The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-16

ished or glanced, by whatever mama aas,..
mated, &c pound; provided, that n,ata >,
sheet or taggers iron or steel, by whatevs
name designated. other than the poI,ahaa
pianshed or tho glanced herein provide,;
LOT, which has been picked or cleaned h.,
aciu. or BY any other material or prorss.
or wnicn IL cold rolled. smoothed only. no,
poiished, shall pay nc pound more d,,t,.
than the corresponding gauges of commo;,
black sheet or taggors iron or steel.
Sheets or plates OF iron or s,ea, ,r
tasgers iron or Steel coated with tin nv
lead, or with a mixture of which these
metals or either of them, is q compone n,
part. by the dipping or any other process
ana commercially known as tin plates,
terne plates and taggers tin, &c po,,nd
Steel ingots. cosged ingots. blooms and
slabs. by whatever process made a.,
blocks or blanks, billets and bars and IN
pered or beveled tar; pressed, sheared mr.
stamped shapes; saw plate, wholly or ma =.
italy manufactured hammer molds or
swaged steel; gun barrel molds not in bars.
alley used as substitutes for steel IN III.
manufacture Of tools all descriptions and
shapes OF dry sand loan or iron mol led
steel castings; sheets and plates and steel
in all forms and shapes not specially nro
vided for In this act. all of the above valued
ut lie pound or less. 7-20c pound valued
"o"'o ~ oiih uot dDoNe 4-lUC pound, p-30r
pound; valued above 1 Aloe ard not above
S-1Oc pound. 7-10c pound valued above
i S-10c and not above 2-iOc pound S-10c
pound; valued above 2 2-10c and not above
&c pound. 1-10c pound valued above 4c
and not above &c pound / 6-1Oc pound.
valued above &c and not above 1Oc pound
510c pound; valued above Zoe and nor
above 13c pound. &c pound; valued above
13c and not above Ice pound, 5-l0c pound.
valued above Ice pound. &c pound; provided
that all seamless or weldless forms of hol-
low or cylindrical iron or steel in the rough
or not smoothed or polished and less ad-
vanced in manufacture than finished tubes
whether known as hollow billets or blanks
or otherwise, thinner than lis of one inch
in the walls. shall be subject to a duty of
80 per cent ad valorem and provided fur
Their. that all finished seamless or weldless
iron or steel tubes shall he subject to a
duty OF 40 per cent ad valorem.
Wire.
Rivet. screw. fence and other iron or steel
wire rods. whether round oval fiat. or
square or In any other shape and nail rods
in coils or otherwise, valued at ic or less
per pound. Aloe pound: valued over 4c
pound, nc pound: provided. that all round
iron or steel reds smaller than No. wire
gauge shall be classed and dutiable as wire:
provided further, that all iron or steel wire
rods which have been temperd or treated
in any manner or partly manufactured shall
be classsd and dutiable as wire.
Round iron or steel wire, all sizes not
smaller than Is wire gauge, lac pound
smaller than 1S wire gauge and not smaller
than l6 wire gauge, 1ac pound; smaller
than 16 wire gauge, &c pound all other iron
or steal wire and wire or strip steel, includ- |
ing such rs is commonly known as crnoline |
WIRE corset wire, needle wire. piano wire. |
clock and watch wires and all steel wires,
whether polished or unpublished tempered
or untempered, in coils or straight and cut
to lengths, drawn cold through dies or rolls
and hat wire. fiat steel wire or sheet steel
in strips, uncovered or covered with cot
ton. silk or other material. or metal, all
the foregoing manufactures OF whatever
shape or form. valued above 4c pound. AZ
per cent ad valorem; provided, that articles
from iron or steel wire shall
pay the maximum rate Of duty which would
be imposed upon any wire used in the man
lfacture OF such articles and in addition
thereto 1iac pound; drill rods, including
such as are called "stubbs steel" and all
cold drawn steel rods. of whatever size or
shape. valued above 4c pound whether pol
shed or unpolshed in coils or straight, Is
per cent ad valorem.