The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-05

uuctlon on nollS from 81 10 " cents per
Paragraphs 1862, 1863 and 364 are all stricken
out and substitutes provided for them as
''S62-Wool and hair which nave been ad-
vanced by any process of manufacture be-
yond the washed or secured condition not
specially provided for in this act shall be
subject to the same duty as are imposed
upon manufactures of wool not specially
provided for.
''363-On yarns, made wholly or in part of
wool, valued at not more than 30 cents per
pound. the duty per pound shall be two
and one-half times the duty imposed on one
pound of unwashed wool of the first class;
valued at more than 80 cents per pound,
three and One-half times the rate imposed
on unwashed wool of the first class. and
IN addition. upon all of the foregoing 40 per
cent. ad Valorem.
features of every description not specially
provided for. valued at not more than 40
cents per pound, the duty shall be three
times the duty imposed on unwashed wool
of the first class, valued at above 40 cents
and not above 20 cents, four times the duty
on unWashed Skirted wool of the first class
and in addition, on all the foregoing. 90
per cent. ad valorem; valued at over ~
cents per pound. four times the duty on
unwaShed SkiTted wool of the first class
and 90 per cent. ad Valorem.'
The blanket paragraph is changed as fol-
lows: Blankets and plain ttannels are in
creased from 80 to 40 cents per pound, and
it is also provided that the duty on this
article shall be the same as that imposed
upon one and a half pounds OF unWasned
wool. IN additional duty is allowed of 80
per cent. ad Valorem instead of the House
rate. On these articles valued at more than
40 cents and not more than so cents per
pound the duty is made equal to two and
a half times that on one pound of unwashed
wool instead of three times that as pro-
Vided in the House bill and an ad valorem
rate of 50 per cent. is added instead of the
house rate. On blankets Valueq at more
than 90 cents per pound, the rate IS made
three times that of unWaShed wool and ad
valorem duty of 4G per cent. is added.
Women's and children's dress goods, coat
| Innings, etc, valued at 10 cents per yafd ana
less, are rated at 512 cents per yard, in
stead of Z cents. as in the House bill, while
articles of this class valued at more than
10 cents are reduced from S to 62 cents per
yard and so per cent. ad valorem instead OF
70 per cent, as the House bill added on all
of them. The foregoing applies to goods the
warp of which consists wholly of cotton or
other vegetable material. On women's and
chlldrenS dress goods, etc, which are COM
posed wholly or in part of wool and not
specially provided for, the duty is reduced
from II to 8 cents per yard, with an ad
valorem duty of 50 per cent. added. The
rate on weddings, goreings, s~uspenderS,
etc, is reduced from 60 to 40 cents per
pound. though the ad Valorem addition Of
60 per cent. is not changed.
There are several changes in carpets.
Oriental, Berlin and other similar rugs, as
We'll as carpets woven in whole for rooms,
are removed from the paragraph relating
to Aubusson and Administer carpets and are
incorporated in a new paragraph which
provides for a duty on them of 70 cents per
square foot and 10 per cent. ad Valorem
when they are valued at not more than 10
NCiNo PCA SdUNA LOOI, FoAdCd c. AlOtC llbA
40 cents and not more than $l.40 cents per
square foot, 20 per cent. ad Valorem; valued
cents per square foot, rs per cent. ad va
loren; valued at more than 81 and not
more than $2.I5 cents per square foot, %
per cent. ad Valorem; valued at more than
81 per square foot, IS per cent. ad Valorem.
Treble ingram and all chained Venetian
carpets are increased from 10 cents per
yard to % cents and wool duty tWO-ply in
grain from "a to 20 cents per yard.
A paragraph is added specifically provid-
ing that all articles, fabrics and manufac-
lures, however described, of which wool is
a component material, shall be classified
paragraphs of this schedule"
ObaccO
An important change was made in tobac-
co taxes under the internal revenue laws.
