The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-06
THE REVENUE.
Tariff and Tax Bill as Passed
by Congress.
COMPLETE LIST OF IMPORT DUTIES.
Articles Under the Ten Per Cent
Reduction.
HE F r EE LIS T.
ShipbuiIding Materials Ad-
mitted Free.
SPIRITS AND TOBACCO TAXES.
The Stamp Taxes Remit
ted and Retained.
Reduction of the Revenue Col
lection Districts.
T n E F r EE LIS T.
SPIRITS AND TOBACCO TAXES.
The Stamp Taxes Remit
ted and Retained.
Reduction of the Revenue Col
lection Districts.

WASHINGTON, June s, 1872
The following is the Tariff and Tax bin as passed
by Congress
An act TO reduce duties on imports and to reduce
internal taxes, and for other purposes.
Be 1t enacted that on and after the first day OF
AUGUST ls'a in lieu Of the duties heretofore i'm,
or provided for, imported IRON foreign countries.
there shall be Levied collected and paid the fol-
lowing duties anu rates OF duty, shat Is to say
On all slack coal or culm such will pass through
half-inch screen. forty cents per ton oil twenty
eight bushels, eighty pounds to the bushel.
on all btuminous coal and shale, seventy-five
cents per ton Of twenty eight bushels eighty pounds
to the bushel.
On salt, in bulk, eight cents per 100 pounds: on
salt in bags, sacks, barrels or other packages
twelve cents per 100 pounds.
On oatmeal, onehalf cent per pound.
On potatoes, fifteen cents per bushcl.
LEATHER
On bend or betting leather, and on Spanish or
other sole leather, fifteen per cent adj valorem. On
calf skins, tanned or tanned and dressed, twenty
five per cent ad vaorem. On upper leather of all
other Kinds and on skins dressed and finished of all
kinds Rot otherwise provdedfor twenty per cent al
valoreai. On all skins for morocco, tanned but I'M
finished, ten per cent ad vaorem.
on chiccory roof, ground or unground, one cent
per pound.
On all timber, squared or sided, not otherwise
provided for, one cent per cubic foot On sawed
whitewood, sycamore and Eastwood, 81 per 1000
feet board measure. ON all other varieties OF sawed
lumber - per 1000 feet board measure, provided
that when lumber OF any sort Is planned or finished,
in addition to the rates herein provided there shall
be levied and paid for each side paned fin.
ished fifty cents per 1000 feet, and If paned
side and tongued and grooved 81 per 1000 feet, and
ifpaned on two sides and tongued and grooved 81 SO
per Thousand feet On hubs for Wheels posts,
last blocks, wagon blocks oar blocks, gun blocks,
heading blocks, and all like blocks or sticks, rough
hewn sawed only, twenty per centum ad valo-
rem; on pickets and pangs, twenty per centum ad
vaiorem; on laths, fifteen cents per thousand
pieces; on all shingles, thirty live cents per thou
,ianhOarfS flnuGan6s
spruce clapboards, 81 80 per thousand; on house
cabinet ,ari'urs "a pieces or rough and not fin.
wares and house furniture finished, thrty-hv per
centum I'D valorcm
shocks aud packing-boxes OF wood, not otherwise
provided for, thirty per centum al valorum
On fruit, shade, lawn and ornamental trees,
shrubs, plants and flower Seeds not otherwise pro-
vidod TO-, twenty per centum al vaorum
On garden seeds, and all other seeds for agrcul-
tural and horticultural purposes not otherwise pro-
vlded for, twenty per centum al vaorum.
On ginger. ground, three cents per pound; on gin
ger, preserved or picked, thirtyive per centum al
valorum; on ginger, essence OF, thirty-fve per
centum al yalofum.
On chocolate iive cents per pound and on cocoa
prepared or manufactured, two cents per pound.
ARTICLES UNDER THE TEN PER CENT REDUCTION.
SIC. THAT on and after the LIST day Of August,
1872, in lieu OF the duties imposed by law ON the
articles in this section enumerated there shall be
levied, collected and paid on the goods, wares and
merchandise III this section enumerated and pro-
vided for, imported rom foreign countries, ninety
per centum Of the several duties and rates of duty
now imposed by law upon said articles severally
it being the intent TINS section 10 reduce existing
duties said articles ten per centum OF such
duties. that is 70 say
ON all manufactures of cotton OF which cotton is
the component part OF chief value.
on all oolS, hair of the alpaca goat and other ami
mails, and all manufactures wholly or In part OF wool
or hair OF the alpaca and other like animals, except
as hereinafter provided.
on all iron and steel and on all manufactures of
iron and steel OF which such metals or either OF them
shall be the component part OF chief value except
ing cotton machinery.
