Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-30

Washington, June 20. (By The As
.oc;ated Press)-The administration s
..rrranent tariff bill was introduced
,odav in the House of Representa-
.;,,ac and for the first time was made
public.
M explanatory statements accom-
,oriad the introduction Of the mea-
.,,re as heretofore has been custom
.rv and no official estimate was made
& the revenue it is expected to re-
turn
rnoficial estimates by members of
Aha WAYS and means committee, how
orer nlaced the expected return as
,,sb az seven hundred million dol
,ors wear. The Payne-Ald law
IN the normal pre-war years produced
= little more than three hundred mil
lion dollars year.
Examination of the bill, which COW
ers three hundred forty six printed
naees hows that in some cases the
rates proposed are higher than cor
rnsnonding rates of the Payne AL
drich law whileothers are correspond
ingly lower.
An estimate of how the whole bill
comnares with the Payne -Aldrich law
would only be possible by tariff ex-
norris making a detailed study, be-
cause the schedules of the new bill
are in many cases not framed in par
a,lel with the schedules of the Payne
A,drich law, but are differently con-
structed
IL comparison with the Underwood
tariff law of the Wilson administra-
ton the new bill removes many aru-
cles from the free list, although 1T
leaves a large list free of duty. in
GLIDING print paper. wood pulp. leath-
er and harness and agricultural i'm
Elements It raises the duties of the
great bulk of imports already being
taxed. 1t has made no notable addl-
tons to the free list.
Comparison of the wool schedule
with Schedule X of the Payne-Al-
drch bill over which a bitter fight
was waged in congress showed mate
rial reductions in a number of instan-
ces In the items of hose and gloves
the duty fixed by the committee was
thirty cents a pound and twenty five
per cent. ad valorem duty in addi-
ton, while the Payne Aldrich bill
made the rate A cents a pound and
sixty per cent. ad valorem. Clothing,
as fixed in the bill, carries twenty
cents a pound and 25 per cent. as
against forty four cents a pound and
sixty per cent. in the Payne measure.
In the rush to get the bill to the
House the committee had no time 10
submit report, but it is subject to
change, it was said, by a Republican
caucus. Only a few changes were
made at the meeting today. the most
important being a turn about on the
question of oil. After voting down
last week proposal tot AK crude pc
tr0leum. the committee at the eleV-
ehth hour put tax of thirty five
cents barrel on crude and twenty
I'VE cents a barrel on fuel oil.
The lumber schedule as originally
afaWn. was cut to pieces last night by
me committee which finally needed
The appeal of Republicans to have
HhiShed lumber kept on the free list.
shlngles, however, were taxed in the
lumber schedule. but many other
items were not.
lnmlXed woods, IS per cent. ad va
'ofem up to seven cents a pound, UNI
derwood, free.
"ools on the skin. "a per cent. up
y SIX cents a pound; Underwood,
free. Other woods and animal hair, 25
vents pound up to 35 per cent. ad
Ndofem; Underwood free. Waste, 25
cents pound: Underwood free, Noils.
10 cents; Underwood. free. Shoddy
ana wooded tracts. - cents; Under.
wood free; manufactured. 1G 2-3 cents
q POUND and 10 per cent ad valorem.
norwood s per cent: yarn. 20 cents
=" pound and Is per cent ad valorem.
= "u'fWood is per cent: woven fab
u.s. 80 cents pound and % per cent
GU Fdlorem up to sc cents a pound and