The Oklahoma Democrat. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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TARIFF BILL PASSES THE SENATE.
BILL PASSES OVER BITTER PRO-
TEST OF WEST
After one or tne bitterest and one i During the closing days of the tar-
Df the most momentous legislative du- iff controversy, before the bill was
els in the history of the national cap- | voted on for liual passage, over forty | that William R. Morrison of Illinois,
form of legislative activity occurred.
But iu 1870 and 1872 reductions were
made down the list, some of which
were restored in 1874, making the av-
erage duty 38y> per cent. A tariff
commission was appointed in 1882
which prepared a bill that was put on
the statute books, lasting sis years. It
was at this time that James G. Blaine
took a most active part in tariff dis-
cussions. It was in the early eighties
ital the new tariff measure, the Payne
bill, has been completed.
The progress of the bill through the
legislative mill of both houses was
eventful enough to satisfy the most
pronounced cravers for parliamentary
warfare. The real battle opened when
the bill (house report 1438) was re-
ceived in the senate and referred to
the committee on finance, April 10.
Aldrlch of Uliode Island, the leader of
the senate as chairman of the finance
committee, subsequently became chair-
man of the conference committee,
which was appointed to adjust the dif-
ferences arising between senate and
house and between both houses of
congress and the president.
Taft For Free Hides.
The report of the conference com-
mittee which determined what would
be the provisions of the Payne bill in
Its final form was a victory for Pres-
ident Taft. He informed nil of the
conferees that hides must be placed
on the free list, together with petro-
leum, crude and refined. They there-
upon decided to cut the Dingley tariff
on hides to 8 per cent. The president
heard the news and sent word that
be bad meant what be bad said about
free bides. The figures were then
lowered to 7 per cent. Now Chairman
Sereno E. Payne of the ways and
means committee decided to demon-
strate that his original bill, providing
for free hides should no longer be sub-
jected to the emasculatory operations
of the majority of the conferees. He
announced that not even a 5 per cent
duty on hides would be accepted by
either himself or the house. "Without
free bides this tariff bill will not pass
the bouse." he was quoted as saying.
The tariff came off bides instanter.
and as quickly was oil put on the un-
taxed schedule, together with gaso-
line, benzine and naphtha. The leather,
rough lumber, print paper, coal and
iron and glove schedules ranked next
in importance during the closing days
of the controversy.
If hides came in free, the important
New England boot and shoe manufac-
turing interests would consent to a re-
duction of the tariff on tbeir products,
otherwise they would continue to fight.
The solvbig of the hides problem left
it a simple matter to agree to lower
duties on boots and shoes—the Ding-
ley rate l>eing 2." per cent. Saddlery
and harness were <-ut to 40 per cent.
Republicans who had grievances of j Democratic chairman of ways and
one sort or another against certain of means. prepared his well known hor-
the provisions of the bill stated that j fzorital reduction of 20 per cent on all
they would vote against it. They had taxed products, which was defeated.
it in their power to defeat the meas-
ure and force the president to call
another special session in September
or October. They had the party lead-
ers plainly worried for a time, but
the able peacemakers at the capital,
including President Taft himself, suc-
ceeded in calming the ruffled waters at
last.
HISTORY OF THE BILL.
The new tariff law will be known in
history as the Payne bill, taking its
name from the chairman of fje house
committee of ways and means, the
Hon. Sereno E. Payne of New York,
who also had a part in framing the
McKlnley and Dingley acts. Actually
it should perhaps be called the Payne-
During Cleveland's first administra-
tion the Mills bill was a powerful is-
sue, and in 1888 the tariff fight result-
ed in the election of Benjamin Har-
rison to the presidency. He stood for
a high protective tariff. As a result
the McKinley bill was enacted, putting
the duties over the marks reached dur
ing the civil war.
The Wilson Bill.
But the revulsion which followed re-
sulted in the re-election of Cleveland
in 1892, with a Democratic congress.
