Show BIG TARIFF REDUCTIONS PROPOSED BY DEMOCRATS Comparative Table ShowIng Some of the More Important Changes on Ad Valorem Basla e N M Pres- Pres Pro Pro- ent posed Law Law f 2 Perc Perc Cotton cloth 2665 Cotton clothing stockIngs hose and M ne and boys boys' cotton cot ton Ion work gloves KnIt shirts drawers etc and 2500 Collars and cuffs Blankets 2500 Flannels Clothing ready Women's and chii drens dren's drens dren's goods Cream of tartar 2445 1785 Medicinal Pre p a a. a Castor ol oil 1500 Wash blue 2359 1500 Saltpeter Com Comman man soap 2000 or bicarbonate ate of soda 2154 Sal soda washing soda 2093 1625 Borax refined 2123 Crina and crockery not decorated 35 00 Grindstones Bicycles 2500 Pocket knives and Razors and Scissors and shears Knives a arid d forks 2700 Furniture 1500 Cattle 2707 1000 Macaroni etc 2331 Rice cleaned 33 1429 Eggs Stocks etc of fruit trees Mineral waters 30 00 Spool thread 2295 1500 Sewing silk slik 2500 1500 Wrapping paper 2500 Books 2500 1500 Brooms 1500 Matches 2759 1400 Harness and o other her than leather 2000 IndIa rubber manufactures manufactures tures of 1000 Lead pencils 2500 I I earthenware which was already already al al- al ready relatively low being subject to an average duty of at 2467 per cent has now been cut to 15 per cent while window glass has been given an average reduction on all glasses of ot from per cent to 2831 per cent Plate glass which may be consid a luxury still retains a duty of nearly of-nearly nearly 40 per cent the average being per cent In place of ot the duty of at per cent In the law Pig Iron and Forgings Hit Pig iron and slabs which were 1635 per cent and 1779 per cent have be been n cut to 8 per cent in each case beams from 2320 per cent to 12 per cent and forgings from from 30 per percent cent to 15 per cent On the other hand bicycles a much more highly manufactured product are dutiable at 25 per cent as against 45 per and razors at 35 per cent as against per cent The liThe idea of ot the large extension of ot the free list for the i I products has been the fundamental conception while the effort h has s been made to improve the status of ot the manufactured lumber Thus sawed boards other than cabinet wood have been carried to the free list while sawed cabinet woods which were 1275 per cent in 1912 are now 10 per percent cent casks barrels alp which were 30 per cent are n now w 1477 per cent and house furniture which was vas 3 35 per percent cent Is now 1 15 per cent Tobacco and spirits have been found to be good producers of ot revenue and and have therefore been left at the same same rates as in the present law Would Reduce Cost of Living In Ill the effort to relieve the cr er and to mitigate the tha high and rising cost of or living schedule G which deals with agricultural products has been thoroughly revised and Important re reo have havo been made For Instance instance in In- stance the tho duty on horses has been reduced from tram 25 per cent to 10 per percent cent cattle from front 2507 per cent to 10 it per cent sheep from 1641 per tent nt to 10 iO per cent barley from tram per percent percent cent to 2307 per cent macaroni from front per cent to 2381 per cent hay bay from from- per cent to 2667 per cent fruits from 2721 per cent to 1538 1533 per cent figs from tram per cent to per cent lemons from per cent to 2 3 per cent live poultry poul poul- tr try from 1310 per cent to per cent and vinegar from per cent to 1739 per cent Other changes are In lu proportion and the general effect has been to reduce In a very material proportion the heavy taxes upon Imported imported Im- Im ported foodstuffs In schedule I 1 dealing with cotton comparisons of ot the tile principal items s show how redactions on n cotton thra 3 per cent to 1929 per Der a fr ro s spool pool thread from tram 2295 Per cent ce H HIB 1 IB 15 5 per cent on cot cotton on cloth nt to 4 per cent to 2669 per er water proof cloth from cent Oil t to o 25 per cent on ready rendy LISt made Io I Ing ng from rom 50 per cent to 30 p Pe er eO eOon oton ot- ot o on n collars and cuffs curts from Ct 1 cent ent to 25 4 c per cent on cent ent per to 40 per c ceaL handkerchiefs from t per lt 3 30 0 per cent ent on stockings ce cent l to 76 31 cent to 50 per cent o on gloves er per cent to 35 per f f cent from per ll un cent t to 25 cent and on cotton cotto damask P er erper fr per cent to 25 p per r cent from ro t II Flax hemp and their products product v been similarly dealt with Rat Raw Rate ha f fand and raw hemp have n ave been re I 2240 and 2250 per ton tr ly by to 1120 each jute jute Yarns ha been cut from 2690 per cent f t to enL cent l' l per cables and