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COLUMBUS JOURNAL
8TROTHER STOCK WELL, Pubs.
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA
EPITOME
OF II
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i WEEK'S NEWS
Most Important Happen- $
ings Told in Brief.
Domestic.
Mrs. Jennie L. Berry of Des Moines,
Iowa, won in a fight for the national
presidency of the Woman's Relief
corps. After three ballots she was
elected over Mrs. Belle Harris of
Kansas by a vote of 213 to 80.
Samuel R. Van Sant of Minnesota
was elected commander-in-chief of the
L A. R. at Salt Lake City.
In 1908 the packers of the United
States shipped 325,000 cars of pack
ing house products and. byproducts.
The freight charges vary wideljr ac
cording to destination and quality.
Average freight was .not less than
9100 a car, so the' total freight bills
were at least $32,500,000. In addi
tion, there were shipped to the
packers several hundred thousand
cars of live stock. Average freight
for live stock is $55, or about half
fae freight on the dressed beef pfod
wst Taking the packing industry as
a whole the railroads reap a gross
business of not less than $50,000,000
freight yearly, or as large as the total
cross receipts of such systems at St.
Paul, New Haven or Southern railway.
""The Chinese minister. Wu Ting
Fang, has been recalled from Wash
ington and ordered to Peking for fur
ther assignment His successor will
be Chang Yin Tang, formerly charge
d'affaires at Madrid, and now deputy
vice-president of foreign affairs.
Harry K. Thaw has been sent back
to the asylum, Judge Mills deciding
bis habeas corpus case against him.
A lone bandit held up the cashier
of the bank at Franklin, Illinois, and
secured about $2,500 and made his
escape.
Rectifiers are prohibited from mak
ing wine mash and using it for the
production of compound liquors, in
an order issued by the acting commis
sioner of internal revenue. The order
becomes effective September 1.
Night work has been begun on the
addition being built to the executive
offices of the white house. Three
shifts are now working and there will
not be an hour's let-up until the addi
tion is compelted.
It was learned that Gutzon Gorglum,
the sculptor, has received a commis
sion to make a bust of President Taft.
Mr. Borglum will return from a west
ern trip within a day or two and it is
understood he will go to Beverly to
execute the commission.
The fortieth annual convention of
the Iowa Knights of Pythias grand
lodge opened with about 650 delegates
in attendance.
After bixty-two years of continuous
practice in dentistry in Westchester,
Pa., Dr. Jesse Cope Green, ninety-two
years old. retired from the practice
of his profession. It is said Dr. Green
Js the oldest dentist in years and point
of service in this country, and he takes
daily rides on his bicycle about the
streets of the town.
Manning C. Palmer, former presi
dent of the American Exchange Na
tional bank of Syracuse, N. Y., was
discharged from Auburn prison on a
pardon granted him by President Taft.
Palmer Mas convicted in 1906 of mis
application of the bank's funds.
The seizure of about $500,000 worth
of whisky from the warehouses of
the Cascade Distilling company at
Nashville, Tenn.. will cost the com
pany $10,000 to obtain the release
of the seized spirits and immunity
from prosecution for the wealthy dis
tillers. Actin gAttorney General Wade
Ellis fixed this sum as the amount re
quired to reimburse the government
for the amount lost in internal reven
ue tax.
An eastbound Atchison. Topeka &
Santa Fe train was wrecked by a
broken rail near Gorin, Mo. Engineer
Coulter was buried under the locomo
tive and killed. Fireman Harvey Wal
ten was badly hurt and Brakeman
Edward Monroe had an arm broken.
After marrying his five thousandeth
couple, according to his own computa
tion. Dr. E. S. Whistar was taken ill
at Youngstown. Ohio, an'd died.
The second American Esperanto con
gress is in session at Chautauqua.
Isaac C. Wolfe, aged seventy, of
Paducah. Ky., was killed by an auto
mobile on tbe highway near Belleve
dere. 111. The machine was driven by
P. A. Nott and his son, C. A. Nott,
who were on their way to the Algon
quin hill-climbing contest. Wolfe was
a prominent Mason.
Ella Gingles. the young Irish lace
maker whose trial in Chicago for lar
ceny from her employer attracted na
tional attention because of her sensa
tional charge that an an attempt had
been made to force her into "white
slavery" sailed for her home in Ire
land on the steamer Campania.