Then resulted the Wilson bill, provid-
ing for wholesale reductions, particu-
larly as regarding iron and steel man-
ufactures. It should be noted that the
Dingley bill In 1S97 retained practl-
Aldrich~bTn*"as "the chairman of"the \ ca,13" tho ir6n and steel dutles laid
senate finance committee has had quite
as much to do with dictating its final
provisions as Mr. Payne. On this line
of reasoning, however, there are those
who insist that it should be called the
Taft bill, as the hand of the president
has been seen in all the moves that
have shaped it from the days of the
Republican national convention that
nominated him and adopted a plank
for tariff revision up until the hour of
the final fight in conference committee,
when the big man in the White House
made his historic fight for free raw
materials and for carrying out the
promises of the party.
It is the first time there has been a
change of the tariff laws iu twelve
| years, the Dingley act having gone
| into effect in 1897. The inception of
that law was strikingly like that of
| the present. In each case it was en-
acted by an extra session of congress,
called as the first act of an incoming
I administration. More noteworthy still.
| each of these extra sessions was called
to meet on March 15. the first one
having been Issued by William McKin-
Hey of Ohio, the last by William How-
i ard Taft of Ohio.
The Tariff Plank.
I The agitation within the Republican
| party for n revision of the Dingley
act has gone on from the days of the
"Iowa idea" until at last it culminated
j in the plank in the last Republican
platform beginning:
j "The Republican party declares un-
equivocally for a revision of the tar-
as against the Dingley rate of 45 per j iff bv a special session of congress im-
cent. The president resorted to the j mediately following the Inauguration
unusual method of sending a written j of the next president"
In his campaign on that platform
Mr. Taft construed this plank as mean-
ing revision downward, a point tuac ne
insisted on in bis speeches and finally
flinched in his inaugural address when
he said that conditions had so changed
relative to the Diugley act that they
"will permit the reduction of rates in
. certain schedules and will require the
the phraseology greatly changed In the [ advancement of few. if any." That
hope of preventing reductions through
message to the conference committee
demanding lower rates on lumber ond
gioffes than tne t rtyne nui pruvineo.
and he secured them.
Wool and Cotton.
The wool schedule underwent no
change of consequence, but the entire
cotton schedule was reconstructed and
down in the Wilson measure.
Though William McKinley was elect-
ed op the financial issue iu 1896, his
first act after being sworn in as presi-
dent was the- calling of an extra ses-
sion of congress to repeal the Wilson-
Gorman tariff bill. The result of that
session was the Dingley law, named
for its author, Nelson Dingley, Jr., of
Maine, which put the schedules prac-
tically back on the McKinley basis.
Following is a comparison between
the old Dingley tariff rates and those
of the new Payne bill:
LUXURIES.
Dingley Payne
law. law.
Cosmetics 50 pc 60 pc
to 60c
per lb
and SO
PC
Chlnaware 60 po 55 p c
to 60
pc
Stained glass 45pc 60pc
Gold leaf, 600 leaves $1.75 $1.75
Laces, embroideries, etc., of
tinsel 60pcl5cand
60 p c
Candy, val. at 15c. or less.. 4c,and 4c and
tope 10 pc
Candy, over 15c. per lb 15 to50 SOpc
PC
55 p c 55 p c
$4.50 S4.5C
and
25 p c
25 p c 25 p c
25pc$lto$l(
per in
35 p c lc and
35 p c
to S5
pc
and
and cigarettes, lb...
Ore h i
Flow
Orant
>s and lemons, lb..
35 p c 35 p c
25c 15c tc
lc %ctr
It
$1.50 $1.7
$S.OO
$4.00
decisions by the courts such as have
characterized the administration of the
Dingley law during recent years. In
many instances the rates intended to
be Imposed by the Dingley law were
cut by these decisions, the reductions
In some instances being from 60 per
cent to 8 per cent ad valorem.
Probably the most marked reduc-
tions afe found in the metal schedule.
Beginning with a decrease in the rate
of iron ore from 40 to 15 cents per ton,
there is a general reduction throughout
that part of the bill, pig iron going
down from $4 to $2.50 per ton and !
scrap iron from $4 to $1. The reduc- j
tion on many of the items in this j
Almor.d.s, lb
Brandy, gal
Bay rum, gal
Champagne and all spar-
kling wines, qts., per doz..
