Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07

against existing rates of 2.20 cents a
pound on raw world sugar and 17G
cents a pound on raw Cuban sugar
Under the new bill, drafted after four
months of work, the tariff rate on re-
fined world sugar would be $50 cents
per pound and $50 cents per pound on
refined Cuban sugar. The present
rates are 2.39 cents per pound and 1.e1
cents a pound.
The bill proposes no change in the
rate on pig iron.
Long staple cotton would be left on
The free list.
No limitation would be placed on the
present free importation of sugar from
the Philippine Islands
A Scent per pound increase on raw
wool imports would be provided.
Corn Boosts Recommended.
The bill would practically double ex-
&sting rates on beef imports.
An increase from is cents to Is cents
per bushel was recommended on corn
Imports.
There would be no change in the rate
on oats, rye, wheat, and -four.
Others Compared.
Changes proposed on other articles
compared with the existing rates in
cluded:
Raw wool (clean content), "a cents a
pound. now 81; fresh beef and veal, g.,
now 3: fresh lamb, z, now 4; fresh
Ion, now 20; fresh milk, S, now 21a
sweetened condensed milk, 2K a pound,
now Ia; oleomargarine. IL. now 8:
cheese. z. now 5; rice DROWN. 112, now
! "A; cherries (Sulphured) with stems
and tips. sig a pound. no comparison;
Maraschino cherries. 5l2 cents and 40
per cent, now 40 per cent; cherries
(Stems tied. pits removed)). 912 a
pound, no comparison.
No change was suggested in the
tariff on cattle on the hoof. The new
bill would make no changes in the
rates on apples cherries and fish.
A accent increase per pound would
be provided for grapefruit
No changes were proposed in the
rates on white potatoes. oranges,
lemons, raisins, peaches and peas.
Cement OF Free List.
The rate on hydraulic cement, now
on the free list. would be placed at 8
cents per hundred pounds.
Besides there being no change in the
sugar beet rate, no change was proposed
for other beetS.
The duty on brown rice was stepped
up from l u cents pound to / y cents
pound, with "a cent pound added
to the duty on rough rice, fixing the
rate at "a cents pound
The rate on butter is placed at IL
cents pound as at present under the
operation of the flexible tariff, with the
same duty proposed on oleomargarine
and other substitutes.
The duty on fresh milk would be
doubled. with the rate at cents a gal
Ion, while the rate on cream would be
advanced from 20 cents a gallon to 48
cents q gallon.
the free list and no duty would be
placed on boots and shoes which now
are also on the free list.
Other items are: Flax (hackled), 8
cents q pound, now 2; fax mot
hackled) 11z, now /; fax straw, SO a
ton, now So; hemp (hackled), 3, now 2;
hemp (tow), ! Il, now L; silk partially
manufactured, no change now, IS per
cent at present; silk noilS exceeding 2
inches, no change now, IS per cent at
present; printing paper mot specif1cal-
" provided for), no change now, and
10 per cent at present.
Other changes would be: Common
building brick. $1.25 per 1000, now free;
shingles, Is per cent advalorem, now
free; 1nSeed oil, 416 cents a pound,
now 80; soya bean oil, 5, now 2iz.
Milk Rates Raised.
Sweetened milk, condensed or evap-
GRATED, would carry rate of ga cents
. pound against the present duty of
III cents; while unsweetened con-
densed or evaporated would bear duty
Of 400 cents a pound against the
present l cent pound.
The duty on hogs would be increased
from one-half cent pound to cents
q pound, while that on fresh pork
would be 21a cents a pound. against
the present three quarters OF cent
. pound.
the Fordney-McCumber law, but the
rate on fresh beef and veal would be
advanced from 3 cents a pound to 6
cents a pound. Sheep, lambs and goats
would bear an impoSt duty OF So a
head, against the present 81, with the
rate on fresh lambs proposed at cents
o pound, an increase of cents.
A reduction of one-half cent pound
In the present rate of 71a cents is pro-
posed, but in no case would this rate
be less than IS per cent ad valorem.
Among the manufactured cotton rate
changes, for which no comparative fig
ures were Immediately available, were
the following:
Cotton yarn (not bleached) of num-
bers exceeding No. 90, 5 per cent ad
valorem, and in addition thereto for
each number, three-tenths Of l per
cent; exceeding No. 80, 80 per cent ad
Yalorem
Cotton yarn (bleached), of numbers
not exceeding No. go, 10 per cent ad va
loren and in addition thereto for
each number $40 of l per cent; exceed
ing No. 80, 81 per cent ad valorem. .
Crochet, embroidery, darning and
knitting cottons put up for handWork In
lengths not exceeding $40 yards, rs per
cent ad valorem.
Cotton Cloth Listed.
Cotton cloth (not bleached), con-
tanning yarns the average number OF
which does not exceed No. 80, 10 per
cent ad valorem and in addition for
each number 35-100 of l per cent ad va
loren: exceeding No. 80, w per cent
ad valorem.
Cotton cloth Cbleached), containing
yarns not exceeding No. 80, Is per cent
ad valorem and in addition for each
number 30-100 of / per cent; exceed
ing No. 35. Az per cent ad valorem. :,
Cotton cloth, printed, dyed or coloreo
containing yarns, the average number
of which does not exceed number 80, 16
per cent ad valorem and in addition
for each number 35-l00 of one per cent
ad valorem; exceeding number 80, 47H2
per cent.
Common pattern pile fabrics, II vel
Veteens, 6212 per cent ad valorem; II
corduroys, pushes or chemills, so pei
cent: if terry woven. 40 per cent.
Peanuts (unshelled, "A cents