The Portland daily press., 1883-03-07

valued at from to 10 cents, and 81 cents
per pound where the value exceeded 10
cents, with l cent per pound additional on
steel cold ruled, cold hammered or polished.
The Commission recommended q cents per
pound on steel wheels or steel tired wheels
for railway cars. The rev rate is % cents
per pound and 2 cents per pound on ingots,
blooms or blanks for tires-the same as the
Commission rate. On iron or steel rivet,
screw or fence or wire rods not lighter than
number five wire guage the new rate is six
tenths OF l cent per pound, and on iron or
steel for the manufacture of fencing the
same rate. The Commission rate was II
cents per pound on crucible cast steel, nail,
fence and wire rods valued at cents or less
per pound p cents when valued at cents
or less, and 3 cents when valued at above G
cents per pound.
On wood screws, from half an inch and
less than an inch in length 10 cents pel
pound; and less than half an inch in length
y cents per pound, are imposed by the new
law. The Commission rates were and
cents respectively.
On iron or steel wire, according to size
the new rates are II cents, 2 cents, p cents
and cents per pound ;the Commission rates
were q cents, q cents, 81 cents and cents
per pound. The proviso under the new Law
making an additional rate of cents pei
pound where the wire is covered with cot
ton, silk or other material, was 8 cents un.
der the Commission recommend atoms. on
galvanized wire except fence wire the Com
mission recommended a uniform rate addi
tional of ! cent per pound the new rate ad
ditional is ceut per pound and l cent and
cents per pound respectively on iron and
steel wire rope and wire strand, in addition
to the duty on the iron and steel of which
fIt1xy
on steel not specially enumerated was :
cents per pound the new rate is As per cent
ad valorem, an advance of Is per cent. over
the old rate.
On lead ore, lead in pigs and lead in
sheets, the Commission rates were i, II and
p cents per pound respectively; the new
rates are II, 2 and cents per pound, being
an advance on the item of sheet lead of I C.
per pound.
90 nickel the new rates are the same as
the Commissions rate-15 cents pei
pound, reduction Of 10 cents per pound
In the wood and lumber schedule the
Commission rates were adopted throughout.
In the sugar schedule the new rates on all
sugars below No. 10, Dutch standard, is /
40-100 cents per pound when testing not
above Is degrees, and for each additional
degree 11-100 of cent per pound addition
al; the Commission recommended II and
5-l00 additional respectively on sugars above
No. 13. Not above No. is the new rate is
q cents; above 16 and not above 20, 8 cents.
and above 20, 81 cents per pound The
Commission rates were 81, 81 aid Al cents
respectively. The rate on molasses is re-
duced from Commission rates II and cents
per gallon. In the tobacco schedule the
changes are very few from the Commission
recommendations. On manufactured to-
haPnn No ioI Ilx,o
merated the new rate is 40 cents per pound
where the Commission made it so, and on
cigars, cigarettes, ETC., the rate is 50 so pei
pound plus 25 per cent. ad valorem, instead
of So per pound.
The provision and liquor schedules were
left unchanged throughout. In the cotton
schedule where the Commission rate on
thread, yarn aud ETC.. was Il cents pei
pound, the new rate is 10 cents per pound
where the Commission recommended &c
cents it is Is cents; where the Commission
recommended 25 cents it is 20 cents; where
the Commission recommended 30 cents it is
25 cents; where the commission recommend
ed 36 cents it is 33 cents. The changes in
the classification on cotton cloth are such as
to make comparison difficult, but in gener
al 1t may be said that the new rates are
ABOUT the same as those recommended b;
the Commission. liz the fax and hemr
schedule, the Commission recommends plac.
ing juue butts on the free list. By the new
law these we're made dutiable at S5 per ton,
In the schedule on wool and woolens, raw
wool is placed at the same rates that were
recommended by the Commission, which
were about 80 per cent below the old rates
Manufactured wooden goods are reduced an
average of II to 25 per cent, but upon few
articles the duties have been Increased
Among these cloaks, dolmans, ulsters and
other woolen outside garments for women
and children, on which the Commission
recommended 30 cents per pound, plus 81
per cent ad valorem, the new law makes the
rate 45 cents per pound and 40 per cent ad
yalorem.
In the schedule on sundries the principal
changes from the Commissions rates are the
following: Coach and harness furniture re-
duced from 30 per cent to 35 per cent, tue
same as the old rate; bituminous coal raised
from 80 cents to 75cents, the same as tie old
rate; salt raised from 10 cents and cents
per 100 pounds TO - cents and cents, the
same as the old rate with the proviso that on
imported salt used in curing meats for ex
portation drawback shall be allowed when
ever the amount of duty exceeds $100
There is also proviso that imported sail
in bond may be used in curing fish taken b,
vessels licensed to engage III fisheries on the
navigable waters on the coast of the United
States, and on satisfactory proof the duty
shall be RENTED.