Officers are searching for the mur
derer of Petrolus Mamois. who was
murdered and robbed of $100 near Ce
dar Rapids, la. Mamois' body was
found with three bullet holes through
the abdomen. When last seen Mam
ois was accompanied by his nephew,
Frank Gight. twenty-two years old.
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cravens of
-Spring Lake, Iowa, were instantly
killed as the result of a collision be
tween their touring car and a limited
traction car, one mile north of Alex
andria, Ind. Mr. Cravens' head was
almost severed from his body. Mrs.
Cravens body was badly mangled.
I Posey Ryan, charged with killing
! t.; .; nr,A Anntrhtar In a restaurant
at Cheyenne, Wyo., March 14. was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree. The defense made its fight
on the plea of insanity. In the early
days Ryan was known throughout Ne
braska as an Indian fighter and trader.
Adolph Fleischman, -a wealthy fruit
grower of Los Angeles, Cal., had to
pay the United States customs service.
$2.5S7 because goods that' be and his
wife brought with them on their re
turn from their, wedding trip abroad
had been declared worth only $349.
The customs officials appraised them
at $1,667, and seized them for under
valuation. One hundred and forty-seven thou
sand seven hundred and sixty-nine ap
plications for lands in the Coeur
d'Alene, Flathead and Spokane reser
vations, where 700,000 acres will be
opened to settlement by the govern
ment, were reported by notaries at
the close of the ninth day
A notable appreciation of the effforts
of the United States in behalf of
peace and orderly government oc
curred at Asuncion. Paraguay, on the
departure from that place on Sunday
of Edward C. O'Brien, the American
minister, says a dispatch received at
the state department from Vice-consul
Piatt at Asuncion. About 2,000
students and members of non-political
associations made an impressive and
unprecedented demonstration In the
ministers honor.
A strike of street laborers in Pitts
burg. Pa., which has been of small
proportions for some days, has become
widespread, and gangs of the men are
parading the streets. Steps. It is said,
have been taken to form an organiza
tion among the 15,000 Italian workmen
of Allegheny county.
Gen. P. P. Johnston, adjutant gen
eral of the Kentucky stale guard,
was held to the grand jury for an
assault on Denny B. Goode, editor of
a weekly publication -in Louisville.
General Johnston resented a reference
to him as "General Peacock P. John
ston," in an editorial. ,
Dr. Robert J. Burdette, who is ill
at his summer home at Cllfton-by-the-Sea.
was reported Monday as being
much better.
The sheep men of South Dakota
report the best wool crop ever known
Foreign.
The striking workmen of Sweden"
continue to return to- work. The
stevedores of Gothenburg are the
latest to resume and the foreigners
taken to Gothenburg to fill their
places are being returned to their
homes. Out of a total of 460,000 work
men engaged in Swedish industries
exclusive of agriculture and the rail
road service 2S5.762 are on strike,
but small groups of these men are
continually returning to their labors.
General von Heering, commander of
the Second army corps, was appointed
by Emperor William to the position
of Prussian minister of war in suc
cession to General von Einem, retired.
Following the election by congress
of Vicente Comez, the acting presi
dent, to be provisional president of
the republic, it was announced that a
new cabinet and a complete reorgan
ization of the Venezuelan government
could be expected.
The amalgamation of the Miguelis
ta and Zayista factions of the liberal
party, which ahs been in progress
since the election of last year, was
accomplished at a conference of the
executive committees of the two fac
tions. Senor Zayas was unanimously
elected chairman of the united party,
which will be called the national-liber-ey
party.
General Marina, the Spanish com
mander in Morocco, now has a total of
38.000 men at his disposal, and is com
pleting his preparations for a con
certed movement against Mt. Guruga,
the center of the Moorish positions.
Emperor William conferred the
crown order of the first class on
Charles W. Eliot, former president of
Harvard university; the crown order
of the second class on Sir Casper
Purdon Clarke, director of the Met
ropolitan museum of art. New York,
and Hugo Reisinger of New York, and
the red eagle of the third class on Ed
ward Robinson of the. Metropolitan
museum of art.
With deep religious solemnity the
sixth anniversary of the corona
tion of Pope Pius X was celebrated
in the Sistine chapel Monday in tbe
presence of the pontiff, the Sacred col
lege, the papal court, archibishops.
heads of religious orders, members of
the diplomatic corps and the Roman
aristocracy. Cardinal Merry Del Val,
the papal secretary of state, officiated
at the mass.
