Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-04-16
PROPOSED TARIFF
ON MANY ITEMS
A Concise Statement Of the
Changes Made by New
Bill.
COMMODITIES ON FREE LIST
Rates Raised on Some Luxuries-Raw
Wool Placed on Free List and Sugar
Given Heavy Reduetion-Fsrm
Products Reduced.

Froo0Sba HeoHScus
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. changes In
rates on variety of commodities in the
new tariff bill now before congress
follow:
Barley malt. from 40 cents to %
cents bushel.
Buckwheat. from Is cents to cents
a bushel.
Oats. from is cents to 10 cents a
bushel
Rice. cleaned, from cents to cent
a pound
Wheat, from IS cents to 10 cents a
bushel
Butter. from cents to cents a
pound.
Cheese, from s cents pound to 20
per cent ad valorem-
Beans. from 40 cents to % cents a
pound.
Eggs. from cents to cents per
dozen.
Nursery cuttings and seedlings.
from 20 per cent to Is per cent.
Fresh vegetables. from % per cent
to Is per cent
Apples, peaches. etc, from 25 cents
to 10 cents bushel
Raisins, from 2ts cents to cents
a pound
Lemons-Present rate 11k cents
pound. proposed rate II cents for
package under IL cubic feet. 30
cents for package up to PA cubic
feet, 20 cents for package up TO 5
cubic feet, u cent a pound for lemons
in bulk or in larger packages.
Oranges. lines. grapefruit, etc
Present rate / cent pound, proposed
rate same as for lemons
Pineapples, from 8 cents to cents
packages, from S. to S. Thousand in
bulk
Chocolate and cocoa-Present rate
when valued from IS cents to "a
cents. 211 cents pound and 10 per
cent ad yalorem additional: proposed
rate per cent ad valorem.
Value of Raw Wool Factor.
Wooden manufactured goods and
clothing tariff rates are
based in many cases on value of raw
wool. Comparison is here made with
the equivalent ad valorem duties as
previously estimated by the ways and
means committee on wool prices in
1910:
Combed wool and tops. from 105
per cent to IS per cent.
Cloths. knit fabrics. felts and manu-
featured goods. from 81 per cent to
S5 per cent.
Suspenders, ribbons. bindings. etc.
from SO per cent to 50 per cent
Cotton manufactures:
Curtains. table covers, etc, from so
TO 35 per cent
Carriers. suspenders. etc, from As
per cent TO 25 per cent.
Table cloths. from 10 to 25 per
cent
Lace curtains. etc, from so to As
per cent
Miscellaneous cotton goods, from IS
to 80 per cent
Earthenware and Glassware.
Cement from cents a hundred
pounds to per cent ad valorem.
Lime from cents a hundred
pounds to per cent ad valorem.
China clay. a ton, from $3.50 to
s1.25.
FulIers earth, manufactured, from
50 to $3.50 ton.
Mica, manufactured. from cents
and 20 per cent additional pound TO
30 per cent ad yeiorem.
Chinaware. decorated. from so per
cent to SIS per cent ad valorem;
chinaware, plain white, from 55 per
cent to 50 per cent ad yalorem.
Cut and decorated glass from so
per cent to As per cent ad valcrem.
Mirrors from II cents and % cents
a square foot to cents and 10 cents
a square foot
Marble, rough. from IS cents to so
cents a cubic foot
Marble articles from 50 per cent to
Is per cent ad valorem.
Granite and building stone. dressed.
from so per cent to % per cent ad
valorem.
Iron. steel and metal products:
Reduction on Automobiles.
Automobiles and motorcycles, 40 per
cent to 40 per cent
Ferromanganese. from $3.50 ton
TO 10 per cent.
Round iron from IS TO s12 ton to
per cent.
Iron and steel forgings from 30
per cent to Is per cent.
Ball and roller bearings from As to
IS per cent.
Sheet steel or iron. now Sc to SIS.
cut to 20 per cent
Tin plate. now s24 ton, cut to 20
per cent
Shotguns and rifles, now $225 TO
SO each. changed to 50 per cent.
Table and kitchen ware, from 40 to
25 per cent
Steam engines. printing presses.
machine tools. from 80 to is per cent
Embroidering and lace making ma
chimes. now tree. made dutiable at %
per cent.
The schedule carries a blanket
clause that articles or wares not spe-
ciaIly mentioned shall pay so per cent