. to SO per cent; on gloves from
ss.l7 per cent to s5 per cent; on I'M
derwear from 6027 per cent. TO 20 per
cent. and on cotton damask from 4O
per cent. to rs per cent.
FLAX, hemp and their products have
been similarly dealt with. Raw max
and raw hemp have been reduced from
s22.40 and $3.50 per ton. respective
ly. to $11.2O each; jute yarns have
been cut from $500 per cent. to 10
per cent. cables and cordage from
SAB per cent. to 4.55 per cent; oil
cloths for floors from 1923 per cent.
to is per cent; handkerchiefs from
so per cent to 35 per cent,
How Schedule X Fares.
Schedule X, dealing with woods
and wooden manufactures, has been
the center OF criticism for many years
and the committee has given 1t very
| careful study. The result has been
to make raw wool free of duty, to re-
duce yarns from 1884 per cent to 20
per cent; blankets from 1859 per cent
| to rs per cent fianneIs from 1928 per
| cent to rs and 35 per cent; dress
| goods from 1910 per cent to IS per
cent; clothing from 1855 per cent to
| IS per cent; weddings, etc, from S2.7
| per cent to IS per cent, and carpets
| from rates ranging from go per cent
| to So per cert, to rates ranging from
! 20 per cent to IS per cent
'Inasmuch as silk and silk goods
are distinctly to be classed as lux
| uries, it has been deemed wise to
make only very moderate reductions
In the rates of duty. Partially manu-
featured goods have been cut from
2101 per cent to Is per cent; spun
silk yarn from 37.09 per cent to 35 per
cent; sewing silk from 35 per cent to
| Is per cent; silk goods from 52.55
| per cent to SO per cent; silk handker-
chiefs (plain) from so per cent to 40
per cent; ribbons from 80 per cent to
40 per cent: artificial silk yarns from
i Alto per cent to 35 per cent, and
braids, embroiderfes and the like of
artificial silk. from 6S.49 per cent to
go per cent.
Print Paper on the Free List.
Print paper, whose cost Of produc-
ton is as low in this country under
favorable conditions as it is anywhere
In the world, has been transferred to
the free list when worth less than
| 21a cents per pound, while the higher
| grades have been given tariff of IL
per cent In place Of 1880 per cent.
Copying paper has been cut from 1922
| per cent to 80 per cent, bag envelopes,
ETC., from 1892 per cent to 35 per
cent, parchment papers from 1872 per
cent to 35 per cent, Photographic pa
i per from 2999 per cent to rs per
cent, writing paper from 45.13 per
cent to rs per cent; common wrap
ping paper from 35 per cent to 25 per
cent and books from % per cent to
Is per cent.
Trimmed hats are given only
moderate reduction, being cut from
80 per cent to 40 per cent, while
brooms are substantially reduced, be-
ing cut from 40 per cent to 15 per
cent
JeWeIry Only Slightly Reduced.
Jewelry has been only slightly re-
duced, falling from 1874 per cent to
so per cent. A good illustration 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
notwithstanding they were on the
free list under the act of 1909.
Where the tariff rates balance the
difference in cost of production at
home and abroad, including an allow
ance for the difference in freight
rates, the tariff must be competitive,
and from that point downward to the
lowest tariff that can be levied will
continue to be competitive to a great
er or less extent.
Strikes Blow at Monopoly.
On the other hand, when the duties
levied at the custom house are high
enough to allow the American manu-
facturer to make a profit before his
competitor can enter the field, we have
invaded the domain of the protection
of profits. In the committees judg-
ment the protection of any profit must
of necessity have tendency to de-
stroy competition and create monop-
oily, whether the profit protected is
reasonable or unreasonable.
Which course is the wiser one for
our government to take? The one
that demands the protection of profits,
the continued policy OF dollhouse
growth for our industries-the stag
nation OF development that follows
where competition ceases-or, on the
otner hand, the gradual reduction of
our tariff to basis where the Amer
lean manufacturer must meet honest
competition; where he must develop
ais business along the best and most