The Saint Paul globe., 1897-03-15
SCHEDULE ].
Flax, Hemp and Jute, and Manuf;tc-
lures OF.

lures OF.
Flax straw S. per ton.
Flax, not hacked or dressed, 1 cent per
pound.
Flax, hacked, known as dressed line"
Tow, of fax or hemp, half-cent per pound
Hemp, $25 per ton; hemp hacked known
as line of hemp, $50 per ton.
Yarn, made of jute, one cent per pound
and 10 per cent ad valorem.
cables and cordage, composed Of istle or
Iampico hber, manila, sisal grass or sum,
istle or Tampico FIBER manila, sisal grass or
sum, half-cent per pound
Hemp and tute carpets and carpetings 6
cents per square yard.
Burlaps, under 60 inches in width of flax
Jute or hemp, or of which fax, jute or hemp
! or either of them. shall be the component
material OF chief value texcept such as may
De suitable for bagging for cotton) &c lb.
| and 10 per cent ad valorem; over 60 inches
IN width. 40 per cent ad valorem
Bags for grain, or burlaps, 1Bc lb.
Baggng for cotton, gunny cloth and all
similar material suitable for covering cot
ton, composed in whole or in part of hemp.
flax, Jute or jute butts, valued at &c or less
per square yard, 6-10c per square yard; val
ued at more than &c per square yard / S-1Oc
per square ward,
Flax gill-netting, nets, webs and seines.
when the thread or twine of which they are
composed is made of yarn of a number not
higher than number 20, 15c per h., and 35 per
cent ad yaorem; when made of threads or
twnes, the yarn Of which is finer than num-
bcr 20, 20c per h., and in addition thereto
As per cent ad valorem.
Linen hydraulic hose, made in whole or in
part of fax, hemp, or jute, zoe per h.
OIL cloth for floors, stamped, painted or
printed, including lineloeum, cortecene, cork
carpets, figured or plain, and all other oil
cloth Except silk oil CLOTH and waterproof
cloth, not specially provided for in this act,
valued at 25c or less per square yard 40 per
cent ad valorem; valued above 25c per square
yard, 15c per square yard and 80 per cent
ad va!orem.
Thread, twines or cords made from warn
not liner than lea, or number composed of
flax, hemp, or ramie 12c Ib.; finer than 5
lea, 5sc lb. for every additional lea.
Yarn made from flax tow lea and finer,
80 Der cent ad valorem.
Yarns of fax, hemp or ramie valued at 12e
| Id. or less, &c lb.; valued at more than 12c
| h.. 45 per cent ad valorem.
All woven linens of flax or hemp, or of
! which these substances or either of them is
| the component material of chief value so per
cent ad valorem. (Note-There is also pro
vided a specific duty ranging from 6lAc to
| SIC per square yard, but the exact division
has not yet been finally settled by the com
mtttee).
On bleached shirting linens counting more
! than 100 threads to the square inch counting
| both warp and filling, and from 80 to 81 inches
| in width, 80 per cent ad valorem.
Collars and cuffs composed entirely of cot
ton, 45c per dozen pieces and 10 per cent ad
! valorem: composed in whole or in part of
/ linen, SOC per dozen pieces and 20 per cent
! ad valorem; shirts and all articles of wearing
apparel of every description, not specially
provided for in this act composed wholly or
| in part of linen, 30 per cent ad valorem
! Laces. edgings, embro;deries. nsertings
| neck rulings, ruchings, trimmings, tuckings
| lace, window curtains, and other similar
| tamboured articles, and articles embroidered
! by hand or machinery, embroidered and hem
! stitched handkerchiefs and articles made
! wholly or in part of lace, rulings tuckings.
| or ruchings. all of the above named articles
! composed Of fax, jute cotton or other we're
table fiber. or of which these sutStances or
| either of them, or a mixture of any of them
| is the component material of chief value
not specially provided for in this act 60 per
| cent ad valorem; provided, that articles of
wearing apparel and textile fabrics, when en-
| broidered by hand or machinery and
whether specially otherwise provided
! for in this act. shall not pay a less rate
of duty than that fixed by the respective
paragraphs and schedules of this act upon
embroideIies of the materials of which thew
are respectively composed
The basket clause" of this schedule is
still to be agreed upon.