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PARAGRAPH XLII. 



^ CUSTOM DUTIES, OR THE TARIFF ON 



WOODGOODS. 



I. Importations: 



The importations into the U. S. of forest-products had a value 



in 1904 of $ 82,500,000.00 



in 1905 of $ 95,700,000.00 



in 1906 of $100,100,000.00 



in 1907 of $126,600,000.00 



in 1908 of $101,200,000.00 



The most important product imported is india rubber 

 ($37,000,000 in 1908). 



Next in rank are boards, deals, planks, sawed lumber, etc. 

 ($15,000,000 in 1908). 



The third rank in importance is occupied by wood pulp 

 ($7,000,000 in 1908). 



The sawed lumber importations have risen from 590 million 

 feet b. m. in 1904 to 790 million feet b. m. in 1908. 



The estimated total quantity of wood, logs, lumber and timber 

 imported in 1908 is the equivalent of 1500 million feet b. m. 

 The party platforms of 1907 1908 were emphatic in demanding 

 cither a low tariff on lumber (republicans) or no tariff on lumber 

 (democrats), for the reason that a "lumbertrust" was then be- 

 lieved to exist. 



The tariff rates in the past, those now existing and those 

 proposed for the future are: 



