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Bellefonte, Pa., April 18, 1913. |
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Salient Features of
the New Tariff Bill.
(Continued from page 2, Col.6) _ |
items show reductions on cotton thread '
from 31.54 per cent to 19.29 per cent,
on spool thread from 22.95 per cent to
15 per cent. on cotton cloth from 42.74
per cent to 26.69 per cent, on water-
proof cloth from 50.56 per cent to 25
per cent, on ready made clothing from
B50 per cent to 30 per cent, on collars
and cuffs from 64.03 per cent to 25 per
cent, on plushes from 51.40 per cent to
4u per cent, on handkerchiefs from
59.27 per cent to 30 per cent, on stock- |
ings from 75.38 per cent to 50 per cent,
on gloves from 89.17 per cent to 35 per |
cent, on underwear from 60.27 per cent
to 25 per cent and on cotton damask
from 40 per cent to 25 per cent
Linen.
Schedule J, dealing with flax, hemp
and their products, has been similarly
dealt with. Raw flax and raw hemp
have been reduced from $22.40 and
$22.50 per ton respectively to $11.20
each, jute yarns have been cut from
26.90 per cent to 15 per cent, cables
and cordage from 6.43 per cent to 4.55
per cent, oilcloths for floors from 44.29
per cent to 15 per cent, handkerchiefs
from 50 per cent to 35 per cent.
Wool. i
Schedule K, dealing with wools and
woolen manufactures, has been the
center of criticism for many years, and
the committee has given it very care-
ful study. The result has been to
make raw wool free of duty, to reduce
yarns from 79.34 per cent to 20 per
cent, blankets from 72.69 per cent to
25 per cent, flannels from 93.20 per
cent to 25 and 35 per cent, dress goods
from 99.70 per cent to 35 per cent,
clothing from 79.56 per cent to 35 per
cent, webbings, ete, from 82.7 per
cent to 85 per cent, and carpets from
rates ranging from 60 per cent to 82
per cent to rates ranging from 20 per
cent to 35 per cent.
Silk.
In Schedule L, relating to silk and
silk goods, it has been sought to con- |
vert the schedule previously almost |
wholly specific in an ad valorem basis, |
thereby placing it upon an equality of |
treatment with the other schedules al-
lied to it and eliminating the possibil- |
ity of concealed protection. Inasmuch, |
however, as silk and silk goods are dis- |
tinctly to be classed as luxuries, it!
has been deemed wise to make only |
very moderate reductions in the rates |
of duty. Partially manufactured goods |
have been cut from 21.01 per cent to.
15 per cent, spun silk yarn from 37.00 |
per cent to 85 per cent, sewing silk |
from 35 per cent to 15 per cent, silk |
goods from 52.58 per cent to 50 per |
cent, silk handkerchiefs (plain) from |
50 per cent to 40 per cent, ribbons from |
50 per cent to 40 per cent, artificial silk |
yarns from 41.79 per cent to 33 per
cent, and braids, embroideries and the
like of artificial silk from 68.49 per |
cent to 60 per cent,
Paper and Books.
Schedule M, which deals with paper,
books and allied articles, has been sub-
jected to the general operation of the
same principles that apply throughout
the tariff. Print paper, whose cost of
production is as low in this country
under favorable conditions as it is any-
where in the world, has been trausfer-
red to the free list when worth less
than 2% cents per pound, while the
higher grades have been given a tariff
of 12 per cent in place of 15.80 per
cent. Copying paper has been cut
from 42.32 per cent to 30 per cent, bag
envelopes, etc., from 49.92 per cent to
85 per cent. parchment papers from
47.92 per cent to 35 per cent, in pho-
tographic paper from 28.99 per cent to
25 per cent, writing paper from 45.13
per cent to 25 per cent, common wrap-
ping paper from 35 per cent to 25 per
cent and books from 25 per cent to 15
per cent.
Sundries.
Schedule N. which deals with a va-
riety of sundries, calls for compara-
tively little comment, except to say
that the general principles of tariff re-
duction have been applied to each of
the items carried in the schedule ac-
cording to the peculiarities of each.
