The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-10-10

Envelopes, 20 cents per l,UOO; 70 per cent.
Blank books, 25 per cent; 20 per cent.
Plaring cards. so cents a pack; 100 per
cent.
Manufactures of paper, a5 per cent; ID
to 35 per cent.
sUNDRIEs.
Bristles, 10 cents pound; Is cents.
Brushes and b-ooms. ETC.. ~ per cent;
25 and 80 per cent.
Pearl and shell buttons, 216 cents line,
button measure. and % per cent; IS per
cent.
Ivory, bone or horn buttons, so per cent:
25 per cent.
Shoe buttons, valued at not exceeding 8
cents gross, cent a gross; 25 per cent.
Cork bark, 10 cents a pound.
Corks, Is cents pound; % per cent.
Fire crackers of all kinds (no allowance
for tare), s cents pound; 100 per cent.
Powder valued at less than 20 cents a
pound, cents; 9 cents.
Friction matches, 10 cents a gross box
and l cent per 1000 according to size Of
box; 35 per cent.
Undressed feathers. 10 per cent; rs per
cent.
Glass beads, loose, per cent; so per cent.
Human hair, manufactured, 20 per
cent; 30 per cent.
Crinoline cloth. SCENTS square yard; 80
per cent.
Hair for mattresses, Is per cent; 25 per
cent.
Beaver hats and fine hat bodies, 55 per
cent; 20 and 30 per cent
Jewelry, 80 per cent; 25 per cent.
Precious stones. set. Is per cent; 25 per
cent.
Betting and sole leather. 10 per cent; Is
per cent.
Leather suitable for conversion into
manufactured articles shall pay duty ac-
cording to articles intended; 80 per cent.
Kid gloves, 81. 10 to 50. % a dozen, accord
ing to size; suedes, 80 per cent; leather
gloves, so per cent, with from 80 cents to
81 dozen additional, according to style;
provided that all gloves represented to be
below their grade shall pay S. dozen adj
ditional, and that no gloves shall pay less
than 30 per cent. The old duty on these
gloves was 50 per cent.
Miscellaneous manufactures show gen.
eral reduction of about 25 per cent. in the
various rates of duties.
Common tobacco pipes of clay, Is cents
gross; 35 per cent.
Hatters' plush, 10 per cent; 25 per cent.
DIN anu aiP'ica uhpreiidS, % per cenC.;
80 per cent
Umbrellas, ETC., covered with other ma
terial, 45 per cent; 40 per cent.
Sticks for umbrellas, etc., plain, 35 per
cent: covered, so per cent; 80 per cent.
CHANGES IN THE FREE LIST.
In the free list the following changes are
made:
Animals imported for breeding purposes
must be of pure blood of a recognized
breed and duly registered in the book of
record established for that breed The old
law admitted such animals on proof salts
factory to the secretary of the treasury;
also the teams Of persons coming into the
United States from foreign countries.
Wild animals intended for exhibition in
geological collections for scientific and ed
ucational purposes, and not for sale or
profit, are also admitted free.
The provision providing for the return
free of duty of articles of American manu-
facture once sent out of the country is ex-
tended to make it's terms more explicit
and to prevent fraud.
Boiling cloths to come in free must not
be suitable for manufacture into wearing
apparel.
Straw braids, etc., for making or orna-
menting hats and bonnets dutiabe at 20
per cent. are added
Cotton waste or focks, is made free.
Precious stones other than diamonds,
rough or uncut, GLACIERS and engravers'
diamonds not set, and watch jewels are in
cluded.
Free eggs are limited to those of birds,
fish and insects.
Fashion plates engraved on cotton are
made free.
The provision about fish which stands
in the old law, "Fresh for immediate con-
SUMPTION" reads, "Fish, the product of
American fisheries, and fresh or frozen fish
Excepting salmon) caught in fresh waters
by American vessels or with nets or other
devices owned by citizens of the United
States"
The following are added to the free list:
Currants, dates, jute, jute butts, sisal
grass, sum, other textile grasses, unman-
ufactured grease, sour orange juice, paper
stock and other waste, phosphate for other
than fertiliZng purposes, potash; seeds and
dubious roots, not edible; sugars under
No. l6 Dutch standard, and all forms of
sugar and molasses below that grade; tar
and pitch, tobacco stems, turpentine;
nickel and nickel matte, with this proviso:
lnuC ores VI ulChel anu ulCkel mdUue, con-
tanning more than 10 per cent. of copper,
shall pay duty of a cent pound on the
copper contained therein.
The following provisos are inserted re-
speeding the subjects named: The term
periodicals" shall be understood to en-
brace only unbound or paper covered pub
LEGATIONS, containing current literature of
the day and issued regularly at stated peri.
DDS, as weekly, monthly or quarterly.
The term 'regalia" shall be held to en-
brace only such insignia of rank, or office,
or emblems as may be worn upon the per-
son or borne in the hand during public ex-
ercises of the society or institution, and
shall not include articles of furniture or
fixtures, or of regular wearing ap.
parel not personal property of individu-
ais. There are numerous restrictions
made in the list combining the articles
named to their unmanufactured state
in order to enable them to come with
in the law. All raw or unmanufactured
articles not named in the act shall paya
duty Of 10 per cent. All manufactured ar
ticles, 20 per cent.
In nearly all the cases of change from
ad valorem to specific duties the change Is
an increase rs the article has declined in
price since the first duty was placed on it.