THE TARIFF.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 153, 28 June 1907, Page 7

THE TARIFF.

*&RCHA*TS' • PB.OFQSIIiS. ? V Association.) : iVV -.-,' pTJXEDIX, Thursday. . ''The'.loeal'iardware merchants' lecom- : ■.-■ i-LHons'for the amendment oi tariff :Si e W« foUo W s:-The present **W oi duty on carriage to port of is unsatisfactory. Duty should SS£ue always" on the vulue at >?doryor.on the value at port oi shipent It i 3 immaterial which, so long « the method is uniform. Ship chandfL. (riot otherwise enumerated > is at lSentiree,-yet wood blocks are charged Sr De r cent. Chain pulleys are iree, Voiron pulley blocks are hardware, •Li'aie charged 20 per cent while sheaves for the- same are free. AU Annld-te admitted" free. As to. carriage and-cartmakers , material, springs, axles, . briSs -hinges, • etc, are free, yet filth wheels, Wpirons, steps, seat rails, are charged 20-per cent, as hardware, while m particular kind of seat, called "Champion." is admitted free. If carracrebiuldets' hardware materials are to wjfee, all bona-fidc lines which are a : =cd only, for carriage building should Mine 'Saw- the same category. CarriaW Fbeels, unnnished, are charged IJjlrerj cent., the same «s finished erriages,-,an'd it is suggested that halfjjte would he more reasonable on these. As to indiaruhber goods, washers, rings, and joints for machinery, are free, yet rater valves for machinery are charged 50 per cent. Rubber hose mixed with textile is 'free, yet the same thing, if nixed' •wfth_:metal or armoured with ■sat-al"to' secure greater durability, is feroed, hardware. 20 .per cent. Sureif these ought all to come under one iifiTa" free. Kails. etc, are dutiable, for the .most part at .2/ per ewt. yet fastening- mine rai> known as fe»'^pifces. v are charged 20 per. cent. Wlv ■ %rt c pnt Sff dutiable nails on the same iootiD2-2/ r per owt-J Tacks of all kinds iiefree, hut a wire is. described as j- j^j];--and ; is charged accordingly, aliho^'rused'"f or exactly the same purthe ordinary clout tack. Residing 'agricultural implements, prunjug_ shears anil slashers are admitted .free "S| aariculturaJ implements, yet it Im&ted'that garden shears and border shears'.are hardware. All are used for the same purpose. Garden forks are ftse; yet trowels are- dutiable. All ehpnH be free. Galvanised corrugated iooing'iton.is, 2/ per cwt.. yet roofing EhekU,if itamped, arc charged as hard■(fare, All iron roofing material should erny 'the 'same duty, 2/ per cwi. Other anomalies mentioned under this head-ia*-are'.carpenters' and phunbere' tool taske&.tfce former only being admitted and : tJie -reports- ■ ask why Ihe roller is charged &3 fqmitnre, and not as wooden or hirdwafeV. Seltzflgenes tare admitted as iJiT^gists , sundries, while sparklet bottles are charged as glassware. Both -fibonH-.be-ile-oame. - ...