Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-29
SENATE TARIFF
AMENDMENTS
TO AID REVENUE
Several Millions Added to Income
of Nation in Underwood Bill
in Present Shape.


not to exceed one and one-fourth
times that specified Earthen, stone
and chinaware; lemons. cheese, wines
Of all kinds, malt liquors, knitted
goods, silk dress and piece goods.
leather gloves, laces and embroideries
Of whatever material composed, and
articles made wholly or in part of
same; toys, jewelry and precious,
semi precious and imitation precious
stones"
Following are the principal changes
the House bill:
Added to the free list:
Alizarin, single jute yarns, school
books, cement, creosote OIL, anthra-
Gene and anthraCene oil glaciers and
engravers diamonds, not cut; miners
diamonds and diamond dust, crude
artificial abrasives, fax and hemp
tow; amber gum, valued at not more
than so cents pound indigo colors.
pig iron, wrought and scrap iron;
ferrO manganese and iron in slabs,
blooms. loops or other forms less fin
ished than iron bars, except castings;
leather, including patent leather for
shoes, harness and saddle leather;
asphaltum, limestone rock asphalt,
needles for shoe machines, photo
graphic films and moving picture
films, cyanide of potash; steel ingots,
etc, not containing alloy; cattle,
sheep and all other domestic live ami
mails suitable for human food; wool
of the angora goat and alpaca; paint
~ %
professional character"
Wheat on Free List.
Wheat. 10 cents per bushel in the
Underwood bill, was added to the free
list, but the Senate committee re-
tained a retaliatory provision for a
duty Of 10 cents a bushel on wheat,
40 cents a barrel on -four and 10 per
cent ad valOrem on other wheat prod
ucts when imported 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
United States also was inserted. Pc
tatoes were unreservedly on the free
list in the Underwood bill
Other changes affecting living cost
were as follows, the new Senate rate
being stated first in each instance:
Agricultural Products-Oats, s
cents a bushel; House, 10 cents; oat-
meal and rolled oats, 33 cents per
hundred pounds, and oat feed, 9 cents
per hundred; House, free list; cheese
2 l-2 cents per pound; House 90 per
cent; butter and butter substitutes
2 IL cents per pound House, cents;
beets, per cent; House, 10 per cent;
eggs, frozen or otherwise prepared. 2
cents a mound House 40 raptas
frozen or liquid egg albumen, 1 cent
per pound. House, free list; peas,
green or dried, 10 cents a busheI;
House. 10 cents; fiaxseed, linseed and
other oil seeds Is cents a bushel:
House, 20 cents; all other seeds, 5
cents pound; House, 10 per cent ad
valorem; zante and all other seeds, s
cents per pound; House. 10 per cent
ad yalOrem, zante currants, l cent
pound House, 2 cents
Fish, except shellfish, 25 per cent;
House, 20 per cent; lemons lines,
oranges, grapefruit, shaddock and
pomelos. IL OF l cent per pound:
House rates ranged from IS cents to
20 cents per package, according to
size; bananas, cents per bunch;
House, free list.
Oils-Alizarin assistants, soaps,
containing castor OIL all other alizarin
and all soluble greases used in dye
ing, softening, finishing not special
ly provided for 25 per cent aid valo-
rem; House, Is per cent.
Flaxseed and linseed oil, raw, boiled
or oxydized 10 cents per gallon;
House, -.
Olive oil, not specially provided for
20 cents a gallon; House, 20 per cent
ad valorem.