The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-08-27
The New Tariff on Lumber.

1iIAueI, HeWu, siOeu OF squared (uOG
less than s inches square) and round
timbers used for spars or in buildi ng
wharves, l cent per cubic foot.
Sawed boards. plank deals and 9TH
er lumber of white wood, sycamore
and Eastwood, ST. per thousand feet
board measure; sawed lumber, not es-
pecially provided for in this act. 50
per thousand feet board measure: but
when lumber of any sort is planed or
finished, in addition to the rates here
in provided, there shall be levied and
paid for each side so pianed and fin
lshed, 80 cents per thousand feet board
measure; and if planed on one side
and tongued and grooved, ST per thou
sand feet board measure; and if
planed on two sides and tongued and
grooved, $1.50 per thousand feet board
measure; and in estimating board
measure On this schedule no deduc-
tion will be made on board measure
on account of planning and tonguing
and growing; provided that if any
country of dependency shall impose
an export duty on saw logs, round un-
manufactured timber, stave bolts, or
heading bolts, exporting to the United
States, or discriminating charge on
boom-sticks or chains used by Ameri-
can citizens in towing logs, the
amount of such export duty, tax, or
other charge, as the case may be, shall
be added as an additional duty to the
duties imposed upon the articles men
toned in this paragraph, when import
ed from such countries Or depend
encies.
Paving Posts, railroad ties, tele-
phone, trolley, electric light and tele-
graph poles of cedar, or other woods,
20 per cent ad valorem.
Kindling woods in bundles not ex-
ceeding One-quarter Of cubic foot
each, $40 of l cent per bundle; if in
larger bundles $40 of l cent for each
additional quarter of a cubic foot or
fractional part thereof.
Sawed boards, planks, deals and all
forms of sawed cedar, lignum vitae,
lancewood, ebony, granadilla, mahog-
any, rosewood, satin wood and all
other cabinet woods not further manu-
factured than sawed, 15 per cent ad
valorem; veneers of wood and wood
manufactured not especially pro-
vided for in this act, 90 per cent ad
valorem.
Clap boards $1.50 per thousand.
Hubs for wheels, posts, heading
bolts, stave bolts, last blocks, wagon
blocks, oar blocks, heading blocks and
all light blocks or sticks, rough hewn,
sawed or bored, 90 per cent ad valorem
fence posts 10 per cent ad valorem.
Lath, Is cents per 1000 pieces.
Pickets, palings and slaves OF all
kinds, 10 per cent ad valorem.
Shingles, 80 cents per thousand.
Casks, barrels and hogsheads
(empty), sugar box shocks of wood
not especially provided for in this act
80 per cent ad valorem.
Chair cane or reeds, rough or manu-.
factured from rattan or reeds, 10 pei
cent ad valorem ozier or willow pre-
pared for basket makers use, 20 pei
cent ad valorem; manufacturers o.
ozier or willow so per cent ad valorem
Tooth picks of wood or other veget
able substance, 2 cents per thousano
and Is per cent ad valorem; butchers
and packers skewers of wood, 40 cents
per thousand.
House or cabinet furniture, wholly
or partly finished, and manufacturer
of wood, or of which wood is the com
ponent material of chief value, not
especially provided for in this act, 3s
per cent ad valorem.
FREE LIST.
Wood-Logs and round unmanu
factured timber, including pulp wood
firewood, handle bolts, shingle bolts
gun blocks for gun stocks, rough hewr
or sawed, or planed on one side, hoI
poles, ship timber and ship planking
sll the foregoing not specially provid
ed for in this act.
Woods-Cedar, lignum vitae, lance
wood, ebony, box. granadllla, mahog
any. rosewood, satinwood, and al
forms of cabinet woods, in the log
rough, or hewn only; brier root o.
brier wood and similar wood unmanu
factured. or not further advanced thar
cut into blocks suitable for the article
into which they are intended to b'
converted; bamboo, rattan, reeds, un
manufactured, India malacca joints
and sticks of partridge, hair wood
pimento, orange, myrtle and othe
woods not specially provided for II
this act, in the rough, or not furthe
advanced than cut into lengths sulta
ble for sticks for umbrellas, parasols
sun-shades, whips. fishing rods o
walking sticks.