The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-11-28
RATES OF DUTY.
SINE OF the Prin dpal Articles Named in
the New Iarif Bill.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Following are
some OF the principal articles named in
the bill and the rates Of duty imposed:
Alcoholic perfumery, s. a gallon and p
per cent; chloroform, . cents per pound
morphia, 30 cents per ounce; opium,
aqueous extract, and tincture p per cent.
opium containing less than per cent Of
morphia and opium prepared for smok-
ing, - pound; varnshes, p per cent.
ana VIZ additional on the alcohol in
spirit Varnishes; sponges, 10 per cent;
sulphur, y per cent; brick, 20 per cent;
decorated. 80 per cent: tiles, plain, ~
cents glazed, . cents; marble, rough, 40
cents per cubic foot, dressed. IS cents per
cubic foot; freestone, granite. and other
building stone not specially provided,
dressed, 70 cents iron pig and scrap,
ana scrap steel, p IL per cent: slabs,
blooms, etc, p per cent; bar, 30 cents;
beams, girders, etc, IS per cent; boiler
% per cent. f0rgings Of iron or steel, 30
per cent; railway bars, iron or steel. -
per cent; sheet iron or steel, 50 per cent
sheet iron. galvanized, 80 per cent; tin
plates, 40 per cent; steel ingots, blooms,
etc, . per cent; wire rods 90 per cent;
anchors and shop and mill forgngs, 25
per cent; cast-iron pipe, p per cent;
chains, 80 per cent; picket cutlery. lowest
cutlery, 30 per cent; muzze-loadng guns,
p per cent: breech-loaders, 80 per cent.
nails, 80 per cent; wood screws, 80 per
cent; wheels, 30 per cent. brass. unman-
iactured, 10 per cent; rolled copper, 20
per cent; lead ere, Is per cent. lead
sheets and pigs, / cent per pound, willow
ware, p per cent; casks and shocks. u
per cent; furniture, % per cent; sugar
(the present bounty is 10 be eXtinguished
one-quarter Of a cent each year until il
has ceased TO exist; an sugars above No.
10 duties standard, hve-twentieths Of one
cent per pound; leaf tobacco. for wrap
pers, unstemmed, 81 per pound: stemmed
SL25; other leaf. unstemmed. 80 cents. UNI
stemmed, 50 cents; all other tobacco not
enumerated, 40 cents snuH. 30 cents: ci-
sars (choice) and cigarettes, s. a pound
ana . per cent; rice. cleaned. II - cents
per pound; uncleaned. / cent: flour ana
broken rice, 1 cent; potatoes. l1 cents per
bushel; vegetables in their material state.
not specially provided for. 10 per cent:
oranges, lemons. and lines. packed. 10
cents per cubic foot; bulk $lJ0 per thou
sand and 30 per cent. ad yalorem on bar
rels IN addition; peanuts. ! II cents per
pound; brandy and other spirits, manufac-
tufed from grain or other materials. $3.50
per proof gallon; bay rum. 81 q gallon. +.
champagnes, quarts. s. "a dozen, other I.
sizes propOrtionately; malt liquors. bot |
lied, 80 per cent. gallon; otherwise than /
bottled ID cents per gallon; cottOn-thread |
ranges from - 10 50 per cent; sewing |
thread cotton, - cents per dozen for 1
nundred-yard spOOis; cotton cloth ranges /
from cent TO 81 cents for square yard. |
according TO quality and condition, with |
al valorem addition for higher grades. |
ranging from p per cent. 10 20 per cent: |
oassing for cotton Of all kinds. - per |
cent but when imported for covering ar
ucles TO be exported it Is free. printing |
paper unsized, Il per cent; sized Is per
cent.