The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-24
DONOVAN IS
 WELL PLEASED
Congressman From This District Believes Admin istration Is On Right
 Trail
Regards Senate As Place Where Hot Dishes From House Are Allowed to Cool Before Serving.
CBy Our Special Correspondent.1

(By Our Special Correspondent1
 Washington, June 24.-Representa- tive Jeremiah Donovan of the fourth Connecticut was asked yesterday what he thought of the way that the finance committee of Senate had treated the schedules of the Under wood tariff bill that he was most in- terested in, and which affected the People of Fairfield County. He said:
 IT feel quite cheerful over the pros poets at this time. The Commietee has shown good judgment in most of the matters and they have rectihed many errors that are bound to creep into tariff bill while it is being framed. The Senate is a great in- stitution in the way, of being the place where the hot dishes prepared in the house are allowed to cool Of course we wanted to get an ad va1o- rem duty Of 50 per cent. on fur felt hats. but the committee and the cau- GUS has given us an additional 5 per cent. making the total duty 45 per cent. If this is the amount that stays in the final bill, and there is no req son for another change, believe that the 25,000 men employed in the hat ting business can feel that they can go to work without fear of not being able to hold their own against the foreigner.
 Then again the putting of rabbit skins on the free list, the skins from which the fur for the hats are obtain ed, will prevent the small hat manu- lecturers from being placed at the mercy of the fur imp orters. also believe that the automobile Tnanufac- turers will be pleased with the change in the bill When the bill left the house ft was provided that there should be 45 per cent ads valorem duty on autos and auto bodies, 30 per cent. on auto chassis, and 20 per cent. on finished parts not including tires. The Senate committee has changed the blll so that there will be no spe- cia1 duty for automobile parts lower than the duty on the chassis, but has raised the rate on all parts to 80 per cent This will prevent the 1nporta- ton of parts and the assembling of the car in this country The com mittee has fixed aduty of AS per cent. upon all cars worth more. than $1, 800. Cars costing less than $1, 800 are to be taxed 30 per cent. This was done for the purpose of aiding poor people who want to buy cheap commercial vehicles
 '@rhe silk people Of our state will
 undoubtedly be pleased for. They have secured about everything they asked for. The ad valorem duty has been taken ofEIand a specific duty. put OIL This will prevent any false appraisements of silks to the disad- vantage of the American nnanufactur- era do not believe there is a man In fhee sdIk business who will not ad- init thatShe has been used fairly, and they can now go ahead with the ptlr- chase Of new machinery and continue to growS
 There has been considerable talk about the hair of the angora goat. This has been put on the free list, the goat being put on par with the sheap. Thi should be a big advantage material is no factorAto the n1anufac- ftirer.
 Hardware and Tool Makers will probably be interested in knowing that files under the senate committees report-blanks and rasps half cut, and files of perctssion are increased from 25 per cent. to 3s per cent
 The lace makers of our district were really pleased with the original draft of the bill, and they were wait ing to hear from the Senate commit tee before starting new machinery. They can practically get ready to start the new machinery for the committee has not changed the schedule which pleased them. "'I was more than 1 pleased with the fact that the con1- I rnittee put ferro- Manganese on the 1 free list after it had been requested by the people of our district, and I had spoken of the matter on the floor of the House.
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