New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-06-09
TIE TARIFF.
The Bill as Passed BY CONGRESS.

The Bill as Passed by Congress.
The following are the duties imposed b
the tariff bill, as reported from the commit
tee of conference, and passed by bot
houses Of Congress- The law goes int
effect on the first of August next, so far a
it affects customs duties, and on the first o
July, so far as it relates to internal taxa
ton:
All slack coal or culm, such as will pas
through half inch screen, forty cents pei
ton of tweRty-eight bushels, eighty pound
to the bushel.
All bituIninous coal and shale, seventy
five cents per ton Of twenty bushels
eighty pounds to the bushel.
Salt, in bulk, eight cents per one hundred
pounds.
In bags, sacks, barrels, or other packages
twelve cents per one hundred pounds.
Dat meal ene-half cent per pound.
Potatoes, fifteen. cents per bushel.
Bend or betting leather, and on Spanish
or otherl sole leather, fifteen per cent. ad
valOrem.
Calf-skins, tanned, or tanned and dressed
twenty-five per cent ad valOrem.
Upper leather of all other kiads, and on
skins dressed and finished of all kinds, not
herein otherwise provided for, twenty pei
cent ad valOrem.
All skins for morocco tanned, but unfn
ished, ten per cent ad valOrem.
ChicOry root, ground or ungrOund, one
cent per pound.
All timber, squared or sided, not other
| wise provided for, one cent per cubic foot.
Sawed boards, plank, deals, and other
/ lumber of hemlock, whlte-wOOd, sycamore
and Eastwood, 81 per thousand feet, board
/ measure.
All other varieties Of sawed lumber, 81
per thousand feet, board measure; provided
! that when lumber of any sort is planed or
finished in addition to the rates herein pro-
yided there shall be levied and paid for
each side so planed or finishedi fifty cents
per thousand feet; and if plahed on enc
side, and tongued and grooved, 81 per
thousand feet; and if planned on two sides,
and tOngUed and grOOved, 81 80 per thou
sand feet
Hubs for wheels, posts, last-blocks,
wagon blocks. oar-blocks, gun blocks, head
ing-blOcks and all like blocks or sticks,
rough hewn OF sawed only, twenty per cent
ad YalOrem.
Pickets and palings twenty per cent ad
valorem.
Laths fifteen cents per thousand pieces
All shingles thirty-hve cents per thou
sand.
Pine clapboards 81 per thousand.
Spruce clapbOards 81 so per thousand.
House or cabinet furniture, in pieces or
rough hd not finished, thirty per cent ad
yalOrem.
Cabinet wares and house furniture, fin
ished, thirty-fve per cent ad valnrem.
Casks and barrels. empty, and on sugar
box shocks and packing boxes Of wood not
otherwise provided for, thirty per cent ad
valorem.
Fruit, shade, lawn and ornamental trees,
shrubs, plants and flower seeds, not other
wise provided for, twenty per cent ad valO-
rem.
Garden seeds, and all other seeds for ag-
ricultural and horticultural purposes not
otherwise provided for, twenty per cent ad
valOrem.
Ginger, ground, three cents per pound
Ginger, preserved or picked, thirty-fve
per cent ad valOrem.
Ginger, essence of, thirty-fye per cent ad
valorem.
Chocolate five cents per pound, and on
cocoa, prepared OF manufactured, two cents
per pound.
SEC. 2. That on and after the first day of
August 1872, in lieu of the duties imposed
by law on the articles in this section emu
merated, there shall be levied, collected
and paid on the goods, wares, and merchan-
disc in this section enumerated and pro-
vided for, imported from foreign countries,
ninety per cent of the several duties and
rates of duty now imposed by law upon said
articles severaDy, it being the intent of this
articles tel per cent of such duties, that is
to say:
All manufactures of cotton of which cot
ton is the component part Of chief value.
All woods, hair of the Alpaca goat, and
other animals, and all manufactures wholly
or in in part of wool or hair of the Alpaca,
and other like animals, except as herein
after provided
All iron and steel, and on all manufac-
nf,fiy Of Jrbi mi taI
or either of them, shall be the component
part of chef value, excepting cotton ma
chinery.
All metals not herein otherwise provided
for. and OH all manufactures of metals of
which either of them is the component part
of chief value, excepting percussion caps,
watches, jewelry, and other articles Of Or
nament; 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 is now levied on the
IRON wire of which said rope or strand, or
chaln Is made; and all wire rope and wire |
strand or chain made of steel wire, either |
ollght, coppered, galvanized, or coated with !
0thef metals, shall pay the same rate of |
duty that Is now levied on the steel wire of |
Whlch SAID rope, orstrand, or chain is made. |
All paper, and manufactures of paper,
excepting unsized printing paper, books |
and other printed matter, not herein speci- |
tically provided for.
All manufactures of India rubber. gutta- !
percha, or straw, and oil cloths OF all |
descriptions.
Glass and glassware, and on unwrought !
pine clay, fine clay, and fullers earth.
All leather not otherwise herein provided
for, and on all manufactures of skins, bone.
ivory. horn and leather, except gloves and |
mittens, and of which either of said articles
is the component part of chief value, and
on licorice paste or GcOrice juice.
SEC. 3. That on and after the first day
Of October next there shall be collected
and paid on all goods, wares and merchan-
disc OF the growth or produce Of countries
east Of the Cape of Good Hope Except wool,
raw cotton and raw silk, as reeled from the
cocoon, or not further advanced than tram,
thrown or Organzine,) when imported from
places west of the Cape of Good Hope,
duty Of ten per cent ad valOrem in addition
to the duties imposed on any such article
when imported directly from the place or
places OF their growth or pro 1uction.
SEC. 4. That on and after the first day
Of August 1872, in lieu of the duties hereto
fore imposed by law on the articles men
toned in this section, there shall be levied
collected and paid on the goods wares and
merchandise in this section enumerated,
imported from foreign countries, the fol.