Tariff Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, Sixtieth Congress, Volumes 22-25U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 |
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Page 2796
... duty on like articles imported from the United States . Quantity im- ported . Value . Duty col- lected . Value per pound . Ad valo- rem duty ... present law ? Mr. METCALF . It includes manila hemp , which was included in ... TARIFF HEARINGS .
... duty on like articles imported from the United States . Quantity im- ported . Value . Duty col- lected . Value per pound . Ad valo- rem duty ... present law ? Mr. METCALF . It includes manila hemp , which was included in ... TARIFF HEARINGS .
Page 2807
... duty instead of five - eighths of 1 cent a pound and 15 per cent ad valorem . Mr. GRIGGS . What difference does that make ? Mr. PHILLIPS . The present duty at the present market value is equal to $ 1.43 per pound . Mr. GRIGGS . You want ...
... duty instead of five - eighths of 1 cent a pound and 15 per cent ad valorem . Mr. GRIGGS . What difference does that make ? Mr. PHILLIPS . The present duty at the present market value is equal to $ 1.43 per pound . Mr. GRIGGS . You want ...
Page 2809
... tariff increased the price of the bags ? Mr. PHILLIPS . Undoubtedly , by just the amount of the tariff . Mr. RANDELL ... present time we have cables from Calcutta that there have been contracts made so far this year for shipment next ...
... tariff increased the price of the bags ? Mr. PHILLIPS . Undoubtedly , by just the amount of the tariff . Mr. RANDELL ... present time we have cables from Calcutta that there have been contracts made so far this year for shipment next ...
Page 2826
... duty ? Mr. AMES . By decreasing the duty . The present duty on the Cal- cutta bag is 15 per cent ad valorem , or seven - eighths of a cent a pound . Mr. AMES . I want it decreased to 14 cents per pound , which is prac- tically 12 to 15 ...
... duty ? Mr. AMES . By decreasing the duty . The present duty on the Cal- cutta bag is 15 per cent ad valorem , or seven - eighths of a cent a pound . Mr. AMES . I want it decreased to 14 cents per pound , which is prac- tically 12 to 15 ...
Page 2828
... duty of the manufactured article amounts to 3 or 4 per cent to the consumer ? I do not quite catch that . Mr. AMES . Because the duty under the present tariff is only about 25 per cent of the total value of the article ; and then 12 per ...
... duty of the manufactured article amounts to 3 or 4 per cent to the consumer ? I do not quite catch that . Mr. AMES . Because the duty under the present tariff is only about 25 per cent of the total value of the article ; and then 12 per ...
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Page 3132 - The most able men — from the East and the West, from the North and the South...
Page 3150 - An Act to provide revenue for the Government and to encourage the industries of the United States...
Page 3229 - Our capacity to produce has developed so enormously and our products have so multiplied that the problem of more markets requires our urgent and immediate attention. Only a broad and enlightened policy will keep what we have. No other policy will get more.
Page 3441 - ... as in his opinion may raise the same to the actual market value or wholesale price of such merchandise at the time of exportation to the United States, in the principal markets of the country from which the same has been imported...
Page 3133 - They shall not be sought for in the council of the people, and in the assembly they shall not mount on high...
Page 3012 - Thread and carded yarn, warps or warp yarn, in singles, whether on beams or in bundles, skeins or cops, or in any other form, except spool thread of cotton hereinafter provided for, not colored, bleached, dyed, or advanced beyond the condition of singles by grouping or twisting two or more single yarns together...
Page 3160 - In all tariff legislation the true principle of protection Is best maintained by the imposition of such duties as will equal the difference between the cost of production at home and abroad, together with a reasonable profit to American industries.
Page 3506 - ... wool and hair which have been advanced in any manner or by any process of manufacture beyond the washed or scoured condition, not specially provided for in this act...
Page 3128 - ... made of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value...
Page 2965 - Cotton thread and carded yarn, warps or warp yarn, in singles, whether on beams or in bundles, skeins, or cops, or in any other form, except spool thread of cotton, crochet, darning, and embroidery cottons, hereinafter provided for...