It is officially reported that 103
deaths from bubonic plague and 35
from cholera occurred in Amoy dur
ing the two weeks ending last Satur
day. Conditions in the interior dis
tricts are greatly improved.
Adolphus Busch of St. Louis re
turned from Carlsbad a few days ago
to his villa in Lange Schwalbach. He
has a severe cold and has been or
dered to stay in bed. but his condition
does not give occasion for serious enx
iety. General Von Einem, the Prussian
minister of war, retired from office. He
will at once take up his new duties
as commander of the Seventh army
corps.
The labor strike at Stockholm.
Sweden, is showing signs, of a col
lapse. Reports are current in yachting cir
cles that King Alfonso of Spain is a
possible' challenger for the American
cup.
General Charles Louis Tremeau has
been appointed commander in chief
of the Fernch army in succession to
General de la Croix.
The Duke of the Abruzzi has estab
lished another record in mountain
climbing. He ascended Mount Goodwin-Austen
to a height of 24.600 feet.
Perfect weather was enjoyed during
the ascent. All the members of the
party have arrived at Bandipur in ex
cellent health.
The rumor emanating from London
that Count Zeppelin, the inventor of
the dirigible balloon which bears his
name, had died is without foundation.
He is not only living but he is quickly
recovering from the effects of the min
or operation for an abEcess on his
neck.
INCREASES AND
DECREASES IN
NEW TARIFF BILL
Schedules as Compared with the
RateslJnder theExisttni
Dingley Measure.
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HIDES ON THE FREE LIST
Marked Reduction in Wood Pulp and
Print Paper Rough Lumber Down
from $2 to $1.25 Per Thousand Feet
Wool Schedule Shows Little
Change Corporation Tax Law Pro
vided For Bond to Build Panama
Canal.
Washington. The schedules of the
ew tariff bill, with comparisons with
rates under the Dingley measure, are
as follows:
Rough lumber goes down from $2
to $1.25 per thousand feet, with cor
responding reduction in the differen
tial on dressed lumber.
The wool schedule underwent no
change of consequence, but the en
tire cotton schedule was reconstructed
Sereno E. Payne.
Republican House I.vder.
and the phraseology greatly changed
in the hope of preventing reductions
through decisions by the courts such
as have characterized the administra
tion of the Dingley law during latter
years. In many instances the rates
intended to be imposed by the Ding
ley law were cut by the decisions, the
reductions in some instances being
from 60 per cent, to eight per cent ad
valorem. It is estimated that the
rates fixed by the bill are about three
per cent, higher upon an average than
those collected on cotton last year.
Probably the most marked reduc
tions throughout any schedule in the
bill as a result of the action of the
two houses and of the conference com
mittee are found in the metal sched
ule. Beginning with a decrease in the
rate of iron ore from 40 to 15 cents
per ton, there is a general reduction
throughout that portion of the bill,
pig iron going down from $4 to $2.50
per ton, and scrap iron from $4 to $1.
The reduction on many of the items in
this schedule amounts to about 50 'per
cent., and this reduction includes
steel rails. There is an increase on
structural steel ready for use and also
a slight increase on razors, nippers
and pliers, and on such new metals
as tungsten.
Rates on Hosiery Increased.
The rates on hosiery are generally
increased. In the much contested mat
ter of the rate on gloves the high pro
tectionists fail to score. They sought,
through an increase made by the
house, to raise the duty . materially
above the Dingley figures, but were
antagonized by tbe senate, and the
senate won, the only change made in
the entire schedule being one slight
reduction.
The silk schedule was reconstructed
with a view of imposing specific rath
er than ad valorem dutiec. with the re
sult that the average duty will be
somewhat higher under the new law
than under the present statute.
Oil cloths and lineoleum are heavi
ly cut, but otherwise the changes in
the flax, hemp and jute provision
were not material. A slightly, in
creased duty is provided l for
hemp, both crude and hackled, and
also on certain high-grade laces. On
linen yarns and mattings there is a
reduction.
Sugar and tobacco duties remain
substantially as they are under the
Dingley law. The free importation of
considerable quantities of both of
these articles from the Philippine is
lands is permitted, and a material
change was made in the internal reve
nue law by an amendment taking the
tax off e sale of tobacco in the hand.