In pint bottles, per doz
Still wines, gal 40c 45c
meant revision downward, which was Ale, beer, etc.. in bottles, gal 40c 43c
recognized substantially by the house t*"' 80 pc 60pc
bill, but was changed to actual re- 8tlk manufactures 50pc
vision upward by the senate bUl. It | Fancy paper boxes 45 pc 45pc
was at this point that the president I Playing cards, per pk lOclOcand
quietly but firmly injected himself; 20 P
into the fight In the conference be-
tweeu the two houses, the house stand- Firecrackers, ib" ,' !.
lug behind him and fnreing the senate ! Feathers (dressed) 50pc 80 p
50 p c 35 p c
35pc 35 p i
(dressed)
hair..
to yield. The Payne bill In its present
form Is the result.
First Tariff Bill.
The first tariff bill enacted in the
United States was that of the First
congress. The opening section of that Cut
bill stated that. In addition to securing WFPCCCARICQ flP I ICC
money for the support of the govern- ,K ,, „
me.it, the tariff was adopted for | eroefce^"■■■........I' Bps $$p<
Hu
S Fans .
j Jewelry
{ Musical Instrument
| Paintings
I Stat
JOpc 20 p.
10 p c aor <
50 p c 60 p
50 p c 60 P <
45 p c 46 p c
20 p c 15 p
J)pc 15 p 1
60 p C 60pr
schedule amounts to about 50 per cent. , .
Rough lumber goes down from $1 50 I encoura£en,ent an<l protection of man- ; Class jars, per lb ic k
to $1.25 per thousand feet, with a cor-1 ufactures," ^rom that time political j Common window glass. P~
responding reduction In the differential Partles of na«°nal have clashed ,D" rrom \l°
on dressed lumber on Issue of the tariff as to whether j Scissors and shears, do*. .,15c andi5canJ
The president was subjected to se- or not " sh°nld more than "tor j 15 pc
verest pressure from both the upward reTenue only.' ;, am1
snd downward revisionists throughout. The expenses of the wac of 1812
The upward revisionists told him that ■ necessitated a material Increase In the
a reduction of doty on hides and but a" adjustment occurred two
leather manufactures would make the j -voars nfter the close of the war
next congress Democratic. In' tfhlch 1 through an act prepared by Henry j Needles, sewing and knit-
event they argued that Taft won kl not | ('lar- ""*• thous*nd
possibly be renominated for the pres- 1 In 1826 the tariff was jumped up a Crochct nw<iiea ...; $pc Spc
idency. The "downwards" told him : *"d a year later it went j Wood.
that Roosevelt would su-ely be the | higher, from :il to 41 per cent. Rough lumber, per 1.000 ft..
next Republican candidate for presl- 1 When, in 1ST>2. a bill establishing a sawed boards of white
dent if the campaign promises for a I protective tariff policy was passed. | wood, planks, etc.. per 1.000
downward revision were not fulfilled. I South Carolina refused to recognize
the validity of the Increased duties
Table cutlery, each
Cut nails, lb 6-10c
! Wire nails, lb Hctolc
Spc
14.
4-:
4-10c
to %c
$130 $1.8
$100 50c
The Corporation Tax.
The president had a highly difficult
task also In preserving his scheme for
a corporation tax Intact In the Payne
bill. This feature is clearly the most
unpopular one in the entire measure,
so far as members of the senate add
bouse were concerned. Many of the
members argued to the president that
the tax as provided for was uncon-
stitutional. Resolutions will be intro-
duced In the various state legislatures
condemning the act and recommend
ing its repeal, according to statements
made by various congressmen In
Washington
The corporation tax of 1 per cent on
the entire net income over and above
$5,000 received hy corporations from
all sourees. exclusive of certain Items,
mus; be paid on or before Jnne 90
ssch year Persons authorised to
wake returns >r statement.* to the
government and who make returns
Statements of a fraudulent nature are
subject to a One of $1,000 and loi
trtwtnom«i fur oat tear
j ft. board measure.
j Other sawed wood, per 1.000
ft. board measure $200 15 p <•
| and threatened to recede. President clapboards, per thousand $1.50 $1.25
1 Jackson had to dispatch a warship to Fence posts 10 pc Free
I South Carollnaiau waters.
