The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-18

exports thereof. whether imported direct
ly and in condition as exported therefronl
or otherwise. shall pay in addition to the
foregoing rates Il duty equal to such
bounty or so much thereof as may be III
excess of any tax collected by such coun-
try upon such article or upon the Deet
or cane from which it is produced. 1t
is provided that this. however, does not
affect the existing Havana reciprocal
treaty.
Other duties in this schedule are:
Maple sugar and syrup, cents per
pound; glucose or grape sugar, IL cents
per pound; sugar cane in its natural state
or manufactured, 20 per cent ad va
loren: saccharinc, 20 cents per pound
and II per cent nd valOrem; sugar CON
fectionery and all articles made wholly
or in part of sugar valued ut 10 cents
per pound or less, s cents per pound and
10 per cent ad valorem; more than ID
cents and not more than 30 cents per
pound. II cents and 40 per cent ad va
lorem above 81 cents, 80 per cent ad-
valOrem.
The weight of wrappers shall be in
cluded in the dutable weight of the
merchandise.
THE FREE LIST.
The free list differs from the existing
law in the restoration to their proper
schedules in the dutiab list of the fol-
lowing articles:
Argol or crude tartar: educational
stops of glass or metal, valued at less
than cents Il gross; art articles import
ed by the United States: cotton bags and
gunny cloths, burlaps. bologna sausage,
boiling cloths, chicory root. bones. farina,
fishing plates, braids. broom corn, fish
for bait, floor mating, large glass plates
or disks for optical purposes and broken
glasses. jute, sorted bones. whctstOness,
lemon and lime juice, magnets. nuX voml,
ca. Oakum, oil cake ochre, orange and
lemon peel. orchids. palms and forcing
plants. peltries. philosophical and scien-
tific apparatus and plaster casts: pro-
fessional books, cider, copper in ingots
and plates not otherwise provided for,
copperas, milk, mineral waters, crude
opiums, paintings and sketches not 9TH
erwise provided for, parafne. nursery
stock, plow and harrow teeth. cotton
gins etc; hatters' plush, salt. sauer
kraut. sausage skins, shells, shrimps and
shell fish. foreign postage stamps, tai
low and tallow grease, wire. lain. trip
oil waters, non-medicated; railway ties.
posts. sawed boards. and some other de-
scrptions of partly manufactured woods.
THE LEAD SCHEDULE.
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fixes a duty of | cent per pound on the
lead contained in ore. Duties are to be
estimated at ports of entry, bonds being
required in double the amount. and the
duties will be liQuidated after the govern
ment assay. Lead dross, . cents per
pound; red lead. white lead and white
paint. . - cents per pound.
COTTON MANUFACTURES.
The cotton manufactures schedule is
almost re-enactment of the present law.
except the spool thread is dutiable at q
cents instead of ) ID cents per dozen
spools. carrying not exceeding 100 yards
The duty on bleached cloth is increased
Ia cent per square to IL cent.
The duties on cloths running more than
100 threads to the square yard are fixed
at s cents. instead of > cents in the pres
ent law, with an increase of the addi-
tiOnal ad valorem from 80 per cent to 40
per cent The duty on cotton pushes.
etc, is compounded. Unbleached,
II cents and 20 per cent: bleached. ii
cents and 20 per cent. Goods of cotton
chenille are increased from A. to 80 per
cent. The duties on cotton hosiery is |
made specific. Valued at 50 per dozen
pairs. 30 cents and II per cent; not more
than So, IS cents and 20 per cent; not
more than So, 81 and % per cent. I'm
derwear is dutiable from 10 cents to
81 80 per dozen and 40 per cent ad valO-
rem. according to value. Carriers. ribbons,