Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-02

ties or hoops for bsling purposes not
thinner than No. 20, wire gauge; needles,
sewing, darniDg, knitting and all Others
specially enumerated or provided for in
this act; copper, imported as ore or ores
regulus of, and black or coarse copper;
copper cement, old copper, t1t only for
manufacture; nickel In ore matter other
than the crude form, not ready for con-
sumption in the arts; and money as
regu rs or metal; quicksilver; chromium,
OF irou or chronic ore; mineral substances
IN crude state, and metals unwroughs, not
specially enumerated or provided for;
brick; vegetables In their natural state or
In salt or brine; chicory root, ground or
unground, burnt or prepared, and sll
other articles used or intended to be used
as coffee or substitutes therefor not spe-
cielly enumerated or provided for; cocoa,
prepared or manufactured; dates, plumbs
and prunes, currants, or other figs;
meats, game and poultry; beans, peas
and split peas; pulp for paper msker's
use; Bibles, books nj pamph cts, printed
in other languages than English, and
books and pamphlets and all publications
Of foreign governments and publications
Of foreign societies, either historical
or printed for grstuitous distribution,
bristIes, bulbs or Dubious roots not me-
dicinal; feathers of all kinds, crude or
not dressed, colored or manufactured;
finishing powder; grease; grindstones;
finished or unfinished; curled hair for
beds or mattresses; human hair, raw,
unclaimed and not drawn; hatters' fur,
not on the skin; hemp and rapeseed and
other seeds OF like character; lime; gar
den seed, linseed and flixseed; marble Of
all kinds, in block or squared; willow,
prepared for basket makers use; broom
corn; brush wood; plaster Of paris, when
ground or calciDeG; bags, Of whatever
| material composed; rsttsns and reeds
manufactured, but not made up into
finished articles; paintings, in oil or
water colors and statuarY not otherwise
provided for, but shall be understood to
include professional productions Of
statuary or Of sculpture only; stones, IN
manufactured or undressed, free stone,
granite, sandstone and all building or
monumental stone; all strings Of gut or
any other like material; tslIow waste,
all not specially enumerated or provided
for,
| DUTY on METALS.
Metals are t. pay duty as follows:
Pig iron, ssppartune, iron railway bars,
steel, S1l; bar iron, rolled or hammered,
Is per pound, not less than one inch wide
and three-eighths OF sn inch thick; in
lsrger measurement, 1c per pound; iron
slabs, blooms, loops, 35 per cent. ad
valorem; iron bars, blooms, blllets, in the
manufacture of which charcoal is used,
500 per ton; iron or steel rails, SIS per
ton; round iron, in coils or rods, and
rolled, iron unenumerated, lie per pound !;
| sheet iron, thin, lc per pound; blacktag-
gers iron, 80 per cent; hoop iron, 1c per
pound; cast iron pipe, 3 3; per pound;
nails, lie per pound; tscks, So per cent;
anvils, anchors, etc., l8c per
pound; rivets, etc, b; per
pound; sledges, nails, ETC.,
ditto; chains, &c per pound; saws, 80 per
cent; files, IS per cent; ipgots ana
blooms, 2-5c per pound; wire and manu-
features thereof are left unchanged, pro-
Vided that the duty exceeds 30 per cent;
old copper clippings, lie per pound; cop
per, manufactured, PC per pound; lead,
14c per pound; in sheets, 24c per pound;
nickel, in ore, 10c per pound; zinc, spell
ter, &c per pound; hollowWare, 21c per
pound; machine needles, % per cent.
The entire wood schedule is subjected
to 80 per cent. per pound; ell grsoes of
sugar are reduced by an amount varying
from oue-fith to one fourth the present
duties; cotton yarn is reduced to IS and
40 per cent; bleached linen to 25 per
cent; other yarns, 25 per cent; cotton
cloth, 40 per cent.
Manufactures OF wool are reduced as
follows: Wooden and worsted cloths to
40 per cent; fisnnels, blankets and knit
goods, 40 per cent; dress goods, partly
wool, 40 per cent; clothing, 10 per cent;
cloabs, 45 per cent; Ve5birgs,
50 per cent; carpets, 80 per
cent; paper and its manufactures are
generally reduced; carriages, 80 per cent;
matches 20 per cent; all leaf tobacco,
manufactured, is offered st Soc per
pound, and the present distinction be-
tween Sumstrs and ordinary wrapping
tobacco is abolished.
In addition &c the free list the following
are some Of the most important changes
proposed by the bill: China ornaments
Is per cent. adsvalorem, now 80 per
cent y earthen ware, 40 per cent. and
caustic tiles, 80 per cent. I'D val rem, NOW
So per cent. j green and colored glass,
&c per pouno, (noT 1c.) There is also
provision for adding the value OF bottles
when filed to the value OF
the dutiable goods. Flint and
lime glass bottles and pressed
glassware, 30 per cent. sd yalorem, now
40 per cent?. cylinder and crown glass,
polished and between 24X30 and 24x6O
inches square, 15c per square foot; above
that measurement, 25c per square foot,
now 20 and 400 respectively; unpublished
cylinder, crown and common window
glass not exceeding 10x15 inches, 1c per
pound; above that and not exceeding
l6x24 inches, lie; above that and not
exceeding 24x91 inches, l5c; now lsc,
lie, 2sc and 25c.
RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED.
The recommendations made as to pro-
tests, appeals and suits TO protests, sp-
peals and quits made by Secretary Man
ming in his special report to Congress
two years ago are all adopted. Penalties
are more stringent for bribery and feeling