TherS is a uniform increase on spir
its, wines and liquors of 15 per cent.
Raise Rate on Hops.
In the agricultural schedule hops
are increased from 12 to 16 cents a
pound and there is also an increase
on lemons, figs, almonds and pine
apples. The publishers win their fight for
lower wood pulp and print paper, the
rate on the ordinary newspaper print
paper being fixed t $3.75 per ton in
stead of $6 as under the Dingley law,
and on the higher grades of print pa
per at $3.75 instead of $8. Mechanic
ally around wood pulp is to come in 1
European Ostrich Farm.
The only ostrich farm in Europe is
at Nice. It is said to be profitable.
Incubators have to be used to hatch
the eggs, tbe sun in the Riviera not
being hot enough to do this work, as
it does in Africa.
Emotional Maine Audience.
A physician in Portland, Me., esti
mated that 2,048 teaspoonfuls of tears,
or two gallons in all, were shed in one
night by the audience that heard Sav
age's "Mint. Butterfly" in that city re-sently.
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free of duty Instead of paying one
twelfth "of a 'cent a pound as under
tit Dingley law, but provision Is
made for a countervailing duty in
case it becomes necessary to protect
this country against Canada's inhibi
tions upon the exportation of 'woods
to the United States.
Hides of cattle come in free and
there is a corresponding reduction on'
leather and leather goods. The free
hide provision is based on the condi
tion that on and after October 1,
1909, sole leather 'from the hides that
are to be admitted free will pay a
duty of five per cent,; grain, buff and
split leather 7 $v percent.; boots and
shoes, the upper leather of which is
made from such hides, 10 per cent.,
and harness and saddlery, 20 per
cent. This schedule of rates will re
sult in a reduction of 15 per cent, on
boots and shoes. 20 per cent, on har
ness and saddlery. 15 per cent, on sole
leather and 12 per cent, on leather
for uppers, if made of the hides that
are put on the free list by tbe pro
vision. T Bituminous coal is reduced from 67
centspef'ton"to 45 cents, and there
is also a reduction on gunpowder,
matches and cartridges. Agricultural
implements go off from 20 per cent,
ad valorem to 15 per cent, and the
older works of art are placed upon
the free list. Petroleum, which re
ceived much attention in both
houses, slips through without any
duty, countervailing or otherwise, and
most of its products come in under
the same terms.
Increases in the chemical schedules
are as follows:
Liquid anhydrous ammonia, from 25
per cent ad valorem to five cents per
pound.
Manufactures of collodion, increased
five per cent.
Coca leaves increased five cents per
pound.
Fancy soaps increased from 15 cents
per pound to 50 per centum ad va
lorem. The list of decreases in this sched
ule was much longer, the principal
items being as follows: v
Boracic acid from five to two cents
per pound.
Chromic acid and lactic acid from
three to two cents per pound.
Salicylic acid from ten to seven
cents per pound.
Tannic acid, or tannin, from 50 to
35 cents per pound.
Sulphate of ammonia from three
tenths cent per pound to free list.
Borax from five to 'two cents per
pound.
Borate of lime and other borate ma
terial from four to two cents per
pound.
Chloroform from 20 to 10 cents per
pound
Copperas from one-fourth cent to fif
teen hundredths of one . cent per
pound.
Iodoform from $1 to 75 cents per
pound.
Licorice from 4& to 2 cents per
pqund.
Cottonseed Oil on Free List.
Cottonseed oil and cotton oil from
the dutiable to the free list.
Flaxseed, linseed and poppy seed
oil from 20 to 15 cents per gallon.
Peppermint oil from 50 to 23 cents
per gallon.
Ocher and ochery earths, sienna and
sienna earths, and umber and umber
earths, if ground in oil or water, from
1 to one cent per pound.
Varnishes from 35 per cent, to 25
per cent, ad valorem.
Methylated and spirit varnishes
from $1.32 per gallon and 35 per cent
ad valorem to 35 cents per gallon and
35 per cent, ad valorem; white lead,
acetate of lead, and a number of other
lead products, from one-fourth to one
eighth of a cent a pound.
Bichromate and chromate of potash
from three to 2 cents per pound.
Chlorate of potash from 2 to two
cents per pound.
Crystal carbonate of soda from
three-tenths to one-fourth of one cent
per pound; chlorate of sota from two
to 1 cents per pound.
