Putnam patriot., 1913-04-18
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 comparisons Of the principal items show reductions on cotton thread from | 3I.54 per cent. 10 1929 per cent; on spool thread from 22s5 per cent to ! IS per cent. on cotton cloth from
 4274 per cent. to 26 @ per cent; on
 water proof cloth from 505s per cent. 1 10 25 per cent on ready made cloth
 ing from 50 per cent. 10 90 per cent;
 on collars and cuffs from s403 per cent to 25 per cent. on pushes from 5140 per cent. to 40 per cent. on
 handkerchisfs from 5s27 per cent to
 90 per cent: on stockings, 75.34 per cent. to 80 per cent; on gloves from s9i7 per cent. to s5 per cent: on un. aerwear from s027 per cent. to z5 per cent. and on cotton damask from 4o per cent. to 25 per cent.
 Flax hemp and their products have been similarly dealt with. Raw far and raw hemp have been reduced from s22.40 and tzz 50 per ton. respective ly. to si120 each; jute yarns have been cut from 2sso per cent to IS per cent; cables and cordage from e4s per cent. 10 4.55 per cent; oil cloths for floors from 4429 per cent. to 1s per cent; handkerchiefs from 50 per cent to B per cent.
 How Schedule x Fares.
 ''Schedule K, dealing with wools and voolen manufactures. has been the center of criticism for many years and the committee has given it very careful study The result has been to make raw wool free of duty, to re- duce yarns from 76.34 per cent to 20 per cent: blankets from 72.69 per cent to 25 per cent: nannels from e32s per cent to g and B per cent; dress goods from ee.7o per cent to 35 per cent: clothing from 7e56 per cent to 35 per cent: webbings, etc. from s2-7 per cent to 35 per cent and carpets from rates ranging from 90 per cent to s2 per cent, 10 rates ranging from 20 per cent 10 35 per cent.
 "Inasmuch as silk and silk goods are distinctly to be classed as lux uries, t has been deemed wise to make only very moderate reductions in the rates of duty. Partially manu- factured goods have been cut from 2101 per cent 10 IS per cent; spun silk yarn from 37 0e per cent to 3b per cent; sewing silk from B per cent to 15 per cent: silk goods from 5255 per cent to 90 per cent, silk handker- chiefs (plain) from 30 per cent to 70 per cent. ribbons from 50 per cent to xn 4of al frR 41.79 per cent 10 85 per cent, and braids. embroideries and the like Of artificial silk, from 6s.49 per cent to 60 per cent
 Print Paper on the Free List.
 Print paper. whose cost of prodnc- ton Is as low in this country under favorable conditions as t Is anywhere fin the world. has been transferred to the free list when worth less than 2i5 cents per pound, while the higher grades have been given tarin of 13 per cent in place of 1880 per cent. Copying paper has been cut from 42 32 per cent to 90 per cent, bag envelopes
 etc, from 4992 per cent to 35 per cent. parchment papers from 4792 per cent 10 95 per cent photographic pa per from 2S go per cent to 25 per cent. writing paper from 4513 per cent to 25 per cent; common wrap ping paper from 35 per cent to 25 per cent and books from 25 per cent to 1s per cent,
 JeweIry Only Slightly Reduced. "Jewelry has been only slightly re- duced, falling from 7bT4 per cent to 50 per cent. good illustration of the attitude adopted with respect to the application of the tariff is seen in the item. precious stones uncut. which are given 6 rate of 10 per cent
 notwithstanding they were on the free list under the act of 1909
 Where the tarifr rates balance tho difference in cost of production at home and abroad. including an allow ance for the difference in freight rates, the tafiff must be competitive and from that point downward to tho lowest tariff that can be levied will continue to be competitive to great CT or less extent <
 Strikes Blow st Monopoly, "On the other hand, when the duties levied at the custom house are htgh
 enough to allow the American manu-
 facturer to make a profit before his competitor can enter the field we have | invaded the domain of the protection
 Of profits In the committees iudg-
 ment the protection of any profit must of necessity have a tendency to de- stroy competition and create mouop- oly. whether the profit protected Is reasonable or unreasonable
 Which course Is the wiser one for our government to take? The one that demands the protection of profits. the continued policy of hothouse growth for eur industries the stag nation of development that follows where competition ceases-or, on the other hand. the gradual reduction of our tariff to basis where the Amer ican manufacturer must meet honest competition, where he must develop
 his business along the best and most I economic lines. where. when he fights | at home to control his market, he Is | forging the way in the economic de- | yelopment of his business to extend bis | trade in the markets of the world. | The future growth of our great indus 1 tries lies beyond the seas"
 Electrical Workers Work.
 New Haven.-Oflcial statement is
 made at the New York. New Haven & Hartford offices here that the eleetri- cal construction men between this city and Stamford will so back uneondi-
 tionally at the old wages. Below
 Stamford. however. on the main line
 of the New York. Westchester < Bos-
 ton there is no evidence of return Of