The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-04


2-10 cents, 9-10 of cent per pound. Between
and 2-10 cents and cents, 2-10 cents per
pound. Between and cents, Clio cents
per pound. Between and cents, cents
cents per pound. Between 10 cents and 13
cents, 81 cents per pound. Above Is cents,
40 per cent. ad valorem.
Cross-cut saws, cents per linear foot.
Mill, pit and drag saws, not over 8 inches
WIDE, cents; over inches, 13 cents (now 8,
Anthony, cents per pound NOW 10 per
cent ad yalorem.) Bronze powder, Is cents
per pound NOW 10 per cent. ad valerem.)
Copper ores, 1t cents per pound (now %
Regulus, II cents NOW 80 Old copper for
remanufacture and composition metal, X
cents (now 81
Copper, plates. ingots and other forms, not
enumerated, 2 cents (now 4 cents.) Table
and other knives, valued at not more than 81
per dozen, 20 cents per dozen. Between 81
and So, 80 cents; between So and So, ST. More
than S0, 81, and upon all 80 per cent. ad va
lorem additional NOW 30 per cent. ad valor-
em.l Penknives, knife blades. razors, 30
cents per dozen blades, and % per cent. ad
valorem NOW 90 per cent. ad valorem.l Gold
leaf, 81 per package now $1.5O) Hollow
ware, q cents per pound NOW 81 Lead
sheets, pipes and sheets, q cents per pound
now 3 Double barreled breech-loading shot
now s5.) Nickel ore cents per pound (now
15l Nickel matter, 10 cents NOW 15.)
Quicksilver cents pound now 10 per cent
ad yalorem)
Wood screws, more than inches in length.
cents per pound; between and inches, I
cents now and cents half inch and less,
IA cents per pound (now II cents.) Cut
tacks, brads and sprigs, not exceeding 16
ounces, to the thousand, 2t cents per 1000
NOW 24) Exceeding 16 ounces, 2f cents per
pound NOW 81 Type metal, II cents per
pound (now 20 per cent. ad valorem. New
type, 20 per cent. ad valorem. Zinc blocks,
| or pigs, IL cents per pound NOW H. Zinc
for remanufacture, 1t cents now ~
1t Is provided that articles not specially
enumerated, made from sheet iron or steel,
shall pay duty no lower than that imposed
on the material from which they are made.
EARTHEN AND GLASS WARE.
Earthen ware and glass ware-Common
brown earthen ware, 20 per cent ad yalorem
| NOW % per cent ad valorem); china, porce-
lain. parian and bisque. 90 per cent ad valo-
rem now 60 per cent ad valorem); plain
white, 80 per cent ad valorem now So per
cent ad valorem.) All other earthen, stone
or crockery, white, glazed or edged, and 9TH
er manufactures composed of earthly or min
eral substances, 90 per cent ad yalorem NOW
80 per cent ad valorem.) Tiles and brick,
other earthen fire brick, ornamented or glaz-
| ed ana encaustlc, 45 per cent ad val0rem
NOW ranging from 20 per cent ad valorem to
80 per cent ad valorem.) Fire brick. not
glazed or decorated, S1.25 a ton NOW 20 per
cent? Glazed or decorated, 45 per cent ad
valorem new class; gas retorts, SO each
new class. In the glass schedule, the clas-
sifcation Of cylinder and crown, polished, 10
x15 inches, is consolidated with that of 16x24
inches at cents per square foot. The gen.
eral classification of glass Is greatly changed
but with the exception Of the following pro-
visions the duties remain as in the existing
law. Plain green and colored, nodded or
pressed and plain flint and lime glass bottles
holding not less than one pint, and demi
ions and Carb0ys and other plain,
nodded mold a,oT OF pressed green and cOlored
not specially enumerated or pro
vided for in this act, one cent per pound.
Plain green and colored, nodded or pressed,
and plain flint and lime glass bottles and
yials, holding less than one pint, one and
one-half cents per pound. All articles
enumerated in the preceding paragraph if
filed, and not otherwise provided for and the
contents are subject to an an ad valorem
rate OF duty or to. rate Of duty based upon
the value; the value of such bottles, vials or
other vessels shall be added to the value of
the contents for the ascertainment of the
dutiable value of the latter, but If filed and
not otherwise provided for and the contents
are not subject to an ad valorem rate of
duty or to rate of duty based on the value
or are free of duty, such bottles, vials or
other vessels shall pay, in addition to the
duty II any on their contents, the rates of
duty prescribed in the preceding paragraph,
provided that no article manufactured from
glass described in the preceding paragraph
shall pay less rate Of duty than forty per-
centum ad valorem. Glass and glassware of
all kinds, not including plate glass, silvered
or looking glass plates and cylinder crown
or c0mmon window glass when cut engrav-
ca or otherwise ornamented, and hand mir
rors not exceeding in size 144 square lnches,
40 per centum ac valoreE.