Section 1868, relating to internal revenue
taxes on tobacco, was changed (Revised
Statutes) to read as follows:
Upon tobacco and snuff manufactured
and sold, or removed for consumption or
use, there shall be levied and collected the
following taxes:
'On snuff, manufactured of tobacco or any
substitute for tobacco, ground, dry, damp,
scriptions, when prepared for use, a tax of
8 cents per pound. And snuff flour, when
shall be taxed as snuff, and shall be put up
in packages and stamped in the same man
ner as snuff.
ION all chewing and smoking tobacco,
fine cut, cavendish, plug, or twist. cut or
~granulated, of every description; on tobac-
co twisted by hand or reduced into a con-
dition to be consumed, or in any manner
other than the ordinary mode OF drying
and curing, prepared for sale or consump-
ton, even If prepared without the use OF
any machine or instrument and without
being pressed or sweetened, and on all fine
cut shorts and refuse scraps, clippings, cut
tings and s~weepingS of tobacco d TAX or 5
cents Del pound.
Section 1894 of the Revised Statutes is
amended so as 10 read as follows: Upon
cigars which shall be manufactured or sofa,
or removed for consumption or sale, there
shall be assessed and collected the foloW-
ing taxes to be paid by the manufacturer
thereof: Cigars OF ali descriptions, made of
tobacco or any substitute therefor, - per
thousand; on cigarettes Welgnlng NOT more
than three pounds per thousand, 81 per
thousand; on cigarettes Weighing more
than three pounds per thousand, So per
thousand
The House provision for duties on i'm
ported tobacco have been stricken out ana
the following duties inserted on imported
tobacco: Wrapper tobacco and filler to-
bacco, when mixed or packed with more
than 5 per cent. lin weighD Of wrapper to-
bacco, and all leaf TOBACCO th9 pIoduet OF
two or more countries. or dependencies
when mixed or packed tCgether, II UNI
stemmed, $1,50 per pound; IL stemined, 20
per pound; filler tobacco, not specially pro-
vidad for in this act, if unStemmed, 30 cents
per pound; of stemmed so cents per
A paragraph is inserted refining tobacco
terms as follows: The term wrapper to-
bacco, as used in this act, means that quail
inv or lP11 TOBACCO WIllCl ID 0QlNdOIO ~
cigar wrappers, and the term filled TOBACCO
means all other leaf tobacco. Collectors or
customs shall not permit entry 10 De mace,
eXcept under regulations to be prescribed
nv the secretary of treasury, OF any leaf TO-
bacco, unless the invoices OF the same snaI
specify in detail the character OF Such To-
bacco' whether wrapper of filler, its origin
and 0uaHtv. In the examination of clasSl-
fcation of any imported leaf tobacco, at
least one bale, box or package In every. ten
and at least one in every invoice shaH pc
examined by the appraiser or person au-
fboriZed by law to make such examinations
and at least ten bands shall be eXamlned
in each examined bale, box or package.
Other changes in the tobacco schedule are
as follows: -
manufactured not specially pToVlueq LOT
i'm this act, 40 cents per pound. (ttouse
rate, 50 centS.)
snuff and snuff flour and manufactures OF
snuff-House rate, 65; Senate, Az cents per
pound. N niaa.
House rate. $3.50 per pound and 70 per cent.
ad valorem; Senate. 81 per pound ana 20
per cent. ad Valorem.
A proviso is added that cigarettes or all
kinds. eighing less than four pounds per
thousand, Shall pay a duty of So per pound.
Metal Schedule Changes.
In the metal schedule the first change
of Importance is made in Paragraph 12l,
relating to coils or rods of less than seven
sixteenths of an inch in diameter, which is
made to include hammered as well as rolled
iron. and on which the duty is reduced from
the House rate of $40 to 40 of l cent per
pound. There is also a reduction on slabs,
blooms. loops, etc. from $40 to 4-10 of /
cent per pound. Beams, Orders, etc, are