Hydrate of, or caustic soda, from
three-fourths to one-half of one cent
per pound; nitrate of soda from 2
to two cents per pound.
Sulphate of soda, or salt cake, or
miter cake, from $1.25 to $1 per ton.
Strychnia, or strychnine, from 30 to
15 cents per ounce.
Sulphur, refined or sublimated, or
flowers of, from $8 to $6 per ton.
In earthenware and glassware
there is but one increase. This is slight
and is made on the smaller sizes of
plate glass. The decreases in this
schedule include:
Fire brick, glazed, enameled, and so
forth, from 45 per cent, to 35 per cent,
advvalorem; brick, other than fire
brick, if glazed, from 45 per cent, to
35 per cent, ad valorem.
Plaster rock, or gypsum, crude, from
50 to 30 cents per ton; if ground or
calcined, from $2.25 to $1.25.
Unpolished, cylinder, crown and
common window glass, smaller glass
and cheaper values, reduced one-eighth
of a cent per pound.
Onyx in block, from $1.50 per cubic
foot to 65 cents per cubic foot.
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Duty Lowered on Marble.
Marble, sawed or dressed, over two
inches in thickness, from $1.10 to $1
per cubic foot, with other reductions
on the entire marble paragraph and
on other stone.
There is a general reduction in mica
to 30 per cent, ad valorem. There
was before a mixed specific and ad
valorem system.
Structural steel, fitted for use. falls
in the basket clause at 45 per cent, ad
valorem.
There also is an increase on razors,
and upon nippers and pliers.
Lithograhpic plates are increased
from 25 to 50 per cent, ad valorem.
Chrome metal, ferrosilicon, tungsten,
ou uuier new uiuiais useu in iue
manufa-ture of steels, are made dutl-
FieM for Patent Medicines.
Brazil is offering an alluring field
to the American makers of patent
medicines, as against the standard pro
prietary medicines there exists nc
prejudice on the part of Brazilian doc
tors or their patients.
British Women Inventors.
About 600 patents are granted each
year to British women upon inven
tions, ranging from articles distinct
ly feminine in nature to motors, rail
road cars, flying machines and wire
less telegraphy.
able at not more than 15 per cent, ad
valorem. Tungsten ore is made duti
able at ten per cent
The duty on watches was read
justed, remaining at about the same
as the Dingley law.
A duty of one cent per pound was
put upon the zinc in the ore where it
contains more than 20 per cent of
sinc..On zinc with less than 20 per
cent, there is-a lower, rate of .duty.
Zinc now has a duty of 20 per cent
There was an added duty of one
half of one cent per pound upon plain
bottle caps, and on decorated bottle
caps the duty was increased from 45
to 55 per cent
The reductions in the metal sched
ule are more numerous and generally
mors marked than in most o( the
others. Heading the list is iron ore,
which was decreased from 40 to 15
cents per ton. Pig iron, iron kent
ledge, and Spiegeleisen, were lowered
from $4 to $2.50 per ton.
Scrap iron and steel from four to
one dollar per ton.
Reductions were made on bar iron,
round iron, slabs and blooms, structu
ral steel not fabricated,, anchors, iron
and steel forgings, hoop, band, or
scroll iron or steel, steel bands or
strips.
Railway Bars and Steel Rails.
The reduction on cotton ties is from
five-tenths to three-tenths of one cent
per pound, and railway bars and steel
rails from" seven-twentieths' of one
cent per pound to seven-fortieths.
Iron or steel sheets were also re
duced, and-theduty on charcoal iron
is made sixf dollars a ton, instead'
of $12.
Other reductions in the metal sched
ule affect polished sheets, rolled
sheets of iron, steel, copper, or nickel,
steel Ingots, cogged ingots, blooms
and slabs; round iron or steel wire;
steel bars or rods, cold rolled, cold
drawn, or cold hammered, or pol
ished; anvils, axles; blacksmith's
hammers and sledges, track tools,
wedges and crowbars; bolts; cast iron
pipes; cast hollow ware; chains; lap
welded or jointed iron or steel boier
tubes; cut nails and spikes; horse
shoe nails; wire nails; spikes, nuts
and washers; cut tacks; steel plates
engraved; rivets; cross-cut saws, mill
saws, circular saws, pit and drag
saws, steel band saws and all other
saws; screws; wheels for railway pur
poses; aluminum; momazite sand and
thorite.