On all metals not herein otherwise provided for,
ana on all manufactures OF metals OF which either
OF them Is tie component part OF CHIEF value, eX-
cepting percussion caps, watches, Jewelry and
other articles OF ornament: provided, that all wire
rope and wire strand or chain made OF iron wire,
either bright, coppered. galvanized or coated with
other metals, shall pay the same rate OF duty that
il levied on the IRON wire OF which said rope or
strand or chain Is made; and all w.re-ropc and
wire-strand or chain made OF steel wire, either
bright, coppered, galvanized or coated with other
metals, shall pay the same rate OF duty that is now
levied on the steel wire vi which said rope or
strand or chain is made.
on all paper and manufactures of paper, ex-
cepting unsized printing paper and books and
other printed matter not herein specifically pro-
vided Tor.
on all manufactures of India rubber, gutta per-
cha or straw ana on oilcoths of all descriptions
ON glass and glassware and on unwrought pipe
clay, fine clay and iuller's earth.
on all leather not otherwise herein provided for,
and on all manufactures OF skins, bone, ivory horn
and leather, except gloves ana mittens, and of
which either OF said articles is the component part
or chief value, and Oh liquorice paste and on liquor
ice juice.
DUTY FOR ROUNDING THE CAPE.
next there shall be collected and paid all goods
wares and merchandise OF the growth or produce OF
countries cast OF the Cape OF Good Hope except
WOOL raw cotton and raw Six, as reeled from the
cocoon, or not further advanced than tram, thrown
or Organzinel when imported from places west OF
the Cape OF Good Hope, duty OF ten per centum al
valorem In addition TO the duties imposed on any
such article when imported directly from the place
or places OF their growth or production.
SEC. 4.-That on and after the LIST day Of August,
1872, In lieu OF the duties heretofore imposed by
law on the articles mentioned in this section there
ahall be levied. collected and pad goods.
wares and merchandise in this section enumerated,
Imported from foreign countries the following
duties and rates OF duty, that is to say
ON all burlaps and like manufactures OF lax, jute
or hemp. or OF which man. lute or hemp shall be
such as may be suitable for bagginp Tor covering
cotton, thirty per centum ad vaorem; on all oil
lutte or hemp, or OF which fax, iute or hemp shall
be the component material OF chief value, forty per
centum al vaorem on all bags cotton bags and
baggnr. and all other like manufactures not
herein otherwise provided for, except baggng
for cotton composed wholly or IN part OF iax,
hemp, jute, qunny CLOTH gunny bags or other ma
terfaI, forty per centum ad va0rem on cotton bag
ging or other manufactures not otherwise provided
suitable for the uses TO which cotton bagRng is
applied, composed in whole or In part OF hemp
jute, max, gunny bags gunny cloth or other mate
rial and valued at seven cents or less per square
yard, one and one-haf cents per pound I;
valued at over seven cents per square yard,
two and efourth cents per pound; on insuiatois
for exclusively in teegraphy, except those made
of glass, twenty-five per ccntum ad valoTcm; on
boulllons cannetille, and metal threads file or
ReHpI0SL, twenty-five per NtHlui uu saioltm, VI
emery ore, SO a ton and on emery grains two cents
a pound; on corks and cork bark, manufactured,
thirty per centum All valoreIn; on acids, VIZ
acetic acetous and pyrolgneous, OF specific gravity
OF one and fOrty-sevcn thonsandths and less,
five cents per pound; acetic, acetous and pyrolig-
neOus, OF specific gravity over one and torty-
seven thousanoth, thirty cents per pound carbolic
liquid, ten per centum al va0rem: gallo. VI per
pound; sulphuric Tuning Nordhausenl, one cent
Der pound; fannie, 81 per pound; tartaric, nfteen
cents per pound; on acctates OF ammonia, twenty
dve cents per pound; baryta, twenty-five cents per
pound: copper, ten cents per pound; iron, twenty
dve cents per pound; lead, brown, five cents per
pound; white, ten cents per pound; t0tassa, TWEEN
fv.Nvu mound. soda. twenty five cents