The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1913-10-10


Underwood simmons bill, taking the
title from Chairman Underw God of the
ways and means committee OF the
house and Chairman Simmons of the
finance committee of the senate
The sponsors for the bill say that 1t
will raise ample revenue Chairman
Simmons has been advised that 1t will
yield "a surplus of at least $4,000. 600
n year above current expenses If il
does not meet the expenses of running
the government the expenses will be
reduced
One remarkable thing about the pres
ent tariff bill q precedent, In fact. is
that the senate cut the average rate
OF duty carried by the bill below that
fixed by the house. Heretofore In the
making OF tariff bill the house has
slashed the rates, while the senate has
then taken mp the bin and readjusted
the rates on higher general average.
The house hill carried q general sv-
erage rate slightly below 30 per cent.
This the senate cut little over 4 per
cent. The conference committee has
raised the general average duty but
carried by the bin as perfected Ia
about 81 per cent. The average under
the present law Is about Is per cent
Many Changes Considered.
The conference committee had to
| deal with 676 paragraphs on which
there We're disagreements Some of
these involved only the change Of a
word or question Of punctuation. but
a majority Of them represented diff
| ferences in rates and a few were fun
| damental
The house conferees also accepted
the senate amendment fixing dates
when the wool duties shall go into eff
feet. which was one OF the final stun
bling blocks
| Raw wool will 60 on the free list on
| Dec I, and the reduced duties car.
ried by the present bill will become ef-
fective on Jan. l. The house bill pro-
posed to make the wool duties effective
Immediately on the bill being signed
by the president. The final action was
an important concession to the manu-
| facturers.
The senate won over the house also
on controverted paragraphs In the
| schedule relating to cotton cloths and
| yarns Ry this agreement slightly
higher duties are given to certain
coarser grades of cotton cloths and
yarns by changing the classification
Fur hats and frames, forms and 9th
| or parts for the manufacture OF such
hats received a rate OF IS per cent.
| This matter affects the hat industry in
| Connecticut The house fixed the rate
at 40 per cent. the senate made II a.
The silk schedule also was reOpened,
and the rate on silk partially manufac-
tnrrd from cocOons or wastes. not fur
carded or combed silk. and silk noils.
was reduced from 30 to 20 cents per
| pound
The Metal Schedule.
Probably no single industry covered
by the tariff bill suffered such reduc-
tons In duties as did the iron and steel
Industry The house cut duties IN
sparingv, and then the senate follow
ell by making still further reductions
and increasing the free list.
The house. for example. placed a
| duty Of s per cent on pig iron, spiegel
sen. scrap iron and scrap steel and
| IKE products and made ferro ma ga nese
| dutiable at Is per cent The senate
| free listed both of them, and the cor
| ference committee after cOnsiferah'e
deadlock yielded to the senate,
The senate also free listed slabs,
blooms. loops and other products OF
iron more advanced than pig iron.
which the house had made dutiahle at
9 nor cent The conference agreed to
this. The senate cut the duty on round
iron or steel wire fror' % per cent IN
the house bill to Is psi cent and the
conference accepted the senate reduc-
ton.
Agricultural Schedule.
The conference committee agreed to
the senate amendment, which struck
ont the lN per cent nutF on r1tNia pt"
vided nv the house bill and the ~ per
cent rate IN sheep and transferring
both to the free list The conference
committee also put wheat on the free
list. where the senate had placed IT.
BY striking ont duty tf 10 cents
bushel provided ny the house hif
The house won vhtory In the duty
on lemons and other citrus fruit when
the conference committee restored the
classfica ton based on the cubic feet
Of the containers In which such prod
ucts are imported which results In
slight decrease IT the duty.
The senate also lost In the struggle
over a proposed duty on bananas when
the conference committee struck ont
the senate rate and restored bananas
to the free list of the house bill.
Wooien Schedvie.
yerv few hsnges were made In the
woolen schedule The senate was sus-
tanned hy the conference committee IN
It's amendments fixing the dates when