Tin plates reduced from one and
one-half to one and two-tenths cents
per pound.
Duties on table and carving knives
reduced and the mioratiar:litnft of the.
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rates on these knives is made 40 per
cent, ad valorem, instead of 45. Ma
terial reductions are made in the rates
on flies and the duty on cash regis
ters, jute manufacturing machinery,
typesetting machines, machine tools,
printing presses, sewing machines,
typewriters, and all steam engines, is
reduced to 30 per cent, ad valorem
from the existing rate of 45 per cent.
Until January 1, 1912, embroidery and
certain lacemaking 'machines, and ma
chines used for the manufacture of
linen cloth, and tar and oil spread
ing machines used in the construc
tion of roads, are to be admitted
free.
Lumber Schedule.
In the lumber schedule the only in
creases were those on shingles from
30 cents to 50 cents per 1,000, and on
briar wood and laurel wood for the
use of pipe makers from the free list
to 15 per cent, ad valorem. The rate
on sawed lumber was decreased from
$2 per 1,000 to $1.25 per 1,000. There
was also a diminution on timber from
one cent, per cubic foot to one-half
cent, and on sawed boards of white
wood and kindred woods from $1 per
1,000 to 50 cents per 1,000. The re
duction in the differential rates in
favor of dressed lumber averaged
about one-third of the Dingley rate.
Paving posts, railroad ties and tele
phone poles are reduced from 20 to
10 per cent, ad valorem; clapboards
from $1.50 per 1,000 to $1.25; laths
from 25 cents to 20 cents per 1,000,
while fence posts and kindling wood
were taken from the dutiable list and
placed on the free list.
The only change in the sugar sched
ule consisted of a reduction of five
hundredths of a cent in the differen
tial on refined sugar.
In agricultural products broom corn
was taken from the free list and made
dutiable at three dollars per ton.
Hops are increased from 12 to 16
cents per pound. There are also in
creases on lemons, figs, almonds, pine
apples and chicory root. The reduc
tions in the agricultural schedule cov
ered bacon and hams from five to four
cents per pound, lard from two to
one and one-half cents, fresh meats
Turkey Building Good Roads.
The 30,000,000 people of the Turk
ish empire are still practically with
out motor cars. The government is
now about to spend several million
dollars on good roads and between
Damascus and Bagdad a motor car
service is likely to be established
soon.
Little Tobacco Used in Italy.
The per capita consumption of to
bacco is lower In Italy than in any
other European country, being a trifle
over a pound.
from two to one and one-half cents,
and starch from one and one-half to
J one, cent per pound. Tallow, woel
grease, dextrin, peas, sugar beets,
cabbages and salt were also lowered.
The wine and liquor schedule was
increased throughout to 15 per cent,
over the Dingley rates.
The cotton schedule was recon
structed and readjusted to bring the
duties up to those collected during the
first four years of the operation of the
Dingley law and to the rate then col
lected under that law. Since that
time the fates have been lowered, in
some cases from 60 to 6 per cent, by
court decisions. These new rates are
equivalent to an addition, on the
whole, of three per cent, ad valorem
increase over that collected under the
present law for last year.
Cotton Hosiery.
Cotton hosiery, valued at not more
than $1 per dozen is increased from
50 to 70 cents per doen pairs; more
than $1 and less than $1.50 per dozen
pairs, from 60 cents to 85 cents per
dozen pairs; more than $1.50 and not
more than $2, from 70 cents to 00
cents per dozen pairs.
The remaining rates" on stockings
are the same as under the present
law.
Hemp is increased from $20 to
$22.50 per ton and hackle hemp from
$40 to $45 per ton. The cheaper laces
remain as in the present law, but
there is an increase from 60 to 70 per
cent, on some of tbe higher priced
laces. In this schedule single coarse
yams are reduced from seven cents
to six- cents - per pound--and--gill net
tings from 25 to 20 per cent, ad va
lorem. There was a general reduction in
carpets and mats.
A reduction from 20 cents to 15
cents is made in hydraulic hose. Oil
cloth, including linoleum, was re
duced about one-third.
There was practically no change in
the wool schedule from tbe rates of
the Dingley law, but there was a re
adjustment between tops and yarns
and a small decrease on cloths with a
cotton warp.
Mechanically ground wood pulp was
exempted from duty and placed on
the free list with a provision for a
countervailing duty against Canada.
