The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-12-14

every description except spun silk, 20
per cent ad valorem; spun silk in
skeins, copps, warps or beams, 30 per
cent sd valorem.
Cotton schedule changes are: Cot
ton thread, yarn, warps or warp yarn,
whether single or advanced condition
of single by grouping or twisting two
or more single yarns together,
whether on beams or in bun
dies, skeins or copps. or in
any form except spool thread of
cotton hereinafter provided for, valued
not exceeding Is cents per pound lin
new print, 10 cents per pound), 90 per
cent ad valorem; valued over 10 cents
(new print II cents) per pound and not
exceeding 30 cents NEW print 20 cents),
25 per cent ad valorem: valued at over
30 cents (new print 20 cents per pound
and not exceeding 40 cents new bill
30 cents) per pound, 80 per cent ad
valorem; valued over 40 (uew bill 30
cents) and not exceeding 45 cents per
pound, 35 per cent ad valorem. The
new bill has this condition.: Valued
over 40 cents per pound, 40 per cent ad
valorem.
Pottery schedule changes: Meg
nesic firebrick from free list to 81 per
ton; clays and earthen, wrought or
manufactured, decreased from 81 to 81
per ton. The following is left out Of
the new ILL White granite, common
ware, plain, white or cream colored,
iustered or printed under glaze in
single color, sponged, dipped or edged
ware, 80 per cent ad valorem; undecor-
ated china, porcelain. earthen and
stoneware, etc, reduced from 4O to 30
per cent ad valorem, and decorated
from 45 to 40 per cent.
Following has been added to the
wood schedule: Taken from free list.
lumber, any sort, planed or finished
for each side; planed or finished, 50
cents per 1000 feet, board measure; aud
if planed one side and tongued and
grooved, 81 per 1000 feet, board meas
ure; and if planed two sides and
!vngued and grooved, $3.50 per 1000
feet, board measure; and in estimat-
ing board measure under this sched
ule no deduction will be made on
board measure on account of planning
and growing,
Colodion to 45 per cent ad valorem;
ether is increased from 20 to 30 cents
per pound; acetate lead, white or
brown, and litharge, 30 per cent ad
valorem, in old bill; changed to white.
2 3-4 cents per pound, brown l 3.4
cents, litharge 1-2 cents; nitrate of
lead from 30 per cent ad valorem to
1-2 cents per pound; white lead and
white paint containing lead dry OR in
pulp or ground or mixed with oil, 30
per cent ad valorem, changed to II 1'2
cents per pound; ferro maganese in
serted at 10 per cent ad valorem.
Common black iron and steel plate
from 35 per cent ad valorem to 9-1O per
cent specific; wire increased from 30 to
35 per cent; lead in sheets from l cent
to Ia per pound.
Malt Increased from 20 to 20 per
cent. Oranges from 10 to s cents per
cubic foot capacity. Chocolate, con-
fectionery, inserted at 25 per cent ad
valorem. Champagne registered at
present rates. Twine of hemp increas'
ed from 10 to 80 per cent ad valorem.
Oilcloth from 20 to % per cent. Lace
edgings, embrolderies, insertions, neck
ruffling, ruching trimmings, tucklng,
lace window curtains, and other SINH
lar lamboured articles and articles EN-
broidered by hand or hemstitched
and articles made Who'll
ly or in part of lace rufflings, tuckings,
or etchings, from 35 per cent to 40 per
cent, Burlays added to dutiable list
at 10 per cent ad v loren.
Brushes and feather busters increas-
ed from 25 to 30 per cent. Jewelry IS
to 35 per cent. Petroleum crude or re.
fined added to free list if country i'm
porting admits American products
free. Original drawings aud sketches |
and artists proofs of etchings aud en-
craving and statuarv of wood added to |
free list. Mother of pearl, sawed and
cut, taken from free list. Limit of
value of wearing apparel of persons re.
turning from foreign countries reduced
from $500 to 1920.