The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-21

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ate leaders believe the bill will reach the
Senate itself late next week.
| Members of the finance committee ex-
pressed the belief tonight that there would
not be much revision In the caucus. The
chief interest, of course. centers on wool
and sugar, but administration leaders be-
| leve that there will be no change in them,
and that all but two or perhaps three sem
ators will take the pledge binding them
selves to support the bill. Senator Sim
mons, chairman of the committee believes
| that the caucus will discuss the bill not
longer than a week and that after the
bill has then been submitted to the full
membership of the finance committee, it
will be reported to the Senate.
| This is one of the few times" said Sen
ator Gore tonight, when tariff bill has
come from a Senate committee with lower
rates than the House had prepared. We
| have not figured just how much the aver
age ad valorem of the bill will be, but we
have materially reduced nearly every
schedule except cotton"
| Increase Revenues
| In a statement of the rate changes,
prepared tonight for the committee.
Chairman Simmons said that "as result
of the changes proposed in the House bill
| by the democratic members of the finance
| committee, the revenues of the govern
ment would be increased approximately
S.. .O00. 900, hand in hand with a reduction
of the taxation following the reductions
| already made in the House bill"
| These increases in revenues would be
made up by tariff on bananas and res
| tora tion of the fun internal revenue duty
of $110 per gallon on brandies used in for
| tifying wines.
| Concerning certain of the changes, The
committee statement said:
| "rhe chemical schedule remains SUBJ
stantially as it came from the House with
| the exception that certain vat colors
which enter largely into the manufacture
of cotton, wooden and other textiles which
the House put on the dutiable list. have
| been transferred to the free list. Creo-
sote oil. used principally for the preserva-
| tion of timber, was taken from the dutia-
BILE and place on the free list. A slight
increase in duty was made with reference
| to the manufacture of celluloid. Cyanide
of potash and cyanide of sodium were also
| transferred from the dutiable to the free
| list.
with regard to the sugar schedule no
| change was made from the provision Of
the Underwood bill. except to strike out
| Sugars tinctured and colored, for fear
I that ultrarnarine blue. used in bleaching
| sugar, might be regarded as colored mat
ter and thereby refined sugar become SUBJ
ject to a duty of cents per pound.
with regard to cigars and other tobac-
| co products from the Philippines, the pro-
vision of the Underwood bill permitting
| cigars with so per cent of tobacco. The
product of the Philippine Islands, and %
per cent, the product of foreign countries,
| to be admitted into the United States free
of duty. was stricken out OF the bill
Only cigars and tobacco products. exclu-
svely of Philippine tobacco. to be ad-
| mi tod r,fl lntu inf n q Tinted Statag
Liquor Schedule
OF the amendment to the liquor sched-
ule the statement said: IAN additional
section is added repeating so much of the
act approved October l, 1890, and acts
amendatory thereto. so far as they relate
| to the use free of tax of spirits for the
fortifcation of sweet wines, and provd-
ing that hereafter all wine spirits, grape
brandy and alcohol so used shall be sub
Iject to the same tax as in other cases. 1t
is estimated that this tax will result In an
increase of revenues of approximately
81, 100000 per annum.
1.-THE Senate finance committee followed
the House and treated the cotton yarn
as the House bill treated cotton cloth, :
the statement continued by adding a
duty of 21s per cent upon cotton cloth
when combed. bleached, dyed, merced1zed,
Tor colored. This is the most important
change that the Senate committee made
in the House cotton schedule. The Senate
committee reduced the tariff on cotton
laps. roping, silver, or rowing from
per cent to per cent, and it substituted
the term woven figured for Jacquard ng'
ured, where used In the bill.
Changes in the administrative section
and the income tax Will be reported later
to the caucus.
Sundries: Shoe button, % per cent;
House, 40 per cent.
LUMBER All saw lumber Of cedar and
cabinet woods, 10 per cent; House free
listed.
Hats: Forty-f1ve per cent; House 40 per
cent.
Chamois skin: Ten per cent; House. Is
per cent.
Women and childrens leather gloves
except glace, not over IA inches IN ieneth
Two dollars and fifty cents per dozen
pairs House, 81; mems leather gloves
So per dozen; House, 81.
Manufactures Of amber: Twenty PEI
/ cent; House, 10 per cent.
Papier mache, hard rubber, mother ol
pearl and plaster of Paris articles: FIT
teen per cent; House, 25 per cent
Lead pencils: Thirty six cents pei
gross; House, 25 per cent ad vaiorem.
Moving picture films, developed TOT ex'
hibition: One-fifteenth cent per root
House. 20 per cent ad valorem.
The spirits and wines scredule was
amended to repeal the act of 1880 wnicn
exempted wines. spirits or grape pfanay
used in the fortifcation of wines from tne
81 10 per gallon revenue tax. This change
the committee estimated. will bring ar
Iannual revenue of about $7,000.00O
Flax, hemp and jute: Single yarns o.
Jute, 20 per cent; House. p per cent.
Single yarns of flax, hemp or ramie
not finer than s lea or number: y Pc!
cent; House, is per cent: finer tnan
lea and not finer than so. 20 per cent
House, % per cent.
Carpets. carpeting. mats and rugs o.