The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-01
ISGoTs AND BLOOMS.


hammer.molds or swaged steel; gun.barTel
molds, not In bars; alloys used as substitutes
for steel toolt; all descriptions aud shapes OF
dry sand, loan, or iron.molded steel castings,
all Of the above being crucible caststeel,
valued at five cents per pound or less, one
and one.half cents per pound; valued above
five cents and not above nine cents per
pound, two cents per pound; valued at above
nine cents per pound, TWO aud three.iourths
cents per pound: Provided that on all iron
or steel bars. rods, strips, or steel sheets, OF
whatever shape, and on all Iron or steel bars
Of irregular shape or section, cold rolled, cold
hammered, or polished in any way In addi.
tion 10 the ordinary process OF hot rolling OF
hammering, and on steel circular saw plates,
they shall be paid one-fourth cent per pound,
In addition to the rates provided in this act,
Iron or steel beams, girders, joists, angles,
channels, car-truck channels, tees, columns
and posts, deck aud bulb beams, and build
shapes iron or steel, one and one
fourth OF one cent per pound. Steel
wheels of railway purposes, whether
wholly or partly finished, and iron or steel
locomotive, car, aud other railway tires, or
parts thereof, wholly or partly manufactured,
two and one.fourth OF one cent per pound.
Iron or steel riyet, screw, nail, fence, and
wire rods, round or fiat with longitudinal
ribs In coils and loops, not lighter than num-
Der five wire gauge, six.tenths OF one cent per
pound. Screws, commonly called wood
screws, two inches or over In length, six
cents per pound; one inch or less than two
inches In length, eight cents per pound; over
one.half incn and less than one inch in
length, ten cents par pound; One-half inch
and less IN length, twelve cents per pound.
Iron or steel wire, smaller than number
five and not smaller than number ten wire
gauge, one and one.half cents per pound;
smaller than number ten and not smaller
than number sixteen wire gauge, two cents
per pound; smaller than number sixteen and
not smaller than number twenty.Sx wire
gauge, two and one-half cents per pound;
smaller than number twenty-six wire gauge,
three cents per pound. Provided, that iron
or steel wire covered with cotton, silk, or
other material, and wire commonly known
as crinoline, corset, and hat wire, shall pay
four cents per pound in addition TO the fore.
going rates: Aud provided further, that no
article made from iron or steel wire, or oi
which iron or steel wire is component part
Of chief value, shall pay less rate Of duty
than the iron or steel wire from which II Is
made either wholly or in part. And provided
further, that iron or steel wire.cloths, and
iron or steel wire-nettingS, made in meshes
OF any form, shall pay duty equal in amount
10 that imposed on iron or steel wire Of the
same gauge, and two cents per pound In ad.
dition hitherto: And provided further,
that wire rope and wire strand, OF iron or
steel wire, snail pay the same rates Of duty
that are levied on the wire OF which they are
made and one.fourth OF one cent per pound
additional: And provided further, that oil
all OF the kinds Of iron or steel, heTeinbeGorC
in this act enumerated, except wire when
galvanized or coated with any metal or alloy,
or mixture OF metals, by any process whatso
ever, not including paints, there shall ba paid
Excepting on what are known commercially
US tin plates, terne plates, and taggerS tin,
and hereinbefore provided fOr), one.fourth
cent per pound in addition 10 the rates pro.
vided In this act.
Steel not specially enumerated or provided
for In this act, thirty per centum ad valOrem:
Provided, that all metal produced from iron
or its ores, which Is cast malleable, OF what
ever descri ption or folm, without regard 10
the percentage OF carbon contained therein,
whether produced by cementation, or con.
verted, cast, or made from iron or It's ores,
by the crucible, BesseuIer, pneumatic,
Thomas. Gilchrist, basic, Siemens-Msrtin, or
open hearth process, or by the equivalent oil
either, or by the combination OF Two or more
OF the processes, or their equivalents, or by
any fusion or other process which produces
from iron or Its ores metal either granular
or fbrous In structure, which Is cast and
malleable, excepting what is known as
malleable iron castings, shall be classed and
dep0minated rs steel.
No allowance or reduction of duties for
partial loss or damage in consequence OF rust
.lt
description Of iron or steel, or upon any
partly manufactured article OF iron or steel,
or upon any manufacture OF iron and steel
OTHER METALS.
Argentine, albata, or German silver, man
uiactured, twenty-five per centum ad va
lorem.
Copper, imported in the form OF ores, and
copper cement, two and oue.half cents on
each pound OF fine copper contained therein
regulus OF and black or coarse copper, three
and one-half cents on each pound Of fine
copper contained therein old copper, Ill
only for remanutGcture, clippings from new
copper, and all composition metal OF which
copper Is component material Of Chiei
value not specially enumerated or provided
for in this act, three cents per pound; copper
In plates, bars, ingots, Chilli or other pigs, and
In other forms, not manufactured, or emu
merated In this act, four cents per pound In
rolled plates, called brsrier's copper sheets
rods, pipes and copper bottoms, and all man
ufactures OF copper, orof which copper shall
be component Of chief value, not specIil
cally enumerated or provided for in this act
thirty.ilve per centum ad valoreni. Brass, In
bars or pig, old brass, and clippings from
brass or Dutch metal, one and one.half cent
per pound. Lead ore, and lead dross, one
and one half cent per pound. Lead, in pig:
blocks and bars, and old scrap lead, iit only
to be remanuiactured, two cents pei
pound. Lead, In sheets, pipes or shot
three cents per pound. Nickel, In ore
matte, or other crude form not ready fol
consumption In the arts, twenty-five cenp
psr pound on the nickel contained therein
Nickel, nickel oxide, alloy Of any kind in
which nickel Is the element OF chief value
fifteen cents per pound. Cobalt, oxide Of
twenty cents per pound. Zinc, speltcr, OI
tutenegue, in blocks or pigs, and old worn
out zinc, fit only to be remannfactured, ont
and one.half cent per pound; zinc, spelter, OF
tuteuegue In sheets, two and one.iourtt
cents per pound. shearing, or yellow metal
not wholly OF copper, nor wholly nor In par
OF iron, ungalVanizsd, in sheets forty.e!ghl
inches long and fourteen inches wide, anC
weighing from fourteen to thirtyfour ounce
per square foot, thirty.lve per centum NJ
yaloreM. Anthony, as regnlus or metal
ten per centun ad valorem. Bronze powder
fifteen per centum nd valOrem, Cutlery, no
especially enumerated or provided for In thi
act, thifty.Rye per centuni ad valorem
Dutch or bronze metal, In leaf iet
per centum ad valorem. Steel plates
engraved, stereotype plates, aud new types
twenty-five per centum I'D valorem. Gold
!eof, one dollar and fifty. cents per package
Of tve Lppdred leaves. Hollow ware, coated
glazed, or timed, three cents per pound
Muskeis, rifles apt other firearms, not spe
cially enumerated or proVldea for IN thi
act, twenty-five per centum ad valoRetn. Al
sporting breech' loading shotGuns, thirly.ilS'
per centum ad vaIorem, Forged shot gun bar
tels, yougb bored, ten per centum ad valorem
Needles Ior emitting or sewing machines
thirty.flve per centum sd yGiorspl. Needles
sewing, dArniug. knitting, and all othsrp no
specially enumerated or provided To-
liz thI$ apt, twenty-five per cen:um nj
yaloJem. Pen.k knives, pt all kinds, ant
raaorg, city per ,sentHm 9d yalorem