The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-23
NEW CUSTOMS TARIFF.
Rates to BE Charged on Vessels and
Imports 20 Porto Rico.

secretary of the treasury n 7'al Com
missioner Robert P. Por FnbLo, -
retary Howell and DR. II. x. Llbro
which is to take effect in all por1et !
places in the island Of Porto Rico and ar
islands in the West Indies east of the sew
enty-fourth degree, west longitude, on and
after Feb. I, 1899.
The port of San Juan is designated as the
chief customs port, and Ponce and May
aguez as sub ports, and the officer Of the
army assigned to each of these sub ports
as collector will have general jurisdiction
of the collection of customs at such ports
respectively. Any questions arising al any
sub port will be referred to the collector at
San Juan for his decision, from which there
is no appeal, except in such cases rs the col
lector may refer for decision to the secre-
tary of war,
Trade between ports of the United States
and all ports or places in Porto Rico, and
trade between ports or places in Porto Rico
shall be carried on in registered vessels Of
the United States and in no others. Any
merchandise transported in violation of this
regulation shall be subject to forfeiture.
For every passenger transported and
landed in violation of this regulation the
transporting vessel shall be subject to a
penalty of $500.
This regulation shall not be construed to
forbid the sailing of other than registered
vessels of the United States with cargo
and passengers between the United States
and ports or places in Porto Rico, or be-
tween ports or places in Porto Rico, pro-
vided that none is landed, but destined for
some foreign port or place. This regulation
shall not be construed to authorize any
lower customs charges or tariff charges
on the cargoes of American vessels entering
from the United States than are paid on the
cargoes of foreign vessels entering from
foreign ports.
The following tonnage dues are estab-
lished: On entry of vessel from a port
not in Porto Rico or not in the United
States, 20 cents a net ton. On entry of a
vessel only to discharge or take on board
passengers and their baggage the tonnage
taxx is not imposed. Vessels belonging to
the United States government or employed
in its service, or a vessel of foreign gov
ernment not engaged in trade; vessels en-
gagged in the coasting trade of Porto Rico
also are exempt from tonnage dues. The
following are the principal articles which
are admitted free of duty on compliance
with certain specified conditions:
Manures, natural; trees, plants and mess,
in natural or fresh state; national products
returning from foreign exhibitions; car
riages, trained animals, portable III eaters.
panoramas, wax figures and ether similar
objects for public entertainment, imported
temporarily; receptacles exported from Por-
to Rico with fruits sugar, molasses, honey
and brandy, and reimported empty, includ-
ing receptacles of galvanized iron intended
for the expectation of alcohol specimens
and collections of mineroIogy, botany and
zoology; used furniture of persons coming
to settle in the island; samples of felt, wall
paper, and tissues; samples OF trimmings
in small pieces, of no commercial value or
possible application; archaeological and nu-
mismatical objects for public museums,
academies, etc.; works of fine art acquired
by the government, academies or other Off
cial corporations and intended for museums,
galleries, or art schools; gold in bars, pow
der. or coined also national silver or bronze
coins; wearing apparel, toilet objects and
articles for personal use; bed and table
linen, books, portable tools and instru-
ments, theatrical costumes jewels and table
services, imported by travellers in their lug
gage; stone, unwrought, for paving pur-
poses; ploWs, hoes, hatchets machetes, cane
knives, etc, for agricultural purposes, not
machinery; quinine, sulphate and bisul-
phate of, and all alkaloids or salts of Gin
chona bark; books, maps and scientific in
struments for the use of schools; mineral,
carbonated or seltzer waters, natural or ar
tiflcial root beer, ginger ale and other sim
liar non-alcoholic beverages not otherwise
provided for; fresh fish; second hand cloth
ing, donated for charitable purposes to
needy persons, and not for sale; tar and
mineral pitch, aphalts, bitumen and schists;
oleonaptha, crude natural petroleum and
crude oils derived from schists.
NO FAVOR SHONE.
The following are some Of the more inn
portant articles named in the new tariff and
the rates of duty fixed thereon. Importa-
tions from the United States are dutiable
like other commodities. The metrical sys-
tenn of weights and measures is in use in
Porto Rico Poultry, live or dead, net
weight, cents per kiIogram. The follow
ing rates are based upon 100 lxilos: Beef,
brine or salt, n. w, $125; pork, brine or salt,
n. W.. $1.25; lard, n. W., $1.7O; talow. n. w,
81 20; bacon n. w, $40; ham, n. w, $3.50;
jerked beef. n. M. $3.50; beef, canned, II. W.,
50; beef, fresh, II. w, $2.70; mutton, fresh
and oleomargarine. S4.20; cheese, n. W, SO;
salt cod and stock fish, n. w, 50 cents;
herring, picked smoked, salted or marin
ated n. W, 50 cents: mackerel, picked,
smoked, salted or marinated, n W., 81; sal
mon, canned smoked. salted or marinated,
n. w, IS; oysters of all kinds and shell fish,
dried or fresh, n. W., so cents: eggs, So; rice,
husked or not, 60 cents; wheat, n. W., 60
cents; corn, n. w, IS cents; rye, n. w, "a
cents; barley. II. w, 80 cents; oats, n. w, "a
cents; wheat flour, 81; rice flour, 81; corn
Hour, n. W, 30 cents: oat flour, n. w, y
cents; alcohol per hectoliter, $14; condensed
milk, 10 per cent. ad valorem
Brandy and all compound spirits not spe-
cially mentioned: In casks, hectol, $21; in
bottles or TASKS. hectol, $S4; rum, in casks,
hectol, SIS; whiskies, in casks. ilectol $40;
wines, sparkling, liter, S5c; liquors and COR
dials in casks or similar receptacles, liter.
lSc in bottles, liter SEC. Wines, other-In
casks or similar receptacles, hectol $3.50;
in bottles, hectol. $13. Beer and cider-Mait
liquor, in casks, hectol, $3.50; malt liquor.
in bottles, hectol. 1856; cider hectol 81 60
Horses and mules-Above standard height
each, SD, other, $40; mules, $40; asses. 81:
oxen 81; COWS. $3.50; bullocks calves and
heifers. 3d. pigs, 81; sucking pigs. 50 cents;
sheep and goats. ST.
Bricks OF clay, not glazed for building
purposes, furnaces, etc.-Artices of fire
clay, 8. W. 100 kilos. 80 cents: roofing tins of
clay not glazed, for building purposes. per
square Q0xl0 feet, s15O: slabs or conduits of
clay, cement or stoneware, g. w. 100 kilos.
20 cents. cast iron "a MOS o. N, 100 III.