cordage i per cent to per cent cloths for tor floors from troll on i per ner to 15 16 per cent handkerchiefs cent iro 50 per cent to 3 35 per cent How Schedule K Fares Fare I Schedule K dealing with and woolen manufactures haa has v the center of at criticism for many a and the committee has haa y Yea r given glyen u It careful study The result has h-as ve to to tomake make raw wool free of v t duty e. to duce yarns from per cent celt t to it 20 per per- percent cent ent blankets from tram per to 25 per cent flannels o from 93 29 cent to 2 25 and p 3 35 per Jer cent cent- f re goods from tram per cent to 3 25 35 cent clothing from 95 per PEr cent t to 35 per cent webbings etc from 82 it per cent to 35 per cent cent ant and nd ca from rates ranging from tram 60 per Jc to 82 per cent to rates Cent ranging fro 20 per cent to 35 per cent Inasmuch as silk sUk and silk silk go are distinctly to be classed as h lux lut urles it has been deemed wl e to make only very moderate In the rates of at duty Partially ina nan goods have been cut from 2101 per cent to 15 per cent Em silk yarn from per cent ent to toss 35 33 p Per cent sewing silk sUk from 35 per cent I 15 per cent silk sUk goods fr from ft 2 per cent to 50 per ver s. s cent ent n sl silk k ha handke chiefs plain from 50 per cent t to O per per cent ribbons front from 50 per percent cent ent i 40 per cent artificial silk yarns yams fro iro from per cent to 35 p per r cent at and braids embroideries and the like i mi 01 artificial silk from per ce cent I t l 60 per cent Print Paper on the Free List Print paper whose cost coat of ot tion Is as low in this country Under under favorable conditions as it Is In the world has been transferred to ta i the free list when wo worth th less th 2 cents per pound while the hIgher grades have been heen given a tariff of U 12 per cent in place of at 15 1580 80 per cent Copying paper has been cut from J per cent to 30 per cent bag envelopes envelope etc from per cent to 35 pi per percent percent cent parchment papers from 47 92 pi per percent percent cent to 35 per cent photographic p pa S I per per from 2999 per cent to to 25 pi per percent per cent writing paper from p per percent percent cent to 25 per cent common wrapping wrap nap ping paper from 35 per cent to 25 p per percent percent cent and books from 25 per cent to 15 per cent Trimmed hats are given only I moderate reduction being cut fro tram from 50 per cent to 40 per cent w shill ill brooms are substantially reduced I bo be boIng ing cut from front 40 per cent to 15 pi per percent per percent cent Jewelry Only Slightly d. d Jewelry has been only slightly r re r. falling from tram per per cent I to 60 per cent A good Illustration i ithe of the attitude adopted with respect i ithe to the application of ot the tariff is seen is h I Ithe the item precious stones UnCut which are given Iven a rate of or 10 per cesi I notwithstanding they were on tl the free tree list under the act of 1909 Where the tariff rates balance tl the difference in cost of production J thome t at home and abroad including an allo allot allot- ance for the difference in fr freight rates the tariff must be competitive and from that point downward to tl lowest tariff tarla that can be levied iri will continue to be competitive to a gr grer grea er or less extent tf i Strikes Blow at Monopoly On the other hand band when the dutieS levied at the custom house are big high d enough to allow the American main mani to make a profit before hi M J competitor can enter the field we web hare bm 1 Invaded the domain of the protection of at profits In the tho committees committee's Jud Judg judgment J ment tho protection of ot any ny profit mU BUSi t 2 of or tendency to d destroy de de- have I necessity a stroy oy competition and create mono monoPoly oly whether the profit protected i II reasonable or unreasonable Which course is the wiser one tor on The TIle our government to take that demands the protection of or prod the con continued policy of I the Industries BUI sUf growth for our nation of ot development that foi folloni th the where competition ceases ceases or or on 05 j otner hand band the gradual reduction 0 our tariff tarla to n n. basis where the A Alean A i ilean lean ican manufacturer must meet non hone hone- honest competition where he must a w whis i his business along the b best st and w 1 tigh economic lines lines' where when he be DO DOat 1 at home to co control hl his market he be w lJ forging the way way in the economic d of ot his business to exten the for forThe trade In tho the markets of or w The future growth of t our great tries lies beyond the seas seAS- 11 |