Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-09-12
Our Sister Republic to the South.
ward Adopts n New
Schedule.
Number of Glasses of Merchandise
Increased From $50
10 900.
Duties Reduced on Liquors, Chemicals
and Some other
Articles.

ST Louis, Mo, Sept s.--A dispatch
from the city of Mexico gives the fol-
lowing summary OF the new MeNscun
tarih, which has Just made its appear
Anee in the niario Official. one of the
most notable features of the new law
Is its greater dehniteneSs The aum.
Der OF classes of merchandise have been
increased from $50 To 700 with a cor
responding gain in convenience. he
free list retains coal, coke ~ God pulp,
lumber, railway, telegraph tcie-
phone ana electric light sup.
plies, barbed wire, iron pipe, sheet
iron, Portland cement, explosives for
mines power machinery, boilers and
engines wheels, cables. ores cordage.
agricultural implements and mum
Der of Other articles The precious
stones, formerly free, are taxed from
So To SD pc carat Sulphurtc and
muriuiic acids, formerly free will hr
cents Nlugramme This is the
metric weight and is equivalent TO
- pounds There are mo-
ad valorem duties and an
less otherwise specified the fol
lowing dut3cS are SO much per lilo
gram Lili ors, wine and beer in glass
are unchanged; liquors In wood are re.
duccd from 10 cents TO so cents, wine
from a. cents to 10 cents, and beer to s
cents Many drugs and chemicals
have heeu reduced phosphorus from
a. cents to 90 cents, white matches are
Increased from ~l25 TO SlaO. & ON
mon paper for certain purposes is re.
ducci from 10 to , cents, brown wrap
ping paper from . to o cents
envelopes from So Go 20 cents
BRISTOL b3nrd to 70 cents. and
pasteboard to 10 cents, playing
cards are Increased to SLIGO. Wall pa
per was 80 cents IL Is divided into
three classes and will pay 10 cents, q
cents and 30 cents, according to de
scriptiun Paper with printed head
ings document blanks, monorrans. as
well as printed tickets of all kinds will
pay b. Raw cotton is unchanged, as
is also cotton cloth ThCrc are some
differences in threads aud IN under
wear There are few changes
in linen aud some reduc-
tious silk is practically UNCHANGED
Wooden carpets arc lower, and there
are reductions in wooden cloth, under
wear clothing, gloves and iringcs.
Grains are not changed Preserved
fruits are increased from % 20 20 cents.
Virginia Leaf tobacco from 10 10 %
cents, crude petroleum from To 9
cents, while refined is unchanged.
Fixed oils not specified urs redo ed
hom 30 to 20 cents and
lubricating oils TO cents, common
scraps are increased from is 60 % cents
common glass bottles are reduced 3 e
cent. glass and porcelain otherwise
are unchanged. Furniture, finished
ano ready for use nas been advanced
cents and will pay from 20 TO 10
cents, according to quality common
wood furniture, unfnishod is reduced
from 10 20 cents Jewelry Is in
creased and will ray from $50 to s75,
accordfnf 10 class.
Carriages are unchanged and will pay
from % TO go cents according TO weight.
Tools are reduced from 10 cents TO 3
cents steel inppts are reduced from s
60 cents pig iron is charged from
90 cents bar In n from TO 80 cents;
angle iron win be cents; sheet iron
and corrugated iron, galvanized or not,
cents iron beams will remain at /
cent
Mamma turcrs Of iron, not otherwise
specified will be increased from 20
cents TO 20 cents Go many eases
legal weight 10 substituted for gross
weight that Is, the good do not have
to pay duty on the 10 or barrel con
tanning them,