Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-21
CHANGES SENATE
MADE IN TARIFF
MANY RATES WE'RE CHANGED
BN TnT SENATE FINANCE
COMMITTEE.
FREE LIST MUCH LARGER
In Ncary Every Case the Changes
Made bN senate Committee
Lowered House Duties.

WASUUNGTON. June 20. Import
ant reductions in the Underwood tar
in bui rates on iron, steel ana other
metal products. the addition Of eat
tie, wheat pig iron, ansora wool and
many other articles tu the free list.
aud an increase in rates on many
classes Of cotton goods and some SILK
products. were the chief features of
the revised tariff bin as Il was laid
before the s"uHt" Democrats today by
Chairman simmons OF the finance
committee.
After weeks of work iu which cv-
cry item had undergone close scrutiny
by sab-commttecs of the majority
membership of the finance committee,
the re-drnftrd measure was brought
into the Democratic caucus today For
two hours the important changes We're
explained To- Democrats and tho hill
was then made public. Experts of
the committee at once began work on
a comprehensive summary of the
changes.
President Wilson'S desires as to free
sugar IN 1915 and free wool at once
prevailed in the rc-draft OF the bill.
To the list OF market basket rcduc-
tious the Underwood bill contained,
the senate committee added many inn
portant items. In the general level
of it's rates. the Simmons bill" AK
l,.. I.4 4
the Payne Aldrich law than did the
bill as it passed the house.
The senate caucus adjourned early
and members spent the afternoon
working ont private analysis of the
measure. The caucus will reconyenc
tomorrow. Senate leaders believe the
bin will reach the senate itself late
next week.
Here follows the principal changes
made by the senate finance committee
in the rates of the house tariff bill
and presented today to the Demo
cratic senate caucus.
Added to the free list: Allzarin, sim
gle iute yarns. school books, cement,
creosotc oil, anthraccuc and authra-
Gene oil, glaciers and cngravcrs' dia-
monds, not cut; miners diamonds and
diamond duties crude artificial abra-
sives, flax. hemp, flax and hemp toe,
ambregum valued at not more than
80 cents a pound indigo colors. pig
iron, wrought and scrap iron. ferrO
manganese and iron In slabs. bloom,
blooms, loops orc thcr forms less fin
ished than iron bars. except casting;
leather. including patent leather for
shoes. harness and saddle leather.
limestone rock asphalt. asphaltum,
needles for shoe machines; photo
graphic films and moving picture
films and moving picture films, cy-
ande Of potash, steel ingots, etc, not
containing alloy; cattle, sheep and all
other domestic live animals suitable
for human food; wool Of the AngOra
goat and alpaca; paintings, etchings,
sculptures. etc, Of professional
character"
Wheat, 10 cents per bushel in the
Underwood bill, was added to the free
list but the senate retained a retalia-
tory provision for a duty OF 10 cents
a bushcl on wheat. 15 cents "A barrel
on flour and 10 per cent ad valOreum
on other wheat products when i'm
ported from a country that imposes
duty on American wheat or wheat
products.
A retaliatory duty Of 10 per cent
upon potatoes imported from coun-
tries imposing duties against the Unit
ed states also was inserted.
other principal changes were as fol-
lows. the new senate rate being stated
first In each instance.
Agricultural Products oats. cents
a bushcl house 10 cents; oatmeal and
rolled oats 33 cents per hundred
pounds and oat feed Q cents. house
free list. cheese l-2 cents per pound,
house 20 per cent; butter and butter
substitutes l-2c cents per pound,
house cents; bects per cent, house
10 per cent; eggs frozen or otherwise
prepared . cents pound. house -
frozen or liquid eggs albumen, / cent
per pound. house free list. peas, green
or dried, 10 cents bushel. house ! 3
cents, flax seed, linseed and other oil
seeds - cents bushel, 20 cents, ali
other seeds cents pound. house 10
per cent I'D valorcm; zAnte currants,
senate cent pound. house cents.
Fish. except shell fish, % per cent,
house 20 per cent; lemons. lines, or
anges, grape fruit. shaddocks and
pomelos, half of one per cent per
pound. house rates ranged from IS
to 20 cents per package. according TO
size. bananas. . cents per bunch. house
free list.
Sugar and raw wool were loft un-
changed.
Chemical Schedule -Calomel. cor
rosive sublimatr and other mcrcurcal
preparations 20 per cent ad Valorem,
house ! per cent; compounds Of pat
roXylin or other cellulose esters % per
cent. house IS per cent; same. II In
wholly or partly finished articles. 40
per cent. house 35 per cent. chicle.
crude. 5 cents pound. house 40 cents:
chicle. refined. etc. 20 cents per
pound, house free.
Oiis-Alizarin assistants. soap CON
tanning castor oil. all other alizarin
and all soluble greases used in dyeing,