1 v horizontal redaction of the tariff
| took place In 1833. Twelve years later.
tinder Polk's administration, a bill
[ drafted by Robert J. Walker, secretary
of the treasury, was adopted, standing
mildly for the protective policy This
bill lasted until 1S57. when a reduction
to 20U per cent occurred on the aver-
age duties. Actually a free trade wjrs-
tem. this low tariff proved ndeqnate
for all government needs until the out-
break of the civil war. when an tn-
rressed Income was necessitated.
The Morrill Bill.
The Merrill act of iSm increased
duties at* it' one-third, and the tax
was < Xte: <! d T • 1 Delude tes jffee
and sugar Internal revenue was col-
lected. l^ginning in 1«C. and two years
later the duties were raised 50 per
cant for a period of ninety days
After a succession of tariff measures j Corn, per bu.
to Use war's close a cessation of this Oat p r
Shingles, per thousand 30c Cc
! Chair cane or reeds 10pc 10 pc
House or cabinet furniture • .
of wcxJB 35 pc 35 p c
Sugar.
Sugar not above No. M
Dutch standard, per IK 96-10Bc 86-lOOr
Sugar above No. K Dutch
standard, r r U 1 95-lfl0c 1 *M00r
' Mjl*s*e tes: -,g (rem 40 to
! M deg.. per cil Sc 3c
Molasses above M deg te tc
Maple sirup and maple
sugar, per 4e 4c
Agricultural Produeta.
Cattle less tban 1 yr old.
per head . $2 00 S£0*
Other rattle val. under 114.
per head $5 75 75
Over $14. per ne*d .??H P C JT^pc
f>wt-*> per h' id $150 ti 50
TTr>r*-e« and m- >.« val. at *150
or less, per heed $30 00 O5 0B
Over that value Spc Spc
Sheep, per head $150 $1-5.
Breadstuff s.
Barley per bu JOr *
lie 15c
He lie
Oatmeal and rolled oats,
per lb lc
Rice, cleaned, per lb 2c
Its'1?, per bu 10c
Wheat, per bu 25c
Wheat flour 25pc
Butter and substitutes, per
lb 6c
Cheese, per lb 6c
Mil);, per gal 2c
Beans, per bu 45c
Eggs, per doz 5c
Hay, per ton $4.00
Honey, per gal 20c
Hops, per lb 12c
Onions, per bu 40c
Peas (green), per bu 40c
Peas (dried), per bu 30c
Potatoes, per bu 25c
Castor beans, per bu. of 50
lbs 25c
Flaxseed or linseed, per bu.. 25c
Straw, per ton $1.50
V egetables in natural state.. 25 p c !
Fish.
Fish, dried, salted, smoked,
pickled, frozen, per lb %c
Mackerel, halibut or salmon,
fresh, salted or pickled,
per lb lc
Fruits and Nuts.
Apples, peaches and other
small fruits, per bu 25c
The same, dried, per lb....... 2c
Berries, per qt lc
Chocolate and cocoa, per lb. 2%c 2
Salt, per 100 lbs 12c
Salt in bulk Sc
Starch, per lb 2c
Vinegar, per gal 7%c
Cotton.
Cotton thread and carded
yarn up to and including
No. 15, per lb 3c z%c
Cotton from No. 15 to No.
30. per lb., increase per
number l-5c l-16c
Cotton, exceeding No, 30, per
lb , increase per No %o l-5c
Cotton thread, colored, up to
and Including No. 20, per R>. 6c 6c
Cotton, thread, colored. No.
