Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-06-09
PORTO RICAN TARIFF
RATES OF DUTY WHICH WILL BE COL
LECTED UNDER THE LAW.

Many Articles In Common Use Enter
Free-FIour, Bacon, Fresh Beef,
Pork and Agricultural implements
Pay No Tax.
The rates Of duty which the Porto
Rlcan viii have to pay upon articles
entering into his dairy life If imported
+ from the United States are shown by a
/ statement just prepared by the treas
ury bureau Of statistics. 1t gives the
/ actual rate of duty where the Dingley
/ law names specific rate per bushel,
/ pound or yard of the article considered,
4 while in cases where the law makes an
'ad valorem' rate Of duty, dependent
/ upon the value OF the goods, the price
1 named is estimated at the wholesale
/ or average export rates. While it is
/ thus below the retail price it states
fairly the amount of duty per pound,
| bushel or yard which the Porto Rican
[ consumer will pay.
/ The following are the rates of duty
which viii be collected under the new
law on the more important articles en-
tering Porto Rico from the United
States:
Flour, free of duty.
Corn, pa cents per bushel.
Bacon, free Of duty.
Cornmeal. cents per bushel.
Rice free of duty.
Oatmeal, ~ mills per pound.
oats, pa cents per bushel.
Pork, free of duty.
Dried apples, ! pound valued at 6
cents, 3 mills.
Goldfish, free of duty.
Brooms, valued at $1.20 per dozen,
on each broom, 8 mills.
Mutton. free of duty.
Candles, / pound valued at cents,
~ mills.
Fresh beef, free of duty.
Coal, bituminous, per ton. 10 cents.
Coopers' wares and wood, cut, for
making casks for sugar or molasses,
free of duty.
Cotton cloth, unbleached, on l yard
valued at cents, 3 mills; on ! yard
valued at 10 cents, mills; on / yard
valued at II cents, mills.
Shifting cloth, on l yard valued at
1917 cents, mills.
Bags for sugar, free of duty