The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-29
THE METAL SCHEDULES.
A Tax of 20 Per Cent. Ad VaIorem on
Iron and steel Products.

The metal schedules are almost
wholly by ad valorem duties. as fol-
lows; Iron in pigs, 221a per centum aid
valorem. All iron in slabs, blooms,
loops or other forms more advanced
than pig iron and less finished than
iron in bars, 20 per centum.
Bar iron, rolled or hammered, iron
in coils or rods and bars or shapes of
rolled iron, 80 per centum. Beams,
girders, joists, angles, channels, car
truck channels and all other struc-
tural shapes Of iron or steel, 30 FER
centum ad valorem.
Boiler or other plate iron or steel,
except saw plates not thinner than
No 10 wire gauge, sheared or I'M
sheared and skelp iron or steel, sheared
or rolled in grooves. 30 per centum.
Forgings Of iron or steel, or forged iron
and steel combined, 80 per centum.
Hoop, band or scroll iron or steel and
railway bars made in part of steel, COM
mon or black, including all iron or steel
commercially known as common or
black taggers, iron or steel, and skelp
iron or steel, 80 per Centum.
All iron or steel sheets or plates and
all hoop band or scroll iron, except
ing what are known commercially as
tin plates, terne plates and tagSers' tin
when galvanized OF coated with zinc, or
spelter, or other metals or any alloy
Of those metals, 30 per centum ad val
orem.
Sheet iron or sheet steel, 35 per
centum ad valorem.
Sheets or plates Of iron or steel or
taggers' iron or steel, coated with tin or
lead or with a mixture commercially
known as tin plates and taggers' tin,
40 per centum.
Steel ingots, cogged ingots, blooms
and slabs. sheets and plates not special
ly provided for in this act, and steel in
all forms and shapes not specially pro-
vided for. 25 per centum ad valorem.
Anchors. or parts thereof. of iron or
steel and wrought iron for ships and
fogings Of iron or steel for vessels steam
engines and locomotives, 25 per cent. ad
Valorem.
Boiler or other tubes. pipes, hues or
stays Of wrought iron or steel, p per
cent
Cast iron pipe Of every description, %
per cent. ad valorem.
Chains Of all kinds made Of iron or
steel. 80 per cent. ad valorem.
Pen-kniVeS or pOcket-kniVes of all
kinds or parts thereof and razors or razor
blades, finished or unfinished, valued at
not more than so cents per dozen, 30 per
cent. ad valorem. Above that 45 per
cent
Table knives. forks. steels and all carv-
ing, cooks and butchers knives, forks
and steels, all sizes, finished or unhn-
ished, 35 per cent. ad valorem.
Muskets. Misunderstanding shotguns and
sporting rifles and parts thereof, 20 per
cent. ad valorem mo change).
Spring, breech-loading shotguns and
pistols, and parts thereof, 80 per cent.
ad Yalorem.
Cut nails and cut spikes Of iron and
steel, horseshoe nails, hOb-nails and all
other wrought iron or steel nails not
specially provided for. 25 per cent.
Needles for knitting or sewing ma
obfr md
and bodkins of metal. % per cent. /;
present, 25 per cent
Cross-cut saws. mill pit and drag
saws, circular saws, hand, back and all
other saws. % per cent.
Screws, 30 per cent. ad valorem.
Wheels or parts thereof. made Of iron
or steel. and steel-tired wheels for rail-
way purposes, whether wholly or partly
finished, and iron or steel locomotive,
car, or other railway tires or parts
thereof. wholly or partly manufactured,
80 per cent. ad valorem.
Aluminium or aluminium in crude
form of alloys, % per cent. ad valOTem.
Copper in rolled plates. called bra
ziers' copper, sheets, rods, pipes and cop
per bottoms, 20 per centum ad ValOrem.
Lead ore and lead dross. 10 per cent.
ad valorem upon the lead contained
therein according to sample and assay
at port of entry; provided that all ores
containing silver and lead in which the
value of the silver contents shall be
greater than the value of the lead con-
tents, according TO sample and assay at
port of entry shall be considered silver
ores.
Lead in pigs and bars, molten and old
refuse lead run into blocks and bars
and old scrap lead fit only to be reman-
ufactured, 1 cent per pound.
Pens, metallic, except gold pens, 35
per cent. ad valorem; penholder tips,