20 to No. SO, increase per No. *4o %c
Above 80, increase per No... 3-10c 3-10c
Spool thread of cotton, in-
cluding crochet, darningand
nor dxiz. SDOOlS 6c 6c
Cotton cloth, unbleached, less
than 50 threads to sq. In.,
per sq. yd lc lc
Cotton cloth, unbleached, from
50 to 100 threads to sq. in.,
per sq. yd l%c ltfe
Finer grades lVfec lcto
to 3%c 3%c
Cotton cloth, bleached, val.
at over 9c per sq. yd 25 p c 3 to 'i
c pet
sq yd
Cotton handkerchiefs or
mufflers 45 pc 45pc
Cotton clothing, ready made. 50 p c 50 p c
Cotton corduroys, per sq. yd.l8c and 9 c
25 p c and H
P c tc
1S<
and 2£
P<
Cotton stockings 30 p c 70 c
and IE
p c tc
65 p c
Cotton stockings, seamless,
per doz. pr 50c to 70 c
52.00 and 1!
p c tc
55 p c
Shirts and drawers, pants.
| vests, sweaters, etc., per
doz 60c and 60 c
15 p c and 1!
pc
Same, higher grades $1.10 to $1.1(
$2.25 & and li
15 to 50 p c tc
pc $15.00
and 5<
pc
Cotton suspenders 45 p c 45 p c
Wool.
All wools and hair of the
first class, per lb 11c 11c
Second class, per Ib 12c 12c
Third class, whereof the
value shall be 12a Ib. or
less, per lb 40 4c
Third class, where value is
over 12c. lb., per lb 7c 7c
Top waste, per lb 30c 30c
Shoddy, per lb 25c Sc
Women's and children's
dress goods, wool, per sq.
yd 7c to llcllcand
and 50 to 50 p <
56 p c to 11c
anc
55 P <
Carpets, treble Ingrain, 3-ply,
per sq. yd 22c and 22c anc
40pc 40p<
Wool carpets, Dutch and
2-ply ingrain, per sq. yd...18c andlSc&nc
40 p C 40p C
Hats, bonnets, and hoods,
composed of straw, palm
leaf, etc., not trimmed 35 p c 35pc
Same, trimmed 50p c 50pt
Buttons, per gross l-12c to l%c l%c
and 15 p c anc
15 P c
Plows and other agricultural
implements 20pc 15p<
RAW MATERIALS.
Collodion (in sheets), lb 50c 40c
Argols lc 5pc
Chalk. Ib lc 1«
Clays, per ton $1.00 $i.(*
China clay (kaolin) per ton.. $3.00 $2.5(
Coal, per ton 67c 45<
Coal slack, per ton 15c 15c
Coke aopc pc
Asphalt, per ton $1.50 50c
Marble, c. f 65c Sic
Building stone, c. f 12c SOpc
Iron ore. per ton 40c 15<
Iron pigs, ton $4.00 $2.5t
Aluminium, lb 8c 7c
Copper (bottoms), lb 2V*c ji,c
Lead ore. lb l^c lHc
Mica, lb Sc and Sc and
20 p c SOpc
Nickel, lb 6c 6c
Quicksilver, lb 7c 7c
Zinc (pigs), lb lHc lHc
Sugar cane 30pc 20pc
Tobacco., lb—
Unstemmed $1.85 $i.k
Stemmed $i50 %1U
Flax straw, ton $5.00 $10C
Flax, not dressed, lb lc lc
Hemp, ton $30.00 $2.5ii
Silk (carded or combed), lb. 40c $5pe
Cork bark. Ib 8c 8c
Feathers and downs (crude) 15 p c 3D p c
Opium (crude). Ib $1.00 $1.30
Plaster, rock or gypsum. *
crude, ton SOc 30c
Beauxite. ton $1.00- $1.0C
Fuller's earth, -on $L$0 $1.50
Argentine Spc 25pc
Metallic mineral substances
tn crude state, not special-
ly provided for 3)p« Bpc
Timber. hewn. sided or
squared (not less than 8 In. • '
aq.t. and round timber, c. f. lc Hpc
Wood pulp. mechanically
ground. !1 113c He
Wood pulp, chemical, lb l-4c I-M to
**c
Rides 15 pc Free
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS.
Brick and Glass.
