The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-04-18
4 Concise Statement Of the
Changes Made by New
Bill.
COMMODITIES ON FREE LIST
,,,.s Raised on Some Luxurleo-Raw
Wool placed on Free List and Sugar
Given Heavy Reductlon-Farm
Products Reduced.

.,es on variety OF commodities in the
Jaw tariff bill now before congress
follow:
barley malt. from 45 cents to 2B
cents a bushe1.
Buckwheat. from 16 cents to s cents
\ bushel.
oats, from IL cents to 10 cents .
bushel.
bice. cleaned, from 2 cents to 1 cent
pound.
Wheat, from rs cents to 10 cents a
bushel.
Butter, from 8 cents to 3 cents a
pound.
Cheese. from 6 cents a pound to 90
per cent ad valorem.
Beans, from As cents to rs cents a
pound.
EGGS. from 8 cents to . cents per
dozen.
Nursery cuttings and seedlings,
from % per cent to Is per cent.
Fresh vegetables. from % per cent
10 Is per cent.
Apples, peaches. etc, from % cents
10 10 cents a bushel.
Raisins. from 2h cents to 2 cents
pound.
Lemons-Presunt rate IN cents
pouud. proposed ate II cents for
package under IA cubic feet. So
certs for package up to pa cubic
feet. 10 cents for package up to s
cubic feet, Y cent a pound for lemons
IN bulk or In larger packages.
Oranges, lines, grapefruit, etc
Present rate l cent pound, proposed
rate same as for lemons.
~Pineapples, from 8 cents to s cents
q cubic foot capacity Of barrels or
packages. from So to IS a Thousand in
bslk.
Chocolate and cocoa-Present rate
when valued from Is cents to "a
cents. ~ cents a pound and 10 per
cent ad valorem additional; proposed
rre s per cent ad valorem.
Value Of Raw Wool a Factor.
Wooden manufactured goods and
clothing-Present tariff rates are
based in man 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 Is per cent.
Cloths, knit fabrics. felts and manu-
featured goods. from 81 per cent to
IS per cent.
S~uspenders, ribbons, bindings, etc.
from So per cent to 35 per cent
Cotton manufactures:
Curtains, table coters, etc, from so
TO 35 per cent.
Carriers, s%uspenders, etc. from As
per cent to 25 per cent
Table cloths. from 40 to % per
cent.
Lace curtains. etc. from so to As
per cent.
Miscellaneous cotton goods, from IS
to so per cent.
Earthenware and Glassware.
Cement from s cents a hundred
pounds to 8 per cent ad valorem.
Lime from 5 cents a hundred
pounds to s per cent ad valorem.
China clay. a ton. from $3.50 tc
t1.25.
Fuller's earth, manufactured, from
SO to $3.50 a ton.
Mica, manufactured, from > cents
and 20 per cent additional a pound &c
80 per cent ad valorem.
C~hinaware, decorated. from 60 pei
cent TO 81 per cent ad valorem'
%chinaware, plain white, from So pei
cent to so per cent ad valorem.
C,,t aoA loaar,taJ nlacc from CT
per cent to As per cent ad valorem.
Mirrors from IL cents and % cent
square foot to 7 cents and 10 cent
square foot.
Marble, rough, from So cents TO 81
cents a cubic foot.
Marble articles from 80 per cent Il
Is per cent ad valorem.
Granite and building stone, dressed
from 80 per cent to % per cent al
valorem.
Iron. steel and metal products:
Reduction on Automobiles.
Automobiles and motorcycles. 45 pc
cent to 40 per cent.
Ferromanganese, from $3.50 a tot
to IL per cent.
Round iron from So to $12 a ton t
3 per cent.
Iron and steel forgings from 3
per cent to Is per cent.
Ball and roller bearings from 45 I
u per cent.
Sheet steel or iron. now SO TO 81
cut to 20 per cont.
Tin plate, now $24 a ton. cut to 2
per cent.
Shotguns and rifles. now sH.Zo I
$40 each. changed to 80 per cent.
Table and kitchen ware. from ~
rs per cent.
Steam engines, printing pressei
machine tools, from so to 10 per cen
Embroidering and lace making mi
chimes, now free, made dutlabie AT z