Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1824-08-24
10 to IS cts. gal.

bcti anu PORK, CShtS
per III. Is per cent.
Hams, 5 cents per ID. Is per cent.
Butter, 5 cents per Id. Is per cent.
Vinegar, s cts. per gallon. Is per cent.
Alum, 81 SO per cwt. 81 per cwt.
Refined salt petre, 5 cents
per h. u per cent.
Blue Vitriol, 2 cts. per ID. u per cent.
Gil of vitrol, 3 cts. per Id. u per cent.
Glauber salts, cts perlb. Is per cent.
Copperas, 81 per cwt. 81 per cwt.
Ginger, cents per Id. Is per cent.
Raisns, 3 to cts per ID. to Cts per Id.
Window glass, 3 to S4. 100
square feet. 250to IS, loot.
The duty on books is cents per vo-
lume on those printed previous to l775,
and on those printed in other languages
than Eng lish, excepting books printed in
Lain or Greek, on which the duty is IS
cents per pound, bound, and Is cents
per pound, unbound. On English books
printed since l775, the duty is SO cents
per pound, when bound, and IS per
pound, unbound. The old duty was S
per centum.
The duty on folio and quarto post pa
per is 90 cents per pound; on foolscap,
drawing and writing paper, II cents per
pound printing copperplate, and STAIN
ers' paper, 10 cents per pound; on shea =
ing binders and wrapping paper, cents
per pound, on all other paper, S cents
per pound. The old duty on paper of
every description, was 80 per cen,um.
The duty on jewe!ry; gold, silver and
other watches gold and silver lace
embroidery. epaulctts, precious stones,
pearls; all articles composed wholly or
chiefly OF gold and silver; laces, lace
wells, lace shawls, and thread or silk
shades, is augm nted from y per cent.
ad valorem TO l24 per centun. The
preceding articles are admitted on low
duties by reason OF the facility with which
they may be smuggled in.
The duty on wares or cut glass is
cents per pound, and in addition, an I'd
valorem duty Of. so per cen,u,n. On all
other articles of glass not specified, the
duty is cents per pound, and ~ addition
thereto, an ad valorum duty of 20 per
centum. The old duty on glass manu-
features was 90 per centum.
The duties on the following articles
have been increased, hair cloth, marble,
coach Iaces, OIL cloth, carpets and mats
of tow and flags, &c. tarred cables and
cordage, untarred cordage, yarns, twines,
ard pack threads; tacks, brads, and
sprigs; iron cables or chains black
smiths hammers and sedges; FIRE arms
and side arms quilts; states and tiles
black lead pencils; tallow and sperma-
cei candles; soap; corks; prurelia.
stuff, and nankeen shoes and slippets;
laced boots and bootees; castor oil Ep
som salts; camphor; Cayenne pepper;
chocolate; plums and prunes, black
glass bottles demiJohns, and apotheca-
ries' walls.
The new duties noticed in the proceed
ing statement are imposed instead OF the
old ones laid on the sa,re description OF
goods, AMI not in addition thereto. There
are two kinds of duties levied on imports,
one denominated shecifc the other ad
vaiorem. A specific duty computed on
the quantity of an article, without regard
10 the value. 1t is a certain sum inn
posed on the pound, yard, gallon, cwt.
SC. An ad vaiorem duty IS certain
per centum imposed on the cost or vatue
Of an article at the place from whence it
is imported. 1t IS calculated on the nett
cost Of the article, with an addition of 30
per centhm on East India merchandise,
and OF ten per centum on goods from,
Europe, &c. no
II an article, subject to an ad valorem
duty, costs 5 in Europe, the duty is cal.
culated on the sum of one dollar and ten
cents. In this way duty which is no.
mnally 80 per cent. is increased to SO
per cent. and others in the same proper
ton.
There are two classes Of articles upon
which the duties are augmented by the
new tariff. One class consists of articles
which are manufactured in the United
States. and Of which we possess the raw
material; the other class comprises ar
ticles which are not the necessaries Of
life, as silks, &c. The increase of duly
on the first is for the protection of home
industry; on the latter class for the pur-
pose Of revenue.
The duties on salt, tea, sugar, wine,
rum, molasses, coffee. spices, indigo;
steel, crockery wares, fine cottons, and
many other articles, have not been altered.
The new duties will be levied on i'm
ports from Europe, after the 3oth Gay Of
the present month, (June,) and on goods
imported from beyond the Cape of Good
Hope, or Cape Horn, after the first of
January next.