Fire brick, not glazed or or-
namented. per ton.. D 2 $1.3
Same, glazed or ornamented.
per ton «5pcJSpc
Other brick. tv>t rlaaed . Spc Spe
Other brick, glased or orna-
mented ... . (pc Spc
Tllee. ungtased. per iq. ft 4c 4c
Tiles. Blazed per *<v ft.... 8c tc
Glass bottles vtals. Jars.
green or co:seed, per Ib lcto lcto
l*e l*o
Plato plass. fluted, rolled
ribbed, per sq. ft \c to %,c to
l*ie l%0
Cast polished plate glass 10 p c 10c sq
ft to
22^SsC
Spectacles, eyeglasses, val.
at not over 40c. per doz.. ,20c and 20cand
15 p c 15 p c
I Same, val. at 40c. and not
I over $1.50 45c and45cand
20 p o 20 p c
! Same, val. at over $1.50 50 p c 50 p c
! Glass lenses, ground, pebbled
j or polished 45 pc 45pe
! Telescopes, microscopes and
; fieldglasses 45pc
Mosaic cubes of marble,
1 onyx or stone, per lb lc and
20 p c
45 p «
liic
and
20 p c
50 p c
15 p r
$1.75
20 p c
I Manufactures of marble, etc. 50 p c
! Millstones 15 p c
I Grindstones, per ton $1.75
Roofing slates 20pc
Iron and Steel.
I Iron beams, joists, girders,
I per lb 5-10c
Boiler or other plate, iron or
I steel, per lb 5-10c
I Same, val. at over 4c. per lb 25 p c 20 p c
Iron or steel anchors, per lb. lV4c
Iron and steel forgings 35 p c
Anti-friction ball forgings... 45 p c
Hoop, band or scroll Iron or
steel, per lb 5-10c 6-10c
| Steel bands (tempered) for
! making band saws 6c and 35 p c
20 p c
j Railway bars, T-rails and
flat rails, per lb 7-20c
I Railway flsh plates, per lb... 4-10c
Iron or steel sheets 7-lflc to
1 2-10c
I Sheets of iron or steel,
| polished, per lb 2c
1 Rivet, screw, fence or other
Iron or Rtoel wire, ner ib... 4-10c
Leather.
Belting and sole leather, eto. 20 p o 15 p o
Sheepskins, dressed, per doz. $1.50 15 p 0
Goatskins, dressed, per doz. $2.00 15 p 0
Patent and japanned leather,
per lb 30c and 27c and
20 p c 15 p a
Same, weighing over 25 lbs.
per doz., per lb 20c and20cand
10 p o 10 p 4
Gloves.
Women's or children'.-, glace
finish, per doz. prs $1.75 to $1.25 to
$2.75 $2.75
Men's gloves, same finish,
per doz. prs $3.00 $3.01
Women's or children's, l^mb
or sheep, per doz. prs $2.50 to $2.50 tfl
$4.50
Men's, same kind, per doz.
prs $4.00 $4.00
Women's or children's, goat
or other leather, per doz.
prs $3.00 to$3.00 to
$4.75 $4.75
Men's goat or other leather,
per doz. prs $4.00 $4.0C
Manufactures of catgut,
ber wax, asbestus, etc Spc Spa
3-10c ! Manufactures of bone, India
rubber, horn, whalebone,
etc 30 p c 35pc
Manufactures of plaster 0$
paris 30pc 35po
Manufactures of ivory, gel-
atin. shell, etc 35pc Spc
to ! Matting made of cocoa fiber.
3-10c j per sq. yd 6c 6c
Lead pencils, per gross 45cand45cand
Spc 25 p c
Slate pencils, per 100 3c 3c
Photographic films Spc Spe
Pipes and smokers' articles,
val. at not more than 40c.
ner eross. taxed per gross. 15c Sc
Clay pipes, per gross S0cand50cana
25 p c Spc
Other pipes, pipe bowls and
other smokers' articles 60 p o 60 p«
Plusli for men's hats 10 p c 10pc
3-10c |
30 p c
45 p c
3-10c
3-10c
5-10c
9-10c !