The lower grade of printing paper
was reduced from $6 to $3.75 per ton
and the higher grade from $8 to $3.75.
There is an increase on surface coat
ed paper and lithographing prints, in
cluding postcards and cigar labels.
Common window glass of the lower
sizes, in which the imports are heavy,
.is given a reduction, and where
changes werei.made in the chemical
schedule there was a general de
crease, except upon such articles as
fancy soaps and perfumes, which
were increased.
Other Reductions.
Bituminous coal goes down from 67
cents to 45 cents per ton, and there
are reductions on gunpowder, matches
and cartridges. Agricultural imple
ments are cut from 20 to 15 per cent,
ad valorem.
Hides were placed on the free list,
while the rate on band and sole leath
er is reduced from 20 per cent, to
five per cent, ad valorem, on dressed
leather from 20 per cent, to 10 per
cent.; boots and shoes from 25 per
cent, to 10 per cent.
Fireworks are increased from 20
per cent, ad valorem to 12 cents per
pound; wearing apparel made of fur
from 35 to 50 per cent, and the higher
class jewerly from 60 per cent, to 85
per cent, ad alorem; pencil lead is
given specific rates instead of ad va
lorem rates with a slight increase.
For the first time moving picture
films are named specifically in a tar
iff law. The bill gives them a positive
rate of 1 cents per foot.
Petroleum, crude and refined, in
cluding kerosene, gasoline, naphtha,
benzine and similar petroleum pro
ducts are made free of duty and are
left even without a countervailing
duty.
The Dingley rates on women s and
children's gloves are allowed to stand.
The only change is a reduction on
"schmaschen" gloves not over 14
inches in length on which the rate is
made $1.25 a dozen pairs instead of
$1.75.
Miscellaneous Provisions.
A provision is included in the bill
which levies on all artfcles upon
which any foreign country pays a
bounty or grant upon its exportation,
an additional duty equal to the
amount of such bounty.
It Is required that all imported ar
ticles capable of being marked with
out impairment of their value shall be
stamped with the name of the manu
facturer and the country of origin.
A very elaborate provision for the
administration of the customs laws
was adopted by the conferees. It is
nractically the same as that adopted
by the senate. It is 'intended to pre
vent undervaluation of articles on
which there is no foreign market by
which true values may be ascer
tained. Provision is made for the estab
lishment cf a customs ccurt of ap
peals, with headquarters in Washing
ton. ' It will comprise a presiding
judge and four associate judges, at
salaries of $10,000 a year. There are
to be appointed to conduct govern
ment cases before this court a special
assistant attorney general at $10,000.
a deputy assistant attorney general at
$7,500, and four attorneys at $5,000
each.
The internal revenue tax on tobacco
is amended, making the rates on chew
ing and smoking tobacco eight cents
a pound. No change was made in
the tax on cigars, except those weigh
ing under three pounds per 1,000.
which were increased from 51 to 75
cents per 1,000. The rates on cigar
ettes were increased to $1.25 per
1,000. A prohibition against the use
of coupons or special gift pledges is
incorporated in the new law.
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For Snake or Dog Bites.
Caustics should be applied to tht
bites of snakes or mad dogs after the
poison has been sucked out and the
wound bled. A hot iron, a lighted
cigar, muriatic acid, caustic potash,
and' lunar caustic, or, nitrate of silver
are recommended for these purposes
in cases of emergencies, although the
aid of a physician should be secured
if possible.
Scotch Proverb.
He that is ill to himself will be
gjod to nobody.
The provision granting farmers the
free sale of leaf tobacco places a
restriction on the retail dealer which
requires' him to record every sale
amounting to two pounds or more to
one person in one day. A number of
other ironclad requirements are in
cluded in the redraft of this section
adopted by the conference committee,
by which it was intended to prevent
any frauds upon the internal rev
enues,, and, at the same time give as
much of a local market as possible to
the tobacco grower. The grower had
contended for unrestricted sale of
amounts np to ten pounds. i
Foreign-built yachts are subject to
an excise tax of seven dollars per
gross ton, which is to be collected an
nually on the first day of September.
In lieu of the excise tax the owner
of a foreign built yacht or pleasure
boat may pay a duty of 35 per cent,
ad valorem on his yacht. This will
entitle him to American registry. The
excise tax provision was adopted be
cause of the fact that some question
has been raised about the ability of
the government to enforce collection
of import duties. ...,
Corporation Tax.
