Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1913-04-15
PROPOSED TARIFF
ON MANY ITEMS
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.


Products Reduced.
Observation-Disclosures changes II
rates on variety of commodities in tbs
new tariff bill now before congress!
follow
Barley malt. from As cents to 2;
cents a bushel
Buckwheat. from Is cents to 8 cents
y bushel.
Oats, from 10 cents to 10 cents &
bushel
Rice, cleaned from cents to / CEN
a pound
Wheat, from % cents to 10 cents q
busheI
Butter, from cents to 3 cents q
pound
Cheese, from cents a pound to 20
per cent ad valorem.
Beans, from As cents to % cents a
pound.
Eggs, from cents to cents per
dozen.
Nursery cuttings and seedlings
from 25 per cent to Is per cent.
Fresh vegetables, from % per cent
TO Is per cent
Apples. peaches, etc. from % cents
to 10 cents a bushel
Raisins, from 21a cents to ? cents
a pound.
Lemons-Presert rate IL cents
pound proposed rate II cents for
package under IA cubic feet, 80
cents for package up to 215 cubic
feet. 20 cents for package up to 5
cubic feet. II 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 IS to s. a 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 8 per cent ad valorem.
Value of Raw Wool a Factor.
clothing 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 105
per cent to Is per cent.
Cloths, knit fabrics, felts and manu-
featured goods. from 81 per cent to
IS per cent.
Suspenders, ribbons. bindings, etc,
from SO per cent to 35 per cent
Cotton manufactures:
Curtains, table covers, etc, from so
20 35 per cent.
Carriers, suspenders. etc, from as
per cent to % per cent.
Table cloths. from 40 to % per
cent
Lace curtains. etc, from 80 to As
per cent.
Miscellaneous cotton goods. from Is
to 80 per cent.
Earthenware and Glassware.
Cement from cents hundred
pounds to per cent ad valorem.
Lime from cents a hundred
pounds to 5 per cent ad valorem.
China clay, ton, from. 81 90 to
$125.
Fullers earth. manufactured, from
80 to $3.50 a ton
Mica, manufactured. from cents
and 20 per cent additional a pound to
30 per cent ad valorem.
Chinaware, decorated, from so per
cent to 55 per cent ad valoren;
chinaware plain white, from So per
cent to so per cent ad valorem.
Cut and decorated glass from so
per cent to as per cent ad valorem.
Mirrors from II cents and % cents
a square foot to cents and 10 cents
a square foot
Marble, rough, from Go cents to so
cents cubic foot
Marble articles from so per cent to
As per cent al valorem.
Granite and building stone. dressed,
from so per cent to % per cent ad
valorem
Iron, steel and metal products:
Reduction on Automobiles.
Automobiles and motorcycles. As per
cent to 40 per cent.
Ferromanganese, from $3.50 a ton
to Is per cent
Round iron from So to $12 ton to
8 per cent
Iron and steel forgings from 30
per cent to 10 per cent.
Ball and roller bearings from 45 to
IS per cent.
Sheet steel or iron, now SO TO SIS.
cut to &c per cent
Tin plate, now S24 a ton. cut to 20
per cent
Shotguns and rifles. now SECS to
$50 each. changed to 80 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.
The schedule carries a blanket
clause that articles or wares not spe-
cially mentioned shall pay 80 per cent
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