I%c
3-10c
I Other Iron or steel
to 2c to
6-lOc
Ire 45 p c lc up-
ward
l%c
tic
Anvils, iron or steel, pei
Axles, per lb lc
Hammers. sledges, crow-
bars, etc., per lb l%c
Bolts, nuts, hinges, etc.,
per lb l%c
Cast Iron pipe, per lb 4-10c
Cast Iron vessels, andirons,
etc., per lb 8-10c 8-lOc
Chains, per lb l%c to %c tc
not thinner
wire gauge,
3c
Boiler tubes
than No. 1'
per lb
to 2c
Other tubes Spc 30pe
THE FREE LIST.
The new free list of the Payne bill
Includes the following articles:
Peteolenm. crude and refined, was
continued on the free list, though con-
siderable opposition to this procedure
^"c j developed.
i4c | Hides were put on the list nfter pro-
iic I longed and bitter controversies. Sena-
| tor Aldrich and various of the older
members of the upper house led the
campaign against free hides. The
Dingley bill placed a duty of 15 pec
cent ad valorem on hides.
The new free list, while very simllai
to that of the Dingley bill, contains the
Penknives 40pc 40pc; following articles that, among others,
"SS. °« <• ■> Dlasley ■«:
tional duty per piece of..icto20c lc Hides, fenceposts, sulphate of am-
to 20c; monia, platinum combinations with
Sword blades and side arms 35 pc 50 p c ; palladiuni> osmium and rhodium, kin-
Files, per doz 30c to $1 25ctc , ,. , • '
7714,1 dling wood, radium, works of art—
2Vic l%c | paintings, pastels, etchings and sculp-
Horseshoe nails, per lb
Tacks, brads, etc., per lb..
Stereotype and electrotype
plates
Crosscut saws, per linear ft.
Mill saws, per linear foot...
Circular
l%c %c tc I
3*cl
tures that have been in existence more
than twenty years prior to date of Im-
portation; other works of art, o!
bronze, marble, terra cotta, pottery,
porcelain and antiques produced more
! Circular saws 2o p c 20 p c ! ' . , . ,
Steel band saws, per ib.. 10c and 5c atn: 1 than 100 years prior to date of im-
20 p c 20 p c
All other saws SOpc Spc
Screws, according to length,
per lb 4c to 12c
Umbrella and parasol ribs.. SOpc
Wheels for railways, per lb l%c
Hooks and eyes, per lb..5%cand
15 p c
3c tc
10c
50 p c
l*c
New types Spc
Firearms.
Muskets. muzzle loading
shotguns Spc Spc
Double barreled breechload-
lng shotguns val. at not
more than $5.00 each
Same. val. at more than
$5.00 and less than $10.0C ..
$1.50
and
15 p c
$1.5< !
Same.
$1000
vai. at more than
KOI
and anc
15 p c 15 p c
$6.00 $6.(K
' and
Spc
J 75c and 75c anc
Spc Spc
Watch Movements.
With leas than 7 jewels... Sc and 70c
Spc
With 7 to 11 jewels 50c and
Pistols and revolve!
pc
With 11 to 15 jewels..
With 15 to 17 jewels
With more than 17 jewels .
Watch cases, clocks, etc 40 p
Pens, metallic, except gold
pens, per gross
Penholders and gold pens.. Spc 5cand
75c and $1.£
Spc
$1.S $1.25
and anc
Spc Spc
$3 and $3 anc
5pc
Hemp, Jute. Etc.
Cables and cordage made of
hemp, per Ib 2c
Single yarns of flax hemp or
ramie, per lb 7c
Floor mattings, per sq. yd..3cto7c
and
Spc
Paper.
Sheathing and roofing paper. 10 p c 10 p
Printing paper, val. at from
2c. to 5c. per lb 3-10c to
8-10c
porta tion.
ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES.
The bill marks a distinct departure
in that it provides for a corporation
tax and a court of customs. The cor-
poration tax. while yielding a large
15 p r amount of revenue, is primarily de-
23 Pc' signed for the purpose of governmen-
tal regulation of corporations, aud it
will have this effect.