Thus, trimmed hats are given only a
moderate reduction. being cut from 50
per cent to 4 per cent, while brooms
are substantially reduced, being cut
from 40 per cent to 15 per cent. Jew-
elry has been but slightly reduced, fall-
ing from 75.74 per cent to 60 per cent.
A good illustration of the attitude
adopted with respect to the application
of the tariff is seen in the item, pre-
clous stones, uncut, which are given a
rate of 10 per cent, notwithstanding
they were on the free list under the
act of 1909.
Changes In Classification.
Few changes have been made In
classification. Ad valorem rates, how-
ever, have been substituted for specific
rates and for the complicated and cum-
bersome ompound rates of the Payne
law. “nis is particularly true of the
textile schedules—cotton, flax, silk and
wool—in which the present classifica-
tions depend upon various conditions,
such as the count of the thread, the
condition of the yarns, the weight and
value of the fabric.
The classifications by values of ar
ticles has been eliminated as far as
possible. It was found necessary in
a few instances, in order to place a
low rate of duty on a common or
cheap article of ordinary use, to make
the classification dependent upon the
knives. blankets and for jewelry.
| made to the government for what it
Customs Administrative Changes.
The customs administrative situation
has long been unsatisfactory under ex-
isting enactments and is regarded as
being of primary importance, for the
reason that rates of duty in them-
selves are not conclusive until they
have been interpreted and applied to
actual importations through classifica-
tion and appraisement. The tariff act
of 1909 made considerable changes in
the previously existing system of ad-
ministration and abrogated a number
of useful modifications which had been
introduced into previous practice as a
result of the commercial agreements
negotiated during the second Roose-
velt administration. It, however, fall-
ed to substitute a more satisfactory
system of classification and appraise-
ment, and defective methods have con-
tinued to prevail ever since. How bad
the situation has been is indicated by
the recognition of enormous custome
frauds in the federal service, these be-
ing corrected only after a lengthy de-
lay, in which tardy reparation was
had lost. That these frauds extended
almost throughout the whole range of
trades is a startling fact, to which
witness has been borne not only by
the secretary of the treasury, but by
many others whose official duties gave
them knowledge of the situation. Two
commissions appointed under the last |
administration to examine into cus- |
toms administration conditions have
detected great evils and have made
extensive recommendations for im-
provement, none of which, however,
has been carried out, except the re-
moval of two members of the board
of appraisers at New York city. i
That it is necessary to take steps to |
strengthen the administrative features
of the customs laws has been recog-
nized by the treasury department, and |
two commissions have already been |
appointed and have made reports in
this connection. The president of the
United States appointed a committee
to inquire into the practice of pro- |
cedure and the administrative methods |
of boards of general appraisers. The
secretary of the treasury appointed |
an appraisement commission “to in- |
vestigate and report on both the prin-
ciples and practices of the appraising
work of the government.”
The reports of both of these com-
mittees were before the ways and |
means committee and were given care-
ful study. The provisions recom-
mended follow in a large measure the
changes suggested in one or the other |
of the reports referred to. These re- |
ports were made by officials of the
government charged with the collec-
tion of the customs and represent the
views of persons of experience. To
their conclusions we have given much |
weight.
Maximum and Minimum. i
Paragraph A of this section takes |
the place of section 2 of the Payne
bill, which provides for a minimum |
and maximum tariff for the United |
States. Section 2 is repealed, and Par-
agraph A reads as follows:
That for the purpose of readjusting the
nt duties on Importations into the
United States and at the same time to en-
courage the export trade of this country
the president of the United States is au-
thorized and empowered to negotiate trade
agreements with foreign nations wherein
mutual concessions are made looking to-
ward freer trade relations and further re-
ciprocal expansion of trade and com-
merce, provided, however, that said trade
agreements before becoming operative
shall be submitted to the congress of the
United States for ratification or rejection.
