Bisbee daily review., 1921-06-30
RETURN Of ZOO
MILLIONS PER
YEAR EXPECTED
IF BILL VOTED
Many Articles Removed from
Free List And No Notable
Additions To 1t Made
WOOL DUTIES SLASHED
Republicans Turn Back; Vote
Import Duty On Oil After
Opposing 1t Last Week

WASHINGTON. June 29-CBy The
Associated Press THE administra-
tion's permanent tariff bill was intro
duced today in the house of repre-
sentat;yes and for the first time was
made public.
No explanatory statements accom-
panied the introduction of the meas
ure as has heretofore been custom
airy and no official estimate was
made of the revenue it is expected
to return.
Unofficial estimates by members
of the ways and means committee,
however, placed, the expected return
as high as 500 900. 900 a year. The
Payne-Aldr;ch law in the normal pre-
war years produced little more than
$200,00 900 year
Examination of the bill shows that
in some cases the rates proposed are
higher than corresponding rates OF
the Payne Aldrich law while others
are correspondingly lower.
An estimate of how the whole bill
compares with the Payne-Aldrich law
would be possible only through a
study by tariff experts. because. the
schedules of the new bin are in many
cases not framed in parallel with the
schedules of the Payne law.
Leaves Big Free List
In comparison with the Underwood
tariff law of the Wilson administra-
iton the new bill removes many art
icles from the free list, although il
leaves large list free of duty. in
cluding print paper. wood pulp. leath-
er and harness and agricultural inn
plements. 1t raises the duties on the
great bulk of imports already being
taxed. 1t has made no notable addi-
tions to the free lists
Comparison of the wool schedule
with schedule X. of the Payne-Ald-
rich bill. over which a bitter fight
was waged in congress, showed mate
rial reductions in number of In
stances. In the items of hose and
| gloves the duty fixed by the commit
tees was 80 cents pound and p per
! cent ad valorem duty i'm addition
| while in the Payne bill the rate was
"A cents pound and 60 per cent ad
valorem. Clothing. as fixed in this
bill, carries 20 cents pound and 25
! per cent. as against a. cents a pound
and 60 per cent in the Payne meas
ure.
The same degree of shading was
| made by the committee i'm knit fab
! rics, at % cents o pound and 20 per
cent ad valorem against the former
Republican rate of 33 to A cents a
| pound and 80 TO So per cent ad va
loren.
Wool Rates Lower
Republican members of the COM
/ mittee declared today that the rates
on wool were much below the Payne
! Aldrich schedule Democratic mem
bers of the committee did not have
] access to the bill until late today and
they were at work tonight in an Ell
fort to find out Just how IL compared
In the rush to get the bill TO the
house, the committee had no time TO
submit a report. hut il is subject TO
| change. it was Republican cancus-
The most important change made
at today's meeting was turrabout
on the uestion of Oil After voting
down last week a proposal to tax
crude petroleum, the committee. AT
the eleventh hour put a tax of 80
cents. barrel on crude and 20 cents
a barrel on fuel oil.
The lumber schedule. as originally
drawn. was cut to pieces last night
by the committee which finally heed
ed the appeal of Republicans 10 have
finished lumber on the free list
Shingles. however. were taxed in the
lumber schedule, but, many other
items were not.
In deciding to drop the retaliatorv
tariff proposal the committee provid-
ed that IL any country imposed a duty
on any of the free list lumber export
ed from the United States. the pres
ident might enter into negotiations
with it TO obtain removal OF the tax
and. failing, would he empowered tn
declare equal rates on the product
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