The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1913-04-25

70 III per cent. DaTISy from 4o-Vo pea
cent to 1907 per cent, macaroni
from 3425 per cent to 1881 per cent,
hay from 1921 per cent to 1861 per
cent, fruits from 2721 per cent. to
1888 per cent, figs from 51.53 per cent.
TO 4210 per cent, lemons from $3.50
per cent. to 2403 per cent. live poul-
try from 1910 per cent. TO 6.67 per
cent. and vinegar from 1903 per cent
TO 1879 per cent Other changes are
in proportion. and the general effect
has been to reduce in a very material
proportion the heavy taxes upon i'm
ported foodstuffs.
General Slash on cottons.
"In schedule /, dealing with cotton.
comparisons Of the principal items
show reductions on cotton thread from
31.54 per cent. to 1929 per cent; on
spool thread from 1926 per cent to
10 per cent; on cotton cloth from
4274 per cent. to 1868 per cent; on
water proof cloth from 50.56 per cent.
TO % per cent; on ready made cloth
ing from 80 per cent. to 80 per cent;
on collars and cuffs from 64.03 per
cent to 25 per cent; on pushes from
51.40 per cent. to 40 per cent; on
handkerchiefs from 1927 per cent to
80 per cent; on stockings, 1884 per
cent TO 30 per cent; on gloves from
s9.17 per cent to 35 per cent: on I'M
derwear from 6027 per cent. to Is per
cent, and on cotton damask from 40
per cent to % per cent.
Flax. hemp and their products have
been similarly dealt with. Raw fax
and raw hemp have been reduced from
s224o and $3.50 per ton, respective
ly, TO $11.20 each; jute yarns have
been cut from $500 per cent. to Is
per cent. cables and cordage from
6.43 per cent to ASS per cent; oil
cloths for floors from 44.29 per cent
10 Is per cent; handkerchiefs from
so per cent TO 35 per cent.
How Schedule X Fares.
Schedule K, dealing with woods
and wooden 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 1884 per cent to 20
to % per cent: flannels from 1929 per
cent TO % and 80 per cent; dress
goods from 1910 per cent to So per
cent: clothing from 1856 per cent TO
IS per cent: weddings. etc, from S2.7
per cent to 35 per cent, and carpets
from rates ranging from 60 per cent
70 50 per cent. 10 rates ranging from
20 per cent TO So per cent.
"Inasmuch as silk and silk goods
are distinctly to be classed as lux
uries, il has been deemed wise 70
make only very moderate reductions
I'm the rates of duty. Partially manu-
featured goods have been cut from
2l0l per cent to Is per cent; spun
silk warn from 37.09 per cent to IS per
cent: sewing silk from IS per cent to
10 per cent: silk goods from 5255
per cent 10 so per cent; silk handker-
chiefs plain from so per cent to 30
per cent: ribbons from so per cent to
30 per cent; artificial silk yarns from
4179 per cent TO IS per cent. and
braids. embroideries and the like OF
artificial silk. from 68.49 per cent to
60 per cent
Print Paper on the Free List.
Print paper whose cost Of produc-
tion is as low in this country under
favorable conditions as it is anywhere
IN tho world, has been transferred to
the free list when worth less than
2ia cents per pound, while the higher
grades have been given a tariff of u
per cent in place of 1880 per cent.
Copying paper has been cut from 1882
per cent 10 30 per cent, bag envelopes,
ETC. from 1892 per cent 10 So per
cent. parchment papers from 1892 per
cent 10 . per cent. Photographic pa
per from % 90 per cent to o. per
cent writing paper from 4513 per
cent % - per cent; common wrap
ping paper from 35 per cent 10 p per
cent and books from % per cent to
IS per cent.
Jewelry Only Slightly Reduced
"Jewelry has been only slightly re-
duced falling from 1874 per cent to
go per cent good illustration Of
the attitude adopted with respect 70
the application Of the tariff is seen In
the item. precious stones uncut,
which are given rate of 10 per cent
Notwithstanding they were on the
free list under the act Of 1909.
Where the tariff rates balance the
difference in cost Of production at
home and abroad, including an allow
ance for the difference in freight
rates. the tariff must be competitive.
and from that point downward TO the
lowest tariff that can be levied will
continue 10 be competitive TO a great
or or less extent
Strikes Blow at Monopoly.
ION the other hand, when the duties
levied at the custom house are high
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 judg-
ment the protection Of any profit must
Of necessity have a tendency tn do