Every corporation, joint stock com
pany or association organized for
profit, and every insurance company
is required to pay annually an excise
tax of one per cent, upon Its entire
net income over and above $5,000.
This feature was put Into the bill to
raise additional revenues to apply on
the treasury deficit. The section was
prepared by Attorney General Wlcker
shamt .assisted by other able lawyers
in the administrative circle, arid' great
care was taken to guard against
double taxation. It provides a form
of publicity which will enable the gov
ernment to exercise supervision over
corporations. The form of returns
which must be made by corporations,
and other features of the corporation
tax law were made public In detail
during its consideration In the senate.
It is estimated that from $20,000,000
to $30,000,000 a year will be collected
under this form of federal taxation.
The secretary of the treasury is
authorized to issue Panama canal
bonds to the amount of $290,569,000,
which sum, together with that already
expended, equals the estimated cost
of the Panama canal. It is not intend
ed that tbe bonds shall be issued ex
cept as needed to provide money to
carry on the work of canal construc
tion. The bonds are to be payable 50
years from the date of issue, and will
bear interest at a rate not exceeding
three per cent. When the bonds are
sold the secretary of the treasury will
'restore to the working balance the
$50,000,000 paid originally for 'the
canal property and the canal zone.
The re-enactment of the provision
authorizing the issuance of treasury
certificates for money borrowed to
meet public expenditures, increases
the amount of the authorization from
$100,000,000 to $200,000,000. A large
number of other provisions that are
in force under the existing tariff law
are Included in the conference bill,
with a few changes in phraseology in
several cases.
The drawback provision of the Ding
ley law is incorporated in the confer
ence bill in lieu of the drawback of
the house bill which intended to per
mit the substitution of domestic ma
terial in the manufactured article for
export to the same quantity that the
imported material, upon which a
drawback was obtainable, was used in
the manufacture of similar articles
for domestic consumption. An addi
tional provision was adopted entitling
users of domestic alcohol in the man
ufacture of perfumery and cosmetics
to secure a drawback of internal rev
enue tax to the ameunt of alcohol
used In an exported article.
Senate Ideas Accepted.
Practically all the administrative
features of the bill which were adopt
ed in the senate were accepted by tb
conferees. The-y include a new maxi
mum and minimum feature, a corpo
ration tax law instead of the inheri
tance tax adopted by the house, au
thorization for a bond issue to raise
money to build the Panama canal, as
well as numerous other features.
The maximum and minimum provi
siqn prescribes duties in accordance
with the rates named in the dutiable
list until March 31, 1910. when 25
per cent, ad valorem is to be added
automatically as the maximum duty.
Tho president is authorized to apply
the minimum rates, however, to im
ports from a country which gives its
best rates to the products of the
United States and is made the judge
as to whether a foreign country ac
cords to the United States treatment
which is reciprocal and equivalent.
When he finds that this condition ex
ists he is to issue a proclamation put
ting in effect the minimum rates and
until the time of the proclamation the
maximum rates will apply.
The president is empowered to em
ploy such persons as may be required
to secure information to assist the
president in the discharge of the du
ties imposed upon Wm and informa
tion which will be useful to the offi
cers of the government in the admin
istration of the customs laws. The
reciprocity treaty with Cuba is not af
fected by the maximum and minimum
provision.
The president is empowered also to
abrogate those reciprocity treaties
which can be terminated by diplomat
is action. It is made his duty to give
10 days notice after the bill becomes
a law of his intention to bring those
treaties to an end. All other treaties
which contain no stipulation in regard
to their termination by diplomatic ac
tion shall be abrogated by a notice of
six months from the president tc
these countries, the notice dating
from April 30, 1909, on which dato
Secretary Knox notified foreign gov
ernments that the United States
would soon ask them to enter Into
new tariff relations.
The "Hyde of Land."
According to an ancient law in Eng
land, "a hyde of land" included what
could reasonably be cultivated with
one plow. This applied for scores of
years, but at the dissolution of the
religious orders in the reign of Henry
VIII. the "hyde." or cultivated land
of the abbots of Westminster, all 're
verted to the possession of the crown.
That marked tbe gradual decline of
that means of measuring land, and
before many years the term fell into
disuse, never to be revived.
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