St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-12
IMPORTANT CHANGES.
Pig Iron Left as Now.-.Iron Manu-
factures Cut But Little.

factures Cut But Little.
The most important changes in the
chemicals section are as follows:
Alcoholic perfumery, 50 per gallon
and 25 per cent ad valOrem; bOrax, re-
fined, cents; Rowan, Portland and
other hydraulic cements, 6 cents;
chloroform, 80 cents; medical essences,
tinctureS, etc., 80 cents; dyes and coal
tar, 10 cents per pound and Is per cent
ad valorem; ether, sulphuric and nitric,
80 cents per pound; gelatine, glue, ETC.,
20 per cent ad valorem; indigo extracts,
36 of cent per pound; carmine, 10
cents; linseed oil, 20 cents; cotton seed
oil, 10 cents per gallon; castor oil, 40
cents; plaster of paris, ground, $3.50
per ton; soap, CASTLE, ~ cents per
pound; toilet, Is cents; soda, bi-carbon-
ate, IA cents per pound; turpentine,
reductions.
The chief earthen and glassware
changes are in nearly every instance
reductions.
On metals the chief changes are as
follows: AntimOny, % of cent per
pound; copper, ores, ~ cents on each
pound of fine copper contained; old
copper and clippings for re-manufac-
ture, 2 cents: composition metal and
ingots, plates or bars, 215 cents: iron
ore, Is cents per ton, as at present, but
new provision is added, fOrbiding de-
ductiOnS in duty OH account OF moisture;
pig iron unchanged; bar iron, rolled or
hammered, comprising flats not less
than three-eighthS of one inch thick, $40
of l cent per pound, comprising round
iron not less than threefOurths of one
inch in diameter, and square iron not
nf
square, 9-10 of l cent; comprising
flats less than one inch wide,
OF less than three-eighths of one
inch thick; round iron less than three
fourths of one inch and not less than
seyen-siXteenthS of one inch in diane
ter, and square iron less than three
fourths of one inch square, l cent;
round iron, in coils or rods, less than
seven-sixteenths of one inch in diameter,
one and One-tenth of l cent; rolled
iron or steel fence wire rods, coils or
loops, valued at 31a cents or less per
pound, cent; bars OF shapes of rolled
iron, not especially enumerated as pro-
vided for in the act, one and twO-tenths
of cent per pound; provided, that all
iron in slabs, blooms, loops or other
more advanced than pig iron, except
castings, shall be rated as iron in bars,
and pay duty accordingly; and
none of the above iron shall
pay less rate of duty than thirty
five per centum ad valOrem: Provided,
Further, that all iron bars, blooms, bill
lets, or sizes or shapes of any kind, in
the manufacture OF which charcoal is
used as fuel, shall be subject to a duty
of not less than $22 per ton; in fact, the
entire list of iron and steel manufact-
ureS is reduced, almost without eXcep-
ton, though the reductions are often
only slight. A few new classificatiOns
in the metals, such as gold pens, for in
stance, are created. In wood and man
ufactures of wood the same reductions
are observable. There are no changes
made in the present sugar schedule eX-
cept new provision requiring sugar
DRAWINGS OF SweepingS to pay duty as
sugar or mOlaSses according to test; an
increase of the duty on confectionery.
not enumerated from 10 to Is cents per
pound; and the addition of a section
imposing tariff of l cent pound on
glucose or grape sugar.
Relating to tobacco, the following
changes are made: Leaf wrappers, un-
Stemmed, 60 cents; stemmed, 80 cents;
unmanufactured tobacco, 80 cents;
horses and mules. $40 per head; cattle,
81; hogs and sheep, so cents; other live
animals, 20 per cent; oranges, in bulk,
sl.75 per 1000; hops, cents a pound;
salt in bags, sacks and packages, 10
cents per 100 pounds; in bulk, 8 cents.
The only change made in wines, liquors,
etc., is the inclusion of new section
fixing duty on malt extract at 20 cents
per gallon in casks, 40 cents in bottles
or jugs and 40 per cent ad valorem on
solid extract; cherry and prune juice,or
wine or other fruit wines, containing
not more than SO per cent, 81 a gallon, or if
containing more, 50; ginger beer, or ale,
25 cents per dozen bottles for %
pints and so cents on ~ pints.