New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-09
THE NEW MEXICAN TARIFF.
LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CLASSES
SOME OF THE NEW DUTIES.

LARGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CLASSES
SOME OF THE NEW DUTIES.
ST. Louis Sept ga dispatch from the City OF
Mexico gives the following summary Of the new Mexi-
can tariff which has lust made its appearance III the
spiaho Official" One OF the most notable features Oh
the new law IS its greater defniteness The number
OF classes OF merchandise has been increased from $50
TO 900. with corresponding gain in convenience
The free list retains coal coke. wood pulp. lumber
railway telegraph telephone and electric light sup
plies barbed wire iron pipe sheeron. Portland cement
explosives for mines power machinery, boilers ana
engines, wheels. cables, Ores cordage. agricultural
implements and a number Of other articles. The
precious stones formerly free taxed from $3 to -
per carat. sull,gSic> and muriatc acids, formerly
free will be taxed 9 cents kilogramme. There are
no ad yalorem duties and. unless otherwise specified
the following duties are much per kIogramme:
LIQUORS wine and beer in glass are unchanged;
LIQUORS in wood are reduced from 40 cents to 30 cents
vine from IL to 10 cents and beer to cents Many
drugs and chemicals have been reduced phosphorus,
from rs to so cents while matches increased from
81 o5 TO 81 So Common paper for certain purposes
Is reduced from 10 To cents; brown wrapping paper,
from 8 TO cents envelopes from 45 to 25 cents;
bristol board to cents. and pastebOard to 15 cents
Playing cards are increased to 81. Wall paper was
20 cents II Is divided into three classes and will pay
10 cents 90 cents and 30 cents according to desc1p
uon. Paper with printed headings, document blanks,
mouograms as we'll as printed tickets of all kinds will
pay 81. Raw cotton is unchanged, as is also cotton
cloth There are some differences In threads and in
underwear There are few changes in linen and some
reductions silk is practically unchanged Woollen
carpets are lower and there reductions In woollen
Cloth underwear. clothing, gloves and fringes.
Grains are not changed. Preserved fruits are in
creased from so to IS cents Virginia leaf tobacco from
is cents crnde petroleum. from cent to cents;
white, refined. unchanged Fixed oils, not specified.
reduced from so to 20 cents and ubricatng oils to
cents. Common soaps are increased from 16 TO @5
cents. Common glass bottles reduced from cents
20 cent; gass and porcelain otherwise are unchanged
Furniture, finished and ready for use, has been ad-
vanccd cents, and will pay from 90 to 40 cents ac-
eording TO quality. Common wood furniture. un-
finished, is reduced from Is TO cents. Jewelry Is in
creased, and will pay from $50 to S75 according to
elass.
Carriages unchanged. and will pay from 80 TO GO
cents. according TO weight. Unfinished and upholstered
earras will only pay for the from 10 to 30
cents Firearms are somewhat reduced. Rubber cloth
ald rubber clothing will be increased from cents to
=. Machinery for industrial use agriculture, mines
and The arts, is be free Of duty when II is not
ranged TO be moved by crank. pedal or lever; il so
arranged II is TO pay cents. Tools reduced from
~ 10 cents steel ingOts, from TO 3 cents; pig
n0n 70 . cents; bar iron, to 10 cents Angle iron
VIII De cents; sheet iron and corrugated irOn gal
vsnlzed or not, cents. Iron beams will remain at
VIII os Increased from 20 cents 10 25 cents On many
cases legal weight Is substituted for gross weight that
Is the goods do not have to pay the duty on the boxes
or barrels containing them VI WV