Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-09-17
Tariff BILL PASSES j: s
ADMINISTRATION MEASURE WINS
In SENATE BY VOTE
OF ~ TO 81.
.AcT NOW GOES TO THE Il HOUSE i
Two Democrats Of Louisiana Cast Bal
4 lot Against Aet-La Toilette and I1s
Poindexter for It - conferees
Nd i44 Named by VIce-Presldent Marshall.

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Senators Thornton and. Ransdell OF
louisiana were the only. Democrats
& to vote against the bill, while Senator
H Poindex Progressive, and Senator
4 "a Toilette, Republican, voted for tho
measure. Senator Lewis was paired
with Senator Gronna, but announced
that he Intended to vote for the bill bill
& anyway, and did 80.
V1ye-President Marshall announced
as conf erees in the bill Senators Sim
: mons, shively, Johnson and Williams,
4 Democrats Penrose, Lodge and La
Toilette, Repub licans. Y, ..5S
The conference work should be COM
pleted within two weeks and the
q measure passed and signed by Presi-
dent Wilson before October 4.
Among the articles placed = on the
\ free list were raw wool and sugar at
y the end OF three years; cattle, sheep,
A meats, wheat, -four. print paper val
i ued at less than 2 " " !, cents q pound.
wood pulp, pig iron. steel ingots,
blooms and abs, cast iron pipe, pho pho
tographs and moving picture films,
5 exposed, steel rails, cement, milk and
III cream, ferro.manganese,j lard, flax.
hemp, jute, eggs. corn, cornmeal, cash
B registers, sewing mac chimes, type set
i ting machines, lumber and hair OF the
4 angora goat. n 81
The senate placed In the bill ia tax
on cotton futures, aimed to- prevent
4 gambling. s$.1.s s;jgS
In the chemical schedule the senate
! has made "a great number Of amend
sments, the reductions and increases
being about, equally divided, In the
glass and earthen ware schedule, ce-
q ment upon which the house placed q
Il duty OF five per cent. ad valorem, was
3 placed on the free list. M II NJ
The house had duty, of eight per
cent.$on pig iron, and the senate put It
@onS the free list. The house also had a
duty OF eight per cent. on iron slabs,
{ blooms, etc, and the senate added
them to the free list. The senate re
duced the duties Of automobiles val
sued lat less than 1880. 81 It also re.
duced the duty on motorcycles from
40 per cent. ad valoremsto rs per cent.
In the agricultural sche dule, the SEN
4 ate free listed cattle and sheep, which
n the house taxed ten per cent ad va:
loren. It reduced the duties on oats
from ten cents bushe the house
rate, to six cents. 1t reduced the duty
on beets from ten per cent. to five pei
& cent ad valorem, It reduced the duty
B; on peas from fiftaen cents to ten cents
ia bushel, and 1t placed wheat, which
the house had taxed at ten cents q
bushel, on the free list: The senate
placed a duty Of one tenth Of one cent
Va pound on bananas. The senate
Il placed \ a tax Of 81. 10 per gallon or
y brandies used in the manufacture o1
wines. n AZ al
The SENATE made sill ht increases IN
yarns and tops. It reduced the rates
somewhat on cotton stockings. Many
large reductions we're made In the
II flax, hemp and jute sch dule, includ
& ling the free listing OF fax, hemp and
jute IN the wool schedule the senate
reduced tops from fifteen per cent. ad
B yaloremz to FIVE per cent, and on yarns
from 20 per cent. to 81 Wooden blank.
S$ets valued at less than 40 cents per
4 pound were put on the free list.
The income tax section Of the bill
D provides for an exemption Of s., 900
with an additional $1,000 If a man or
woman be married, and $500 addition
al fo each minor child up to two. The
rates then are I'd be one per cent. on
5sall income from 50, 900 to $4,000, two
per cent: on all income from $40, 900
TO 500, 900, five per cent. on all In
4 come from $4,000 to S75, 900, four
per cent. on all income from SIS, 900
4 to 100000, five per. cent. on all in
come from 500 900 to $3.50 .000.3 six per
cent. on all income from $3.50 900 to
IS 100000, and on all income in excess
Sof $500, 0O0, seven per cent.