The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-05


fats less than one inch wide, or less than
three.eighths OF an inch thick; round iron
less than three-fourths Of an inch, and not
less than seven.sixteenths Of an inch In
diameter, and square iron less than three
fourths Of one inch square, one and
one.tenth OF one cent per pound, pro
vided that all iron in slabs, blooms,
loops, or other forms less finished than iron
in bars and more advanced than pig.iron,
except castings, shall ,be rated as iron in
bars, and pay a duty accordingly; and
none OF the above iron shall pay less rate
Of duty than 35 per cent adv alorem pro.
vided further, that all iron bars, blooms,
billets, or sizes or shapes Of any kind, IN
the manufacture of which charcoal is used
as fuel, shall be subject to duty Of $22
per ton. Iron orsteel rails, weighing not
over twenty-five pounds to the yard, nine.
tenths Of one'cent per pound iron or steel
fiat rails, punched, eight.tenths OF one
cent per pound. Round iron, in coils Or
rods, less than seven sixteenths of one inch
in diameter, and bars or shapes Of rolled
iron not specially enumerated or provided
for in this act, one and two.tenths OF one
cent per pound. b.. / iFs fi
TIE TOBACCO TAX. - So
The date upon which the reduction Of
tax on tobacco, snufls, cigars, cigarettes,
and the reduction OF the special license
taxes shall go into effect, has been chang.
ed from July 10 May l, 1888. The pro.
vision relating to drawbacks has been
changed to read as follows: .ls ayDt
Provided that on all original and un,
broken factory packages OF smoking and
manufactured tobacco and snuff, cigars,
cheroots and cigarettes, held by manuiac'
turers or dealers ut the time such reduction
shall 90 into effect, upon which the tax has
been paid, there shall be allowed draw
back orrebate OF the full amount OF the re-
duction, but the same shall not apply in
any case where the claim has not been
presented within sixty days following the
date OF the reduction, and such rebate
to manufacturers may be paid in stamps
at the reduced rate; and no claim shall be
allowed for less amount than $40. It shall
be the duty Of the Commissioner Of Intern.
al Revenue, with the approval Of the Secre.
tary Of the Treasury, to adopt such rules
and regulations and to prescribe and fur.
nish such blanks and forms as may be
necessary to carry this section into effect.
WOOL SCHEDULE. ~,
The following is the wool schedule:
All woods, hair Of alpaca goat and other
like animals, shall de divided for the pur.
pose Of fixing duties to be charged thereon,
into the three following classes:
Glass 1-Clothing woods, that is to say,
Merino, Mestiza, Metz or Metis woods Of
Merino blood, immediate or remote; down
clothing woods, and woods Of like character
with any OF the preceding, including such
as have been heretofore usually imported
into the United States from. Buenos Ayres,
New Zealand, Australia, the Cape Of Good
Hope, Russia, Great Britain, Canada, and
elsewhere, and also including all woods moi
hereinafter described or designated in
classes 9 and 3.
Glass 3-Combing woods, that is to say
Leicester, Cotswo!d, Lincolnshire, down
combing woods, Canada long wools, Oh
other like combing woods Of English blood
and usually known by the terms herein
used, and also hair Of the alpaca goat and
other like animals.
Glass 3-Carpet wools and other similar
woods, such as DOnskoi, native South Anne
rican, Cardova, Valparaiso, native Smyrna
and including all such woods oflike charac
ter as have been heretofore usually i'm
ported into the United States from Turkey,
Greece, Egypt, Syria, and elsewhere.
The duty on woods of the first class
which shall be imported washed, shall be
twice the amount OF duty to which they
would be subjected il imported unwashed
and the duty on woods OF all classes, which
shall be imported secured, shall be three
times the duty 10 which they would be
subjected II imported unwashed. The duty
upon wool OF sheep or hair OF alpaca goat
and other like animals, which shall be
imported in any other than the ordinary
condition, as now and heretofore prac.
ticed, or which shall be changed in
it's character or condition for the purpose
Of evading the duty, or which shall be re-
duced in value by the admixture Of dirt or
any other foreign substance, shall be twice
the duty 1t would be otherwise subject.
The woods OF tirst.class, the value whereof
at the last port or place whence exported
in the United States, excluding charges in
such port, shall be 80 cents or less per
pound, 10 cents per pound; woods OF the
same class, the value whereof at the last
port or place whence exported 10 the
United States, excluding the charges in
such port shall exceed 80 cents par pound,
y cents per pound.
Woods OF the second class, and all hair
Of alpaca, goat and other like animals, the
value whereof at the last port or place
whence exported TO the United States, ex-
cluding the charges in such port, shall be
so cents or less per pound, 10 cents per
pound; woods of the same class, the value
whereof al the last port or place whence
exported to the United States, excluding
charges in such port, shall exceed 80 cents
per pound, l2 cents per pound.
Woods OF the third class, the value
whereof at the last port Of place whence
exported to the United States, excluding
charges in such port, shall be twelve cents
or less per pound, two.and.a.half cents per
pound woods Of the same class, the value
whereof at the last port or place
whence exported to the United States, ex-
Guiding the charges In such port, shall
exceed twelve cents per pound, five
cents per pound. .l
Woods on the skin at the same rates as
other woods, the quantity and value to be
ascertained under such rules as the Secre-
tary Of the Treasury may prescribe. -
A CHURCH SENSATION.
An Episcopal Clergy man Charged with