The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-11-30

1 Nih6i pAoeCu lOduluS SuOURu1S anu
pistols and parts thereof, 30 per cent
al valorem; cat nails and cut spikes
OF iron and steel, horseshoe nails, hob
nails and all other wrought iron or
steel nails not specially provided for,
20 per cent; needles for knitting or
sewing machines, crochet needles and
tape needles, and bodkins of metal, 25
per cent (present % per cent; crosscut
saws, circular saws, hand, hack and all
other saws, % per cent; screws, 30 per
cent ad vaIorem; wheels or parts
thereof made of steel or
iron, aud steel tired wheels for all,
way purposes, whether wholly or
partly finished, and iron or steel loco
motive, car or other railway ties or
parts thereof wholly or partly manu-
factured, 35 per cent ad valorem:
aluminium or aluminium in crude form
or alloys, 20 per cent ad valorem; cop.
per in rolled plates called braz!ers,
copper sheets, rods, pipes and copper
bottoms, 20 per cent ad valorem;
lead ore and lead dross, Is per cent
az valorum upon the lead contained
therein according to sample and assay
at port OF entry, provided all ores con-
tanning silver and lead in which the
value of silver contents shall be great
er than the value of lead contents ac-
cording 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 aud bars,
aud old scrap lead fit only
to be remanufacted, l cent per
pound; pens, metallic, except gold
pens, 30 per cent ad valorum;
penholder tips, penholders or
parts thereof, and gold pens, 20 per
cent ad valorem (present law 30 per
cent ad valorent J; pins, metallic, in-
Guiding hairpins, safety pins, shawl
and belt pins, not commercially known
as Jewelry, 20 per cent ad valorem
(present law 80 per cent; dype metals
and new type, 10 per cent ad valorem
zinc in blocks or pigs, 20 per cent; zinc
in sheets, 25 per ce.t t; manufactured
articles of wear and not specially pro
vided for in this act, composed wholly
or in part of and whether partly or
wholly manufactured, 30 per cent
(present law 45 per cent?.
The bill repeals the provision of the
present law for sugar bounties by in
lnstallments by providing that these
bounties shall be reduced Is
part of their respective amounts each
year beginning with July l, 1895, aud
to July l, 1909, inclusive,
and shall thereafter cease. The Wilson
bill also reduces the duty on all sugars
above 16 standard from $40 of l cent
per pound to $50 of cent. On all
leaf tobacco or such part thereof as is
known as wrapper to.
bacco and suitable for cigar wrappers
unstemmed, the duty is to be 81 per
pound; stemmed $1.25 per pound
(present duty is So and $2.75 per
pound; all other leaf tobacco if un-
stemmed is fixed at 30 cents per pound,
if stemmed 30 cents per pound as at
present. Cigars, cheroots and cigar
cites of all kinds including wrappers So
per pound and 25 per cent ad valorem
(present duty is So per pound and %
per cent?. Spool thread of cotton con
tanning one inch spool not exceeding a
100 yards of thread, 1-2 cents per
pound (present law 2 cents per pound).
Clothing, readymade, and articles of
wearing apparel of every description,
handkerchiefs composed of cotton or
other vegetable fibre or of which cot
ton or other vegetable fibre is the com
ponent material of chief value, 40 per
cent ad valorem (present law is 90 per
cent?; plushes, velvets, vslveteens, etc.,
not bleached, dried or colored, 30
per cent (present law 10 cents per
yard and 20 per cent?; stockings, hose
and half hose made on knitting ma
chimes or frames, shirts and drawers,
valued at not more than ST DO per
dozen, 30 per cent advalorem; stock
ings, hose and half hose, velvets, in
Guiding such as are commercially
known as seamless, 40 per cent ad
valorem (present duty on this class
ranged from cents per dozen to 20 per
cent ad valorem and to So per dozen
and 40 per cent ad valorem on shirts
and drawers.)
Classification in the wool schedule
proper was disposed of in two short
sections. The first provides that wool,
hair, ETC., improved or advanced
beyond its original condition, as
wasted by the use of machinery or
of labor or both shall be
subject to duty of 10 per cent ad
valorem; second, that on like material
valued at not more than 35 cents per
pound duty shall be 25 per cent;
value at over 35 cents per pound the
duty shall be 80 per cent.
Duties are fixed on manufactures of
wool as follows: On wooden and worst
ed yarns, 30 per cent; valued at more
than 40 cents per pound, 30 per cent
ad valorum; on wooden or worsted
cloths, shawis, fabrics and other man
ufactures at 40 per cent ad valorum;
on women's and children's dress goods,
coat Innings, bunting and goods OF sim.
liar description or character, 40 per
cent ad valorum; on cloaks, dolmans,
Jackets, ulsters or other outside gar
lnents for ladies' and children's ap-
parel, As per cent ad valorum. pres
ent law 49 cents per pound and 60
per cent ad valorum). Aubusson, Ak
Moquette and Chenille car
pets, and all carpeting of like
cha acter or condition, and oriental,
Berlin and other similar rugs, 35 per
cent ad valorem (present law 60 cents
per square yard and 40 per cent;
Saxony, Wilton and Tourney velvet
carpets, 80 per cent ad valorem (present
law go cents per pound and 40 cents;
Brussels carpet, 30 per cent ad valo
rem (present law "A cents per square
yard and 40 per cent?. The bill pro-