The minimum and maximum tariff
provisions adopted in the Payne bill
have not been productive of any ef-
fective expansion of our foreign trade
and commerce. The conventional tar-
iff being the minimum rate and the
president being authorized to enforce
the maximum rate against foreign na.
tions resulted in an attempt to ex.
pand our commerce by force. We went
to the nations of the world with the
demand that they stand and deliver, or
we would punish them, Many years
ago this system of expanding trade
and commerce was abandoned by the
enlightened nations. The only true
course that can be pursued to expand
our foreign trade along rational lines
is through mutual concessions that
may prove beneficial to both of the
contracting parties, free from coercion.
Under the proposed substitute the
president of the United States is au-
thorized to enter into these trade agree-
ments without limitation on his au-
thority to do so, except that such
agrecments as he enters into must be
ratified by the congress before they
shall become effective.
This legislation is new and somewhat
along the same line as the reciprocity
treaties that were authorized under the
Dingley tariff law, the difference being
that the reciprocity treaties were re-
quired to be ratified by a two-thirds
vote of the United States senate, where-
as the trade agreements now provided
for will only require a majority vote
of both houses. As the senate is not
directly representative of the majority
of the people of the United States it is
deemed more in accord with the pro-
gressive tendencies of our people that
such agreements should be ratified as
far as possible by the representatives
of a majority of the American people.
The Sugar Schedule.
Here is the sugar schedule in the
new bill: bs
“Sugars, tank bottoms, sirups of cane |
juice, melada, concentrated melada,
concentrated
| arainings aug sugar sweepings shall
be subject to duty as molasses or sug
ar, as the case may be, according te
the polariscopic test, provided that
three years after the day whe this
act shall take effect the articles here
inbefore enumerated in this paragraph
shall thereafter be admitted fres of
duty.”
Maple sugar, maple sirup and refined
sirups are taxed at 3 cents per pound,
glucose or grape sugar at 114 cents 8
pound and sugar cane in its natural
state or unmanufactured at 15 per cent
ad valorem. At the end of three years
the articles in this paragraph also shall
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be admitted duty free.
A duty of 65 cents per pound is pro-
vided for saccharin. Sugar candy and
all confectionery valued at 15 cents per
pound or less have a duty of 2 cents
per pound, and valued at more than
15 cents per pound the duty is 25 per
cent ad valorem.
The Metal Schedule.
The metal schedule provides a duty
of 8 per cent ad valorem on iron in
pigs. wrought and cast scrap iron and
scrap steel. All iron in slabs, blooms,
loops or other forms less finished than
iron in bars and more advanced than
r'g iron, except castings, also is taxed
8 per cent.
Beams, girders and joists and all oth-
er structural iron and steel are rated
at 12 per cent; boiler or other plate
fron or steel, 15 per cent; iron or steel
anchors and forgings of iron or steel,
15 per cent; hoop band or scroll iron
or steel, 12 per cent; railway fish plates,
10 per cent; all iron or steel sheets,
plates or strips and all hoop bands or
scroll iron or steel when galvanized, 20
per cent; steel ingots and sheets and
plates made by the Bessemer, open
hearth or similar processes not con-
taining alloys. 10 per cent, and with
alloys, 15 per cent; round iron or steel
wire, 20 per cent: bolts, with or with-
out threads or nuts, 15 per cent; cast
fron pipe of every description, 12 per
cent; chain or chains of all kinds of
iron or steel, 20 per cent; tabie, kitchen
and hospital utensils, 25 per cent; riv-
ets, studs and steel points, 20 per cent;
screws, 25 per cent; copper in rolled
plates, sheets and rods, 5 per cent;
lead bearing ores of all kinds, one-half
cent per pound on the lead contained
therein: lead dross and lead bullion, 25
| per cent; nickel, 10 per cent; in sheets
or strips, 20 per cent; quicksilver, 10
per cent; watch movements, 30 per
cent; steam engines and steam locomo-
tives, 15 per cent.
The Agricultural Schedule.