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES.
The internal revenue section Of the bill, so
lar as it relates to tobacco, provides that af-
ter February 1, 1889. manufacturers of cigars
shall pay special tax of SO annually. The
tax on cigars, cheroots and on all cigarettes
weighing more than 5 pounds per thousand
which shall be manufactured or sold after
that date shall be S1.5O per thousand, and on
cigarettes weighing less than 3 pounds to the
thousand 80 cents per thousand, and said tax
snail De paid by the manufacturer. 1t re-
peals all law restricting tbe disposition of
tobacco by farmers and producers and all
laws imposing taxes on manufactured tobac-
co and snuff and the special taxes required
by law to be paid by manufacturers of and
dealers In leaf tobacco, retail dealers In leaf
tobacco, dealers in ma lufactured tobacco,
snuff and cigars, peddlers of tobacco, snuff
aud cigars and manufacturers of snuff. IL
provides for rebate on all original and un-
broken packages held by manufacturers or
dealers at the time the appeal gees into eff
feet first February, 1SS9) 1t also repeals
all laws limiting restricting or regulating
tne manufacture, sale or expectation OF to-
bacco or snuff.
Alcohol to be used in the industrial arts is
renewed from the payment Of an internal
revenue tax provision is made for bonded
aicohol warehouse, and safeguards are pro-
vided against fraud.
There Is prohibition against the use of
any distilled spirits upon which the internal
revenue tax has not been paid in the manu-
facture. of tincture, proprietary articles,
wines, liquors, c0rdials, bitters or other alco-
nollc compounds which are used or sold as
beverages.
COTTON MANUFACTURES.
Cotton thread, yarn, warps, or warp yarn
mot wound upon spools) valued at over 25
cents, and not exceeding 40 cents per pound,
Is cents per pound Q0; over 40 cents and not
exceeding fifty, % cents per pound (2O); over
fifty and not exceeding sixty, 2S cents per
pound (25; cotton cloth not bleaehed. dyed,
colored, ETC., and not exceeding fifty threads
TO the square inch, cents per square yard
ca; IL bleached, q cents 81 il dyed, cOlOred.
etc., cents (4D. Cotton cloth, not bleached,
dyed, co'ored, ETC., exceeding fifty and not
exceeding one hundred threads, 2t cents (2D !;
II bleached, cents (3l); if dyed, colored, ETC.,
cents, provided that on all cotton cloth
not exceeding one hundread threads, not
Dleached, dyed, ETC.. valued at over six and
one nall cents per yard, bleached valued at
over nine cents, and dyed, c0lored, etc :,
valued at over twelve cents there shall be
levied, collected and paid duty of 80 per
cent. ad valorem, now ranging from p to Al
per square yard, on all cotton cloth exceed
ing one hundred and not exceeding one hun
dred and fifty threads to the square inch,
not beached, dyed, etc., valued at over
seven and one half cents per square yard.
Bleached, valued at over ten cents per
square yard, dyed, colored, stained, painted
or printed, valued at over twelve and one
half cents per square yard, there shall be
levied, collected and paid duty Of 40 per
cent. ad valorem.
Cotton cloth, not bleached, dyed, colored,
etc., exceeding $50 and not exceeding 200
threads, 81 cents per square yard 81 If
bleached, Al cents az. III dyed, colored, ETC..
81 cents (5); provided, that on all cotton
cloth exceeding 150 and not exceeding 200
threads not bleached, dyed, colored, ETC., val
ued at over cents per square yard, bleached
valued at over 10 cents per square yard dyed,
colored, stained, painted or printed, valued at
over II cents per square yard, there shall be
levied, collected and paid duty of As per
cent ad valorem (40) Cotton cloth, not
bleached, dyed, colOred, etc., exceeding 200
threads, A cents per square yard ar Ii
81 cents (6J
FISH ON THE FREE LIST.
Fresh fish remains on the free list. but
with the following important reservation:
Evoapt xuhat fro1ap or y, ofxo3