The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-09
The New Mexican Tariff

ST. Louis, Sept S.-A dispatch from the
City of Mexico gives summary of the new
Mexican tariff which has just made its
appearance in the Didro (officiaD. The
free list retains coal, coke, wood. pulp.
lumber, railway, telegraph, telephone and
electric light supplies, barbed wire, iron
pipe, sheet iron, portland cement, explo-
sives for mines, power machinery, boilers
and engines, wheels, cables, ores, cordage.
agricultural imp ements and number Of
other articles; precious stones, formerly
free, taxed from to per cent sulphurio
and muriatic acids, formerly free, will be
cents kilogram. This is the metric
weight and is equivalent to ID
pounds. There are ad yalorem duties,
and unless otherwise specified the
following duties are so much per
kllogram: Liquors, wine and beer in
glass unchanged; liquors in wood reduced
from ~ cents to 30 cents; wine from II to
10 cents. Many drugs and chemicals re-
duced; phosphorus from 70 to so cents
while matches are increased from 81. % to
Sl.5O. Common paper for certain purposes
is reduced from IL to 5 cents; brown wrap
ping paper from s to cents; en- yelopes
from 40 to % cents; bristol board to % and
pastboard to 10 cents. Playing cards are
insreased toSl.60 Wall paper was 20 cents,
1t Is divided into three classes and will pay
10, 20 and 30 cents according to description.
Paper with printed headings. document
blanks, monograms as well as printed tickets
of all kinds will pay 81; raw cotton is IN
changed, as is also cotton cloth. There are
some differences in threads and in under
wear, with a few changes in linen and
some reductions. Silk is practically un-
changed. Wooden carpets are lower, and
there are reductions in wooden cloth under
wear, clothing, gloves And fringes Grains
are not changed. Preserved fruits are in
creased from 80 cents to IS. Virginia leaf
tobacco from Is to % cents; crude pc
troleum from l cent TO 2, while refined is
unchanged. Fixed oils, not specified, are
reduced from 80 to 20 cents, and lubricatlng
oils to 5 cents. Common soaps are in
creased from Is to % cents. Common glass
bottles are reduced from to l cent:
glass and porcelaine are otherwise un-
changed. Furniture finished and ready
for use is advanced cents. Common
wood furniture, unfinished, is reduced
from ID to cents. Jewellery is increased
and will pay from $50 to S75, accord
ing to class. Carriages are unchanged.
Fire arms are somewhat reduced Rubber
cloth and rubber clothing are increased
from so cents to 81. Machinery for in
dustrial use, agricultural, mines and carts,
to be free of duty when it is not arranged
TO De moved Dy crank or pedal:
| if so arranged it is to pay cents
Tools are reduced from 10 cents to cents,
steel ingots are reduced from cents to 5
cents, pig iron is reduced from 10 cents to
3 cents and bar iron Is to 10 cents, accord
ing to quality. Angle iron will be cents,
sheet iron and corrugated iron, galvanized
or not 4 cents. Iron beams will remain at
l cent. Manufactures of iron not other
wise specified will be increased from 20 to
% cents. In many cases legal weight is
substituted for gross weight; that is, goods
do not have to pay duty on the boxes or
barrels containing them.