The agricultural schedule provides
the following rates: Cattle, 10 per cent;
horses and mules valued at $200 or less
per head, $15; sheep, 10 per cent; bar-
ley, 15 cents per bushel; barley malt,
| 25 cents per bushel; buckwheat, 8 cents
per bushel: oats, 10 cents per bushel:
rice, cleaned, 1 cent per pound; rye,
10 cents per bushel; wheat, 10 cents
per bushel; biscuits, bread, wafers
and cakes, when combined with choc-
oclate, nuts or fruits, 25 per cent;
butter and butter substitutes, 8 cents
per pound; cheese and substitutes
therefor. 20 per cent: beans, 25 cents
per bushel; vegetables, if cut or sliced,
25 per cent; pickles, 25 per cent; cider,
2 cents a gallon; eggs, 2 cents a dozen;
hay, $2 a ton; hops, 16 cents a pound;
straw, 50 cents a ton: fish, packed in
oll, 20 per cent; apples, peaches and
other common fruits, 10 cents per
bushel; figs, 2 cents a pound; lemons,
limes. oranges, grapefruit, 18 cents a
package, which is about half the duty
of the present law; poultry, live, 1 cent
a pound: Cead, 2 cents a pound, as
compared with 3 and 5 cents under the
present law; vinegar, 4 cents a gallon.
Under Schedule J, flax, not hackled
or dressed, is taxed one-half of 1 cent
a pound, which is just about cut in
half; cables and cordage one-half
cent per pound, as compared with
three-quarters of a cent per pound un-
der the present law; hemp cables are
taxed 1 cent a pound, compared with
2: floor mattings 24 cents per square
yard, as compared with 314; carpets of
flax and hemp or other vegetable fiber,
85 per cent ad valorem: linoleum, 80
per cent, plain and 35 inlaid: oilcloth,
15 per cent; shirts, collars and cuffs,
80 per cent.
Under Schedule K raw wool is on the
free list, combed wool or tops is taxed
15 per cent, yarns 20 per cent, cloths
and knit fabrics 35 per cent; blankets
and flannels. 25 per cent: women's and
children’s dress goods, 35 per cent;
clothing, ready made, 35 per cent; web-
bings. suspenders and bracings, 35 per
cent: aubusson, axminster, moquette
and chenille carpets, 35 per cent; sax-
ony, wilton and tournay velvet carpets,
80 per cent; Brussels carpets, 25 per
cent; velvet and tapestry velvet car
pets, 30 per cent: Venetian carpets. 20
per cent, and Dutch wool and two ply
ingrain carpets, 20 per cent; mats and
rugs are taxed the same as carpets of
like character.
Silks and Ribbons,
Under Schedule L silk goods, silk
partially manufactured, 15 per cent;
ready made and articles of wearing
apparel of every description, 50 per
cent; woven silk fabrics, 45 per cent;
silk yarns and threads, 35 per cent.
Under Schedule M sundries and but
Buggies.
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New Buggies
and Carriages
s1a0 Forrest L. Bullock.
Fine Job Printing.
FINE JOB PRINTING
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AT THE
WATCHMAN OFFICE
Thur upuylegt, pth, from the
BOOK WORK,
that we car: not do in most
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ent the class of work. Call on or
ESTAURANT.
Bellefonte now has
now a First-Class Res-
Meals are Served at All Hours
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dition I have D in bottles such
POPS,
SODAS,
SARSAPARILLA,
SELTZER SYPHONS, ETC.,
for pic-nics, families and the public gener-
ally all of which are
ally ite manufactured aut of
C. MOERSCHBACHER,
High St.. Bellefonte, Pa.
Get the Best Meats.
Yi
®, ou save Bathing by busing poor, thin
LARGEST AND FATTEST CATTLE
and customers with the
blood and muscle
est,
ing and Roasts.
J a 4h Ec a Ni aie To
I alwavs have
= DRESSED POULTRY =
Game in season, and any kinds of good
meats you want.
TRY MY SHOP.
P. L. BEEZER,
High Street. 34-34-1y. Bellefonte, Pa.
Money to Loan.
MD LOAN on good security and
to rent.
S1-14-ly. Pa.
