The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-05-11

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to the duties otherwise imposed 6y this
act, an additional duty equal to the net
amount of bounty or grant, however
the same be paid or bestowed. The net
amount of all such bouRties or grants
shall be from time to time ascertained,
determined and declared by the Score
tary of the Treasury, who shall make
all needful regulations for the identif
cation Of such articles and merchandise
and for the assessment and collection
of such additional duties"
The House provision keeping in force
the Hawaiian reciprocity treaty is
stricken out, the effect being inc irectly
to abrogate the treaty and impose the
same duty on Hawaiian sugars as is
imposed on sugars from other countries.
LUMBER.
The lumber schedule is changed by
adding after the word timber" the
word ''hewn, sided or squared and
round timber and the duty fixed at
the rate of 1 cent per cubic foot, as in
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thousand on all sawed boards, etc, is
retained, but when plRned'on one side
the additional rate is made IS instead
of 80 cents per thousand feet board
when planed, tongued and grooved the
additional rate is made 20 cents per
thousand feet board measure instead
Of 81; if planed on two sides and tongued
and groOved, $L.O5 per thousand in,
stead of 81 so; shingles Is cents per
thousand. Placed on the free list are
poplar and other pulp woods, heading
bolts, stave bolts and railroad ties.
Section 1868, Revised Statutes, relat-
ing to internal revenue taxes on to
bRcco was changed to read as follows:
TOBACCO.
Upon tobacco and snuff, manutac
tured and sold, or removed for con-
sumption or use, there shall be levied
and collected the following taxes: On
snuff, manufactured of tobacco or any
substitute for tobacco, ground, dry,
damp, picked, scented OF otherwise, of
all descriptions when prepared for use,
a tax Of 8 cents per pound; and snuff
-four, when sold or removed for use or
consumption, shall be taxed as snuff
and shall be put up in packages and
stamped in the same manner az snuff.
lon all chewing and smoking to-
bacco, fine cut, cavendish plug, or
twist, cut or granulated, of every de-
scription; on tobacco twisted by hand
or reduced into a condition to be con
sumed, or in any manner other than
the ordinary mode of drying and cur
ing prepared for sale or consumption,
even if prepared without the use of
any machine or instrument and with
out being pressed or sweetened and on
all fine cut shorts and refuse scraps,
clippings, cuttings and sweepings of
tobacco, a tax Of 8 cents per pound"
Section 1884 of the Revised Statutes
is amended 80 as to read:
'UpcR cigars which shall be manu-
factured Of sold, or r moved for con
sumption OF sale, there shall be as
sees9d and collected the following taxes
to be paid by the manufacturer thereof:
On cigars of all descriptions, made of
tobacco or ny>enbstitute therefor, So
per thousand on cigarettes weighing
not more than three pounds per thou
sand, 81 per thousand On cigarettes
weighing more than three pounds per
thousand, So per thousand"
The House provisions for duties on
Imported tobacco have been stricken !
out and the following duties inserted
on imported tobacco:
Wrapper tobacco, ard filler tobacco
when mixed or packed with more than /
5 per cent. of wrapper tobacco, and all
leaf tobacco, the product of two or
more countries or dependencies, when
mixed or packed together, if I'm.
stemmed, 81 so per pound; if stemme6, !
81 Is per pound; filler tobacco, not
specially provided for in this act, if IN
stemmed, 35 cents per pound; if stem
med, 80 cents per pound"
A paragraph is inserted defining to.
bacco terms as follows: The term wrap |!
per tobacco as used in this act means
that quality of leaf tobacco which is
suitable for cigar wrappers and the
term filler tobacco means all other leaf
tobacco. Collectors of customs shall
not permit entry to be made, except
under regulations to be prescribed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, of any
leaf tobacco, unless the invoices of the
same shall specify in. detail the charac-
ter of such tobacco, whether wrapper or
filler. it's origin and quality. In the