Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-03-27
FACTS WORTH KNOWING.
A List Of Articles Exempt From Im-
 port Duty to Mexico.
Special Correspondence oi the CITIZEN.
 GUAYMAs, March IS.

Elllpk Al1lLENs ONiuG lO bNG uC- cided ignorance which prevails in the United States as to the articles winch are free of import duties in Mexico a fact which the fines continually i'm posed by the custom authorities of this port upon consignees for wrong manifestation in the United states clearly proves, I think, that your readers will be we'll pleased to obtain a list of such goods as may be sent into Mexico free. Those persons who will keep this list pasted in their hat will then, whenever the the tide of immigration leads them away from their present place of abode 10 the States of the Mexican Republic, know what they have a right tc bring along with them without paying du- ties thereon, and it will save them recriminaIion, trouble and expense. You will not fail to perceive by the appended list that the articles so fa- yored are precisely those which Amer jeans make better and can sell cheap CT here than any other nation. The list is certainly small, especially when it is borne in mind how rudimentary the manufacturing industries of Mex ico still remain, but it must be rec ollected that the expenses of the gov eTnment of this Republic are mainly paid out of the importation duties, and that unless other than more modern ways ot raising ;he money which the Federal Government needs in order 10 detray Its expenses, It would be i'm possible for them to exist. It IS as- serted that the government seeks every means 10 tighten taxation, and this is true as far as the internal rev enue is concerned, but the stamp and import duties are very high, and l do not anticipate that for many years to come We shall obtain an improvement. The list which l here append con- tains 66 articles and may be depend ed upon, as it has been taken from the | latest revised edition of the Maritime and Frontier Custom House Tariff, and translated by Mir. Geo. F. Hen derson, of Mexico, than whom no better translator could be found. ART. 1.-The following articles are exempt from every kiEd of duties on their importation Tn the Republic: 1-Armament for the States, provid- cd that the exemption be solicited from the Executive of the Union by the Governors with the consent of theIr respective Legislatures 2-Telegraph wire, destination Oi which is to be accredited at the Mar itine custom houses ty the respective parties interested.
 g. Wire, iron or steel for cardiug from No. 2G upwards. 4-Alabaster in the rOu h. 5-Animals of all kinds, alive or stuffed, with the exception of gelded 1 horses.
 6-PlOw and plOwshares. 7-Masts and anchors for large and small vessels.
 S-Oats in grain or iu the straw. 9-Quicksilver.
 10-Sulphur.
 1l-Sieel crowbarS for mines, cylu- drical or octagon, from four To SIX centimeters in diameter and from I5 10 11j centimeters in length.
 12.-Fire engines and common pumps of al classes, and materials for irrigation and other purposes. 13-Hoes, machetes or common chopping knives for sugar cane, with out sheaths, scythes, sicklcs. rakcs, harrows, spades, Shovels, picks and pickaxes for agricultural purposes.
 I4-Hydraulic lime. lj-Tubing of all classes, material and dimensions, excepting, however, copper tubes or those of other metals which do not come soldored or closed with joints or rivets in their whole length, which are subjected 10 duties. according to material.
 1G-Card clothing of wire, in sheets for machinery and sheep cards.
 11-WheelbarTOws, hand, of one or two wheels, and hods,
 1S-Crucibles of all materials and sizes.
 19-Railway cars. coaches and wag- ons.
 20-Coal of all kinds.
 21-COllectiOnS, mineralogical and geological, and of all branches of nat ural history.
 22-Whalebone iunmanufactured)
 23-Designs and models of ma chinery, buildings, monuments and ships or vessels.
 24-Staves and heads for barrels.
 25-Vessels (ships, boats etc., Of all classes and forms, in their nauraliza- ton or for sale, or ou their introduc- ton for navigating the bays, lakes, canals and rivers of the republic.
 26-Iron and steel, manufactured into rails for railways.
 27-Fruit and vegetables, fresh, those specified in the schedule of du- ties excepted.
 2S-GuanO.
 29-Ice.
 3O-Hyposulpha'e of soda.
 3l-C0rnmeal made from maize, and handmills for grinding il.
 32-Scientific instruments.
 33-Books, printed, bound or un- bound, with the exception Of those specified in article Is of the aTancel or tariff.
 34-Firewood.
 35-Bncks and clay, refractory.
 36-Type, letter, gussets, spaces, lines, vignettes and every kind Of printing type.
 37-BOXwOod.
 39-Timber, common, for conStruc- ton.
 40-IndIan corn or maize.
 41-Maps, geographical, lopo- graphical and nautical, and terres trial globes.
 42-Machinery-I. Machines anu apparatus of every kind adapted to industrial purposes, to agriculture, mining, arts and sciences, with their separate and duplicate parts.
 II. Loose pieces of machinery and apparatus coming together with or apart therefrom are included in this exemption, but the exemption of duty does not apply 10 feather or rubber belting that serves t1r communicatinP motion unless it be imported with the machinery to which it is to be ap-