Delaware City press. (Delaware City, Del.) 1913-19??, 1913-04-11

the tariff burdens on the necessities
to the lowest points commensurate
with revenue requirements, and MAX
! ing the Injuries OF life bear their
proper portion of the tariff responsible.
tiles. Many items OF manufacture
controlled by monopolies have been
placed on the free list"
Changes In Other Rates.
Important changes in rates not in
cluded In the foregoing follows:
Barley malt, from As cents to 25
cents bushel.
Buckwheat, from 10 to cents
bushel.
Oats, from Is cents to 10 cents
bushel.
Rice, cleaned. from cents to 1 cent
per pound
Wheat, from IS cents to 10 cents
bushel.
Butter, from cents to cents per
pound
Cheese, from cents pound to 20
per cent. ad valorem
Beans, from 40 cents to 25 cents
pound
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Nursery cuttings and seedlings, from
20 per cent. to 10 per cent
Fresh vegetables, from rs per cent
/ to Is per cent.
Apples, peaches. etc, from 25 cents
to 10 cents bushel.
Raisins, from 2ia cents to cents
per pound.
Wooden Manufactures.
| Wooden manufactured goods ana
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 pre-
viously 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 So
per cent.
Suspenders, ribbons, binding, etc,
from SO per cent. 10 35 per cent.
Cotton manufactures
Tableoloths, from 40 to rs per cent.
Curtains, table covers, ETC.. from so
to So per cent.
Carriers, suspenders, &c, from As
per cent. to 20 per cent.
The Sugar Schedule.
The sugar schedule eliminates the
duties standard of color and reduces
the basic rate on sugar testing by the
polariscope not above rs degrees, from
= 95-100 Of l per cent. per pound To
71-100 of / per cent. per pound.
| For each additional degree shown by
the polariscopic test the additional
rate is reduced from $4,000 of / cent
per pound to 26-100O OF cent per
pound
Cane Sugar Section.
The other items in the cane sugar
section are changed as follows:
Molasses testing not above 40 de-
grees, from 20 to Is per cent. ad
valorem; testing above 40 and not
above Sc degrees, from cents to "a
cents per gallon; testing above Sc de-
grees, from cents to Az cents per
gallon. At the end Of the section the.
following clause is added
provided that three years after the
day when this act shall take effect
the articles hereinbefore enumerated
in this paragraph shall thereafter be
admitted free of duty"
Other reductions are:
Maple sugar and refined syrups.
from to cents per pound
Glucose or grape sugar, from ~ to
11s cents per pound.
manufactured sugar cane. from
20 to 10 per cent
Free After Three Years.
A provision placing the articles in
this section on the free list after three
years is also included.
Sugar candy, valued at Is cents a
pound or less. from cents a pound
and Is per cent ad valorem to cents
pound; valued at more than Is cents
a pound, from so to % per cent,
Cuban sugars BY treaty arrange
ments come in at 20 per cent. reduc-
ton from the regular duties.
But single change was made in
the tobacco schedule. Scrap tobacco
was taken from a general classifica-
ton, at a rate of 55 cents pound,
and given an individual classification
at 35 cents a pound.
, Flax, Hemp, Jute.
Flax, hacked, from to IL cents
pound.
Tow of fax. from $50 to $40 per ton.
Hemp and tow of hemp, from cent
to " cent per pound
Hemp, hacked, from cents to /
cent per pound.
, Floor mattings. from 3s cents to
2ls cents per square yard.
/. Linoleum and ollcloth. now classified
/ from cents per square yard and Is
:. per cent, to 10 cents per square yard
and 20 per cent, reclassifed at the
. following rates: Plain or stamped
I linoleum, 80 per cent; inlald linoleum
So per cent, oilcloth, Is per cent.
pile fabrics. from so to 40 per cent
Bags or sacks OF single jute yarns
from % cent per pound and 10 pei
l. cent to % Der cent.