The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1897-07-30
so

weighing less than ~ ounces
per square yard and containing
more than 100 threads to square
inch ........................... 35pc 35pc
All such manufactures Of fax,
hemp, ramie or other vegetable
fiber, or in which they are
chief value, not provided for.s 45pc 35pc
SCHEDULE K.-Wool and Manufactures
of Wool.
All woods, hair of the camel, goat, alpaca
and other like animals shall be divided, for
the purpose of fixing the duties to be charged
thereon, into the three following classes:
Glass l-that is to say, merino, mestiza,
metz or metis woods, or other woods of merino
blood, immediate or remote, down clothing
woods and woods of like character with any of
the preceding, including Bagdad wool, China
lambs wool, Castle Branca, Adrianople skin
wool or butchers wool, and such as have been
heretofore usually imported into the United
States from Buenos Ayres, New Zealand, Aus
tralia, Cape Of Good Hope, Russia, Great Brit
ain, Canada, Egypt, Marocco and elsewhere,
and also including all woods not hereinafter
described or designated in classes land 8.
Glass a-that is to say, Leicessar, Cotswold,
Lincolnshire, down combing wools Canada
long woods, or other like combing woods of
English blood, and usually known by the terms
herein used and also hair of the camel, An
CORA goat, alpaca and other like animals.
South American, Cordova, Valparaiso, native
Smyrna, Russian ca.nel's hair, and all such
wools of like character as have been hereto
fore usually imported into the United States
from Turkey, Greece, Syria ande elsewhere,
excepting improved woods hereinafter provided
for.
The standard samples of all woods which are
now or may be hereafter deposited in the prin-
clpal custom houses of the United States un-
der the authority of the secretary of the
treasury, shall be the standards for the classi-
hcation of woods under this act, and the sec.
retary OF the treasury is authorized to renew
these standards and to make such additions
to them from time to time as rAay be required,
and he shall cause to be deposited like stand
ards in other custom houses of the United
States when they may be needed.
Whenever wools of class 3 shall have
been improved by the admixture of merino or
English blood from their present character as
represented by the standard samples now or
hereafter to be deposited in the principal GUS
tom houses of the United States, such improved
wools shall be classified for duty either as
class or as class 2, as the case may be-
The duty on woods of the first class which
shall be imported washed shall be twice the
amount of the duty to which they would be
subjected If imported unwashed, and the duty
on wools Of the first and second classes which
Shall be imported secured shall be three times
the duty to which taey would be subjected if
imported unwashed. The duty on woods of the
third class if imported in condition for use in
cardlng or spinning into yarns, or which shall
not contain more than per Gent of dirt or
other foreign substance, shall be three times
the duty to which they would otherwise be
subjected.
Unwashed wools shall be considered such as
shall have been shorn from the sheep without
any cleansing-thaS.is, in their natural condi-
tion Washed woods shall be considered such
as have been washed with water only on the
sleeps back on the skin. Wools of the first
and second classes washed in any other man
ner than on the sleeps back or on the skin
shall be considered as secured wool RI 'iffa
The duty upon wool of the sheep or hair of
the camel, Angora goat, alpaca, OF other like
animals Of class and class. g, which shall
be imported in any other than ordinary condi-
ton, or which has been sorted or:increased5 in
value by the rejection of any part Of the orig
inal fleece, shall be twice the duty to which it
would be otherwise subject, provided that
skirted woods, as imported in 1890 and prior
thereto, are hereby excepted. Ser rta
( The duty upon wool Of the sheep or hair of
the camel, Angora goat, alpaca and other like
ianinalseof any class which shall be changed in
its character or condition for the purpose of
ievaHhg the duty, or which shall be reduced in
value by the admixture Of dirt or any other
foreign substances, shall be twice the duty to
which 1t would9be otherwise subject.
Wien the duty assessed upon. any wool equals
three timesor more that which would be as
lsessed if said wool was i1nported nnwashed
the duty shall not be doubled on account of
the wool being sorted.
fed in this act, imported as Of any specified
class or claimed by the importer to be dnti-
able as Of any specified class, shall contain any
wool OF hair subject to a higher rate Of duty
than the class 80 specified, the whole bale
or package shall be subject to the highest
WQff y3pyfxv ,1,o
subject to such higher rate of duty, and il
any bale or package be claimed by the Inn
porter to be shoddy, 1nungo locks, wool, hair
or other material Of any class specified in this
act, and such bale contain any admixture Of
any one or more Of said materials or Of any
other material, the whole bale OF package shall
be subject to duty at the highest rate imposed
upon any article in said bale or package.
Wools and hair of the first class 11c lib Free
Wools and hair of the second
class ..... l2c Free
Wools of the third class and
camel's hair of the class valued
at 12c or less... ................... DC Free
Wools of the third class and
camel's hair of the third class
valued above 12c -. ........... 7c Free
(The duty on woods on the skin
shall be 10 less per lb than is
imposed on other woods Of the
same CLASSY
Top waste, stubbing waste, row
Ing waste, ring waste and gar
neted waste. te..................... SOC lib Free
shoddy.. y.............. ............. Csc f5c
Noils wool extract, yarn waste,
thread waste and all waste
wholly or part of wool not
provided for..................... 20c Free
Woolen rags, nungo and focks. lOc Free
(Wooi and hair, advanced be- ito-
yond washed or secured condi-
ton, not provided for, shall be
subject to same duties as i'm
posed on manufactures Of wool
not specially provided for)
Yarns wholly and In part of
wool valued at not more than
600 per lb.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 2D1c Dpc
&Dpc
Valued at more than 85c......... 8S3sc 80 or
Cloths, knit fabrics and all man 49,
ufactures wholly or part Of
wool, not provided for, valued
at not more than! 4Oc per ill.,. $50 4Oc
&60pc
Valued above 4Oc and not above
70c per lb.. Observation-Disclosures. 40 40c
y g 6Opc or a
Valued over 70c. Observation-Disclosures. 44c & Free
55pc
Tho Mckinley law provided on -,voolen or
worsted cloths, shawls, knit fabrics and all
fabrics made on Knitting machines and frames,
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