The fact that the amount of the tax
to be assessed was lowered from 2 pet
cent to 1 per cent is considered by the
members of congress to evidence clear-
ly that the bill has regulation for its
$4.ot. object and not merely revenne.
The customs court of appeals will
further centralize the national govern-
ment, and It will place the Intricate
and technical cases as to the construc-
tion of the law and the facts respect-
ing class'tiration of merchandise and
rate of duty under the jurisdiction of
men who are specialists in this line.
There Is no appeal from this court,
which will sit i:i Washington, and the
members of which will be appointed
by the president.
For the purposes of the operation of
this court the country has been divid-
ed into nine customs judicial districts.
While many Items in the bill show
revision downward. It will as a whole
provide for an increased revenue, con-
tinuing in general effect the fiepub*
Spcj lican policy of protection.
grol! Retaliation Measurea.
Governmental measures of retalia-
tion against countries which do not
make tariff concessions to the United
IC< ; States are amply provided far. Maxi-
3Vzc mum aud minimum provisions enable
a higher raie of tax to be imposed on
the products of these countries than
I would ordinarily have "been the case.
The creation of a commission to look
2-l0c into the question of the tariff from a
$1.$ [
40 p c
to j nonpartisan viewpoint is an innova-
15pc ispc ti0D tliat has l,e*n su8g*sted for many
years. It is geuerally looked on as a
Same, val. above Sc. per lb.!
Copying paper, tissue paper:
etc.. per lb «cand5cto6cj move toward "taking the tariff out of
Spc and j politics." 4
Crape paper, per Ib Sc and fe5.nd ' A P°llc-T lonS established by tar-
15 p o 15 p c ' iff makers in this country is retained
■ Surface coated papers, per in the new measure. It is the ithpos-
b , IV4tB*pc 50 j inR ot Particularly heavy duties on
Photographic papers, per fb. 3c and 3c and 1 'usuries. A
10pc 10 p c The "drawback" provisions are In-
I to ' dicative of a more kind hearted gov-
Paper envelope., plain ..f Spc SOpc' omental attitude th:in hhd been con-
Letter and note paper, j^er sidered probable. In brief: a drawback
,b ^ 2c and 3c and is a refund of duty moneys paid on
' Same, weighing more thj is 10pc Upc material imported Into fi&is country
Iba. per ream. perflt.T :*c and 3c and which U9^ "> manufacture of
• 15 pc 15 pc
Books and pamphlgt^..a Spc Spc
articles which are themselves exported
from this country.
The guiding spirit in the formula-
tion of the provisions of the new tneas-
8c Sc tire has been one to fix duties that do
pc 10pc ; not necessarily encourage foreign iin-
*c • Imitation, but that render It impossible
10c sc t for a combination of capital tn any
Gunpowder and other efcl >
slves. per Ib T tctoSc fc to
/" 4c
Matches, per gross Sc Sc
Percuiaion cape «,...
Cartrtdcs
Haircloth, per sq. yd
Crinoline, per sq. yd
Hats. Bonnets, Etc. iriven 'ine to raise prices above those
F-ur hats, bonnets and hoods j lb** now exist and to prevent them iu
val. at not over f >'•< per j general from being further raised,
dos., tax per do* $£« HM j I'resident Taft has taken particular
j pains to point out this circumstance,
md ■ Competition that existed when the
Same. val. between K 30 1
810 30 per doa, tax per dos..
Same ral. between $1080 *nd
8 JO per doa.. tax per dos
8100
and
Jupc
8$«
$$B8> par 4m.. tax per doa.
30 p c Spe
rot Km
and and
c <
Dingley bill was enacted has been
wiped oot by the consolidation of com-
panies and the combination of Inter-
ests. President Taft readers the opin-
ion that the Payne tariff bill will in
large measure restore the possibility
of successful competition la the bus!
ae«s fields so affected.
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Ruthruff, C. E. The Oklahoma Democrat. (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 3, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 12, 1909, newspaper, August 12, 1909; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc281855/m1/3/: accessed March 18, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.