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Flour and Feed.
CURTIS Y. WAGNER,
BROCKERHOFF MILLS,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Manufacturer, Wholesaler and Retailer of
Roller Flour
Feed
Corn Meal
and Grain
TR Ar eee
WHITE STAR
OUR BEST
HIGH GRADE
VICTORY PATENT
FANCY PATENT
TA RE BTR
SPRAY
: be secured. Also International Stock F
I and feed of all kinds. ol
All kinds of bought at the office Flour
' Harness Blankets
T. H. H. Robes
You are safe when you deal with
us——42 years in one store room is a
guarantee that our prices and goods
HAVE BEEN RIGHT
and always give satisfaction. Our
goods in Robes, Blankets and Har-
ness is at the present time the Larg-
est that has ever been placed upon
a Bellefonte market.
You will miss it if you should
fail to call and see us, and examine
our large stock, and get our prices,
as the Tariff is off. This is to your
advantage.
After Forty-two Years of Honest
Dealing we have earned a place in
the public confidence unquestion-
James Schofield,
Spring Street 55.32 Bellefonte, Pa
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The Centre County Banking Company.
Strength and
Conservatism
are the banking qualities demanded by careful
depositors. With forty years of banking ex-
perience we invite you
to become a depositor,
assuring you of every courtesy and attention.
command concerning
desire to make.
We pay 3 per cent interest on savings and
cheerfully give you any information at our
investments you may
The Centre County Banking Co.
Bellefonte, Pa.
We are the
imestone and Lime for all purposes.
Increase Your Crops
Lime is the life of the soil.
USE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LIME
Some Farmers have actually doubled their crops oy use of “H. 0.” lime
Drill it for quick results, If you are not getting results use “H. 0.” lime
Manufacturers of Lime in Pennsylvania. Ground
Works at Bellefonte, Frankstown, Spring Meadows, Tyrone Forge and Union Furnace.
‘Write for literature on lime.
AN LIME & STONE COMPANY.,
Offices at TYRONE, PA.
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Attorneys-at-Law.
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Bellefonte,
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H. and at Law
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the courts. Consultation in En or German,
J in all the courts. Consultation in
and German. Office south of court house.
KENNEDY JOHNSTON-—Attorney-at-law
| legal one. Po 1 to his ve
care.
ces—No. 5 East High street. 57-44.
WwW G. thn In Engle and Germ Bes
Physicians.
. BE. W. , D. D.
J WARD, D. S., office next
M,C. 3 Bellefonte,
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Crown and
reasonable.
DE Sr pes, os
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nd prices reasonable.
Plumbing.
Good Health
Good Plumbing
GO TOGETHER.
When 3 You have ¢ dnppiog steam pipes,
gee, you ame have ood Health. The air you
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SANITARY PLUMBING
is the kind we do. It's the
unm vohave. Wedon't trust
are
no better Our
Material and
Fixtures are the Best
Not acheap or inferior article in our entire
establishment. And with good work and
finest material, our oe
Prices are lower
kind
a
echanics,
than many who give you 3 Jnsanitary
eT ens rors oF Sonali
the Best Work try SR" Yor
ARCHIBALD ALLISON,
Opposite Bush House - Bellefonte, Pa.
56-14-1v.
Insurance.
EARLE C. TUTEN
(Successor to D. W. Woodring.)
Fire,
Life
and
Automobile Insurance
None but Reliable Companies Represented.
Surety Bonds of All Descriptions.
Both Telephones 56-27.y BELLEFONTE, PA
JOHN F. GRAY & SON,
{Successor to Grant Hoover)
Fire,
Life
Accident Insurance.
Ee ure 0 int ire
= NO ASSESSMENTS —
call before insuring your
LR ot a es we are in Position to. write
large lines at any time.
Office in Crider’s Stone Building,
43181y. * BELLEFONTE. PA.
The Preferred
Accident
Insurance
THE $5000 TRAVEL POLICY
% death accident,
fuel
one
fom of Ser
vr fg
10 per. week, partial disability,
one foot,
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