The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-03-02


! are composed Iii part of wool, WOODEN ana
worsted cloths, shawls and all manufactures
of wool of every description made wholly
or in part of wool or worsted not specially
provided for, 80 per cent. adj valorem Inc
present duties on flannel, etc, range
per cent. ad valorem 70 DOC.
per pound and 40 per cent. advalorem and
on wooden cloths, etc, from 35c. per pound
and 30 per cent. ad valorem to Soc. per
pound ana 40 per cent. al valorem; bunting
40 per cent. adj volorem. now lOc. yard
and IS per cent. ad valOrem; womens and
children 8 dress goods, coat Innings. Italians,
etc, 40 per cent. ad valorem; the present.
duties range from Sc Per yard and 81 per
cent. ad valorem to &C. per yard and 40 per
/ cent. ad valorem: clothing ready made and
wearing apparel of every description of
wool, except knit goods, +G per cent. ad va
] loren, now 40 per cent. adj valorem
| cloaks. dolmans and other outside garments
/ for ladies and children wholly or in part of
wool IS per cent adsvalorem now ~ per
| cent. per pound and 10 per cent ad valorem;
weddings, cords. dress trimmings, braided
| buttons, etc, Of wool, 80 per cent. adj
valOrem, now 30c. per pound and 80 per
| cent ad valOrem.
TIE DUTY OF CARPETS.
The duty on all carpets is fixed at 30 per
cent. ad valorem they now range from
per cent per yard for hemp or jute to 45c.
per yard and 80 per cent al valOrem. for
administer and other high grades; end
less belts for printing machines
80 per cent. now 20c per pound, and 30 per
cent ad valorem paper, sized and glued, 10
! per cent ad valOrem, and printing paper,
unsiZed, l2 per cent. ad valOrem, now ID
and 20 per cent; paper and other fancy
boxes, 30 per cent. ad valorem, now - per
cent: envelopes, 30 per cent. ad vallrem,
nj
loren, now 80 per cent; backing, 20 per
cent ad valorem, now % per cent; brooms
and brushes, 20 per cent. adj valOr-m, now
p and 30 per cent. respectively; walking
sticks, 20 per cent adj valorem, now IS per
cent; card clothing, Is and % cents per
square foot, now % and A. per cent. !;
carriages and parts of not enumerated,
10 per cent. ed valorem, now 35 per cent ;
dolls, toys and fans, except palm leaf, 30
per cent. ad valorem, now IS per cent. !;
feathers of all kinds 35 per cent. ad valOrem,
now 80 per cent; gloves of all descriptions
40 per cent, now so per cent; gun wads p
per cent. ad valorem, now 81 per cent. gut
tapercha, manufactured and hard rubber
articles, 30 per cent. ad valOrem, now 35
per cent. hair jewery and ringlets IS per
cent. ad valorem, now IS per cent. hat
bodies of cotton 80 per cent ad valorem,
now 30 per cent; hatter's Dlu sh
Is per cent. ad valorem, now p per
cent, India rubber fabrics, boots
and shoes, Is per cent. ad valCrem,
now 80 per cent. inks and ink powders, 20
per cent. ad valOrem, nov 80 per cent. ia
pan ware, 80 Per cent al yalorem, now 40
per cent. marble, sawed and dressed slabs
and paving tiles, SIC. per cubic foot, now
81 10; marble manufactured and not emu
merated 80 per cent. ad valorem, now so
per cent. papier mache articles, 90 per cent.
ad valorem, now 80 Der cent, percussion
caps 30 per cent. ad valorem, now 40 per
cent; philosophical instruments 25 per cent.
ad vaiorem, now So per cent. pipes and
smokers articles, not enumerated, 40 per
cent. al valorem and clay pipes p per cent.
ad valorem, now 40 and IS per cent respec-
lively; umbrella and parasol frames and
ribs 30 per cent. ad valorem. and umbrellas
of silk or alpaca 80 per cent. ad valorem,
now 40 and 80 per cent. respectively; cotton
and fax webbing 30 per cent. ad valorem,
now IS per cent.
A REGULAR BOOK.
The remainder of the bill, twenty-five
printed pages, is made up entirely of the
leading features of the old Hewitt admins
tration BILL such as the SINH
| larty clause, the provisions in
tended 10 guard against smuggling
wardrObes when intended for temporary
use il the United States and tourists wear
ing apparel; a clause providing for taxation
of cartons and coverings; a section intended
to prevent the fling OF false invoices and
under valuations, and providing for punish
ment of the person guilty Of these ofenses :;
extension of the warehouse privilege to
three years; abolition of the allowance for
damage in warehouse abolition of all fees
upon entries of imported goods and the re-
quirement that invoices shall be submitted to
the officers before expectation to the United
States the section relative to appeals in
customs cases and limiting the time within
which such suits can be brought; the be-
stowal of sole jurisdiction in trials of suiOs
against United States collectors upon
United States Circuit Courts and the pen
atty clause directed against attempted bri-
berry of Gus oms officials.
Iron ore is not mentioned in the bill, and
other omissions have been noted.
THE FREE LIST
Following is the free list:
Timber-Hewn and sawed, and timber
used for spars and in building wharves
timber, squared or sided.
Northumberland not specially
enumerat ed or provided for; sawed boar Dis
planks deals and all other articles of sawed
lumber: hubs for wheels, posts, last blocks,
wagon blocks, car blocks, gun blocks, heel
ing blocks and all like blocks or sticks,
rough, hewn, or sawed only, slaves OF
wood, pickets and palings. laths, shingles
clapboards, pine or spruce, logs
provided that if any export duty is
laid on the above mentioned articles
or either of them by any country whence
imported, all said articles imported from
said country shall be subject to duty as now
provided by law.
Salt-In bags, sacks, barrels, or other
packages or in bulk, when imported from
any country which does not charge an i'm
port duty upon salt exported from the
United States.
Flax straw-Flax, not hackled or dressed
flax, hacked, known as dressed line; ow
of flax or hemp; hemp, manila and other
like substitutes for hemp; jute butts, jute,
sum, sisal grass and other vegetable fibres
buraps, not exceeding 60 inches in width,
of flax, jute or hemp, or of which fax,
jute or hemp. or either Of them, shall be a
component material Of chief value.
Bagging-For cotton or other manufac-
lures not specially enumerated or provided
for in this act, suitable 20 t uses for which
cotton bagging is applied composed in
whole or in part of hemp, Jute. jute butts,
flax, gunny rags, gunny cloth or other ma
terial, provided that as to hemp and fax,
jute, jute butts. sum and sSal grass, aud
manufactures thereof, except burlaps not
exceeding 60 inches in width, and bagging
for cotton. This act shall take effect July
!, 1889
Iron or steel sheets, or plates, or taggers
iron coated with tin or lead or with mix