Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-10

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after their own interests in the mat
ter. 1t is unfortunate that any state
should require law to protect such
useful and beautiful things as birds
and trees, but boyish thoughtlessness,
woman's vanity and mans greed must
be reckoned with in lawmaking. Con-
service in bringing SO important a
ton.
PORTO RICAN TARIFF RATES.
The rates of duty which the Porto
Rican will have to pay upon articles
entering into his daily life if imported
from the United States are shown by
a statement just prepared by the
treasury bureau of statistics. 1t
states in precise terms the actual rate
of duty where the Dingley law names
a specific rate per bushel, pound or
yard of the article considered, while
in cases where the law makes an lad
valorem' rate of duty, dependent up
on the value of the goods, the price
named is estimated at the wholesale
or average export rates, and while it
is thus below the retail price it states
fairly the amount of duty per pound
bushel OF yard which the Porto Rican
consumer will pay.
The following are the rates of duty
which will be collected under the new
law on the more important articles en-
tering Porto Rico from the United
States:
Flour, free of duty.
Corn, 2A cents per bushel.
Bacon, free of duty.
Corn meal, cents per bushel.
Rice, free of duty.
Dat meal, 1,s. mills per pound
Oats, 2A cents per bushel.
Pork, free of duty.
Dried apples, pound valued at &c,
mills.
Goldfish, free of duty.
Brooms, valued at SLIGO per dozen,
on each broom, 6 mills.
Mutton, free of duty.
Candles, on ! pound valued at SC,
~ mills. 3s
Fresh beef, free, of duty.
Coal, bituminous,a per ton, 10c.
Coopers' wares and wood, cut, for
making casks for sugar or molasses,
free of duty.
Cotton cloth, unbleached: On yard,
valued at Sc. 3 mills; on yard, valued
at Zoe, 4 mills; on yard, valued at
12c, mills.
Shifting cloth, on yard, valued at
12Ac, 6 mills.
Machinery for making and refining
sugar, free of duty.
Wire, Nos. 1916, per pound, 2 2-1O
mills.
Plows, free of duty.
Nails, cut, per pound, $40 of 1 mill.
Hoes, free Of duty.
Wire nails, per pound, 1ls mills.
Machetes, free of duty.
Steel bars, per pound, $40 of l mill.
Agricultural implements, not ma
chinery, free of duty.
Boots and shoes, on pair valued at
81 90, 3 7-10c.
Hatchets, free of duty.
India rubber boots and shoes, on /
pair valued at soc, 2Ac.
Cotton thread, on each dozen spools
of 200 yards, valued at 26c, S-10c.
Clocks, valued at $1.00, &c.
Rough lumber, free of duty.
Carpets, valued at 35c per yard, on
each yard, 2 6-10c.
Modern school furniture, free of
duty.
Dried herring, per pound, 1 mill.
Writing paper, on each pound valued
at tic, mills.
Lard, on each pound valued at &c, 3
mills.
Butter, on each pound valued at
lac, mills.
Soap, on each pound valued at 10c,
8 mills.
Lime, free of duty.
Beans, per bushel, 6 7-1Oc.
Household furniture, on each $1.OO
value, 2-1Oc.
Harness and saddlery, on each $1.0O
value, 7-1Oc.
Earthenware, common, on each $1oO
value, 3 7-10c.
China, white, on each $1.OO value,
2-1Oc.
Glassware, common, on each $1.O0
value, 7-1Oc.
In addition to this, the entire free
list of course, of the Dingley law APP
plies to Porto Rico, except as to coffee,
on which the Poto Rican act levies a
special duty in the interest of the cof-
fee growers of the island.
A careful consideration of the above
figures will convince any fair-minded
man that the slight duty imposed can
not be considered in any sense a hard
ship. Bacon, pork, mutton, -four,
sugar machinery, plows, agricultural
implements, rough lumber, and other
articles which are most necessary en-
ter entirely free of duty. The slight
duty on the other articles will furnish
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of the island, and to build roads, ETC.,
A little reflection cannot fail to satisfy
one that the measure is wise and
carefully prepared one, calculated in
all ways to help the Porto Rican as
much as possible to improve his own
condition and bring his agricultural
resources to the highest state Of de-
velopment.
THE IOWA FARMER.
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