Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-04-19
A Concise Statement of the
Changes Made by New
Bill.
COMMODITIES ON FREE LIST
Rates Raised on Some Luxuries-Raw
Wool Placed on Free List and Sugar
Given Heavy Reduction-Farm
Products Reduced.


follow:
Barley malt, from as cents to 25
cents a bushel
Buckwheat, from Is cents to cents
bushel.
Oats, from Is cents to 10 cents
bushel
Rfce, cleaned, from cents to 1 cent
a pound.
Wheat, from 25 cents to 10 cents
bushel
Butter, from cents to cents
pound
Cheese, from 6 cents a pound to 20
per cent ad valorem.
Beans. from As cents to 25 cents
pound
Eggs. from cents to cents per
dozen.
Nursery cuttings and seedlings.
from 25 per cent to Is per cent
Fresh vegetables, from 25 per cent
to Is per cent.
Apples, peaches, etc, from % cents
to 10 cents a bushel.
Raisins, from 21z cents to cents
a pound.
Lemons-Present rate ~ cents
pound, proposed rate II cents for
package under IL cubic feet, 35
feet, 20 cents for package up to
cubic feet. Y cent pound for lemons
in bulk or in larger packages.
Oranges, lines, grapefruit. etc
Present rate 1 cent pound, proposed
rate same as for lemons.
Pineapples from cents to 6 cents
a cubic foot capacity of barrels or
packages, from So to So Thousand in
bulk.
Chocolate and cocoa-Present rate
when valued from Is cents to "a
cents, 21a 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 1O5
per cent to 10 per cent.
Cloths, knit fabrics. felts and manu-
featured goods. from 81 per cent to
35 per cent
Suspenders, ribbons. bindings, etc,
from SO per cent to 35 per cent
Cotton manufactures:
Curtains, table covers, etc, from so
to 50 per cent.
Carriers, suspenders. etc, from As
per cent to 25 per cent.
Table cloths. from 20 to IS per
cent.
Lace curtains. etc. from so to As
per cent
Miscellaneous cotton goods. from IS
to 80 per cent.
Earthenware and Glassware.
Cement from cents a hundred
pounds to per cent ad valorem-
Lime from cents a hundred
pounds to 3 per cent ad valorem.
China clay, a ton, from $3.50 to
1925
SO to $3.50 a ton.
Mica, manufactured; from cents
and 20 per cent additional a pound to
80 per cent ad valorem.
Chinaware. decorated, from so per
cent to SIS per cent ad valorem;
chinaware. plain white. from 55 per
cent to so per cent ad valorem.
Cut and decorated glass from 60
per cent to 40 per cent ad valorem.
Mirrors from IL cents and % cents
a square foot to cents and IS cents
a square foot
Marble. rough. from IS cents to so
cents a cubic foot.
Marble articles from so per cent to
% per cent ad valorem.
Granite and building stone, dressed
from so per cent to 25 per cent ad
valorem.
Iron. steel and metal products:
Reduction on Automobiles.
Automobiles and motorcycles, IS per
cent to 40 per cent.
Ferroman ganese. from $3.50 a ton
to Is per cent
Round iron from Sc to s12 ton to
s per cent.
Iron and steel forgings from so
per cent to Is per cent.
Ball and roller bearings from As to
35 per cent
Sheet steel or iron, now SIS to SIS,
cut to 20 per cent
\ Tin plate. now s24 ton. cut to 20
per cent
Shotguns and rifles, now says to
$40 each, changed to So per cent.
Table and kitchen ware. from 40 to
IS per cent.
Steam engines. printing presses.
machine tools. from so to Is per cent
Embroidering and lace making ma
chimes, now free. made dutiable at %
per cent.