The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1890-10-18

Common tobacco pipes OF clay. Is cents a
gross; IS per cent.
Hatters' plush, 10 per cent; IS per cent.
Silk and alpaca umbrellas. IS per cent.
b0per cent.
Umbrellas, etc., covered with other ma
terial, Is per cent; 10 per cent.
Sticks for umbrellas, etc., plain, IS per
cent; covered. 80 per cent; 50 per cent.
CHANGES IN THE FREE LIST.
In the free list the following changes arc
made:
Animals imported for breeding purposes
must be of pure blood of recognized
breed and duly registered in the book of
record established for that breed. Tho old
law admitted such animals on proof salts
factory to the secretary Of tho treasury;
also tho teams Of persons coming into the
United States from foreign countries.
Wild animals intended for exhibition In
geological collections for scientific and cd
ucational purposes, and not for sale or
profit, are also admitted free.
Tho provision providing for tho return
free of duty of articles of American manu-
facture once sent out Of the country is ex-
tended to mako its terms more explicit
and to prevent fraud.
Bolting cloths to como in free must not
be suitable for manufacture into wearing
apparel.
Straw braids, etc., for making or orna-
menting hats and bonnets dutiable at 20
per cent. arc added.
Cotton waste, or focks, is made free.
Precious stones other than diamonds,
rough or uncut, glaziers' 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 arc 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 fertilizing 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:
That ores of nickel and nickel matte, con-
tanning more than 10 per cent. of copper,
shall pay duty of u cent pound on the
copper contained therein.
The following provisos are inserted re-
specting the subjects named: The term
periodicals" shall bo understood to en-
brace only unbound or paper covered pub
lications, 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 cmblems MS 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 mp.
parel not personal property of individu-
ais. There are numerous restrictions
made In the list confining 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 pay
duty of 10 per cent. All manufactured ar.
ticles, 20 per cent.
In nearly all the cases of change from
nd valorem to specific duties the change is
an increase as tho article has declined in
price since the first duty was placed on it,
Many ingenious calculations have been
made as to tho proportion Of total imports
which come In free under the Mckinley
bill, some placing the amount US high as
one-half and others at less than third;
but 1t is impossible to estimate 1t with any
exactness, as nothing but experience will
show how much the import Of any article
will increase or decrease by reason of low
ering or raising the duty. The new bill
contains many minute provisions as to the
method of its dministration-too numer-
ous to cite here and not interesting to the
| general reader.