The Columbia evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-19
Compromises in Conference
Leave REtes Slightly Lower
Than Senate's but Above
Those of House.
FOREIGN VALUES USED
Wool Tax 25 Cents a Pound, Su-
gar | 3-4 to 2 Ia Cents
Dye Embargo Is
Renewed.
b. kENNrTH v. CLARK.

WASHINGTON. sept l4.-lhe tarHi
and bonus bills are ready for final ac-
tion. Adjustment of differences in the
bills between the two branches of Con
sress has been completed.
The tar;h bill Is designated officially as
sthe tariff Of 1922" Ii has been two
years in the making.
The bill i regarded. in general, as
the highest tariff ever imposed by an
American Congress. The conference,
however. slashed materially the high
rates in the original Senate bill.
FoRncN VALUATION ACCEPTED.
Foreign valuation w2s accepted by
conferees as the basis for determining
rates except in certain specified in
stances. A provision in the elastic tar
If clause gives the President author
iiy to change from foreign to American
valuations. if foreign valuation does not
Justly differentiaie between cost of pro-
duciion in America and abroad.
The d,e embargo. stricken out by
both House and Senate. was re-inserted
for one wear. with authority 20 the Pres
ident TO continue it for a second year.
ConfeTees also eliminated the free
trade zones into which materials could
be brought. manufactured and shipped
out without payment of duty.
Chemical. oil and paint rates were re-
duced 10 to 20 per cent.
Intermediate" in the dye schedule
we're cut from IS per cent al valOrem
and l0l. cents pound in the Senate
bill 10 so per cent ad valOrem and I
cents a pound. Coal tar products we're
lowered from the Senate rate of 90 per
cent ad yalorem and l0ls cents 10 60
per cent and cents a pound.
WOOL SLIGHTLY LOWER.
Wool in the grease or washed. was
cut from the Senate rate of 33 cents 4
pound TO 81 cents. six cents higher than
the House figure Of 25 cents a pound.
Secured wool was given the same rate,
while wool imported on the skin was
placed at so cents pound instead of
% cents.
House managers scored another VIC
tory in the cotton rates, long staple cot
ton being placed on the free list. Ii
was Z cents a pound in the Senate bill.
On cotton manufactures duties were
about halfway between the Senate and
House bills.
Duty on importation of Cuban sugar
was slashed to sl76 4 hundred pounds,
10 cents higher than the House rate but
cents below the original Senate bill.
The rate on sugar imported from coun-
tries other than Cuba was cut from $3.50
TO 1920 a hundred pounds.
Metal rates generally were kept al
Senate figures.
The basic steel rate was 8 per cent
ad yalorem. Household utensils were
reduced slightly in conference.
The rate on automobile bodies. auto
mobile chasses and motorcycles were
% per cent ad yalorem but the confer
ence imposed a retaliaiory clause so that
the duties could be increased to equal
rates levied abroad on American pro-
ducts.
Logs Of fir. spruce, cedar and west
ern hemlock were taxed 81 per thOps-
and board feet. but are exempt from
duty if imported from any country
which has not restricted expectation.
The general rate on sawed lumber was
Is per cent al valorem.
Few changes we're made on tobacco.
the basic duties being those adopted in
the Senate. s2l0 pound on unstemmed
wrapped tobacco. s2.75 stemmed. 35
cents i pound on unstemmed filler to-
bacco and 50 cents on stemmed, and
scrap tobacco 35 cents pound.
RATES ON FARM PRODUCTS.
Conference duties on important farm
products were:
Meat. 20 per cent ad valorem: fresh
milk. 2ls cents gallon; cheese. 5 cents
a pound; eggs, 8 cents a dozen; barley,
20 cents bushel; corn. Is cents bush
el: Soats, IS cents a hundred pounds;
rye. Is cents bushel; wheat. 80 cents
a bushel; apricOis. green. ripe, dried or
in the brine. Z: cent a pound; otherwise,
prepared. 25 per cent advalorem; figs
dried or in the brine cents a pound.
Otherwise in their natural state,
5 cents a pound; dates. fresh or dried.
cent q pound; otherwise prepared or
preserved. 35 per cent ad valorem;
? cents a pound; oranges, l cent
state. , cents a pound; oranges. | cent
a pound: almonds. not shelled. Az
cents a pound; shelled IA cents a
pound; vegetables in their natural state
and not otherwise provided for. 25 per
cent ad yalorem.
Only minor changes were made in the
spirits. wines and beverages schedule
The flax. hemp and jute schedules were
only slightly altered from the original
Senate bill.
Partly manufactured silk was given |
a duty of 25 per cent ad yalorem. thrown |
silk Is per cent ad valorem. while woven |
silk fabric in the piece was SIS per cent
ad valOrem.
The retaliatOry clause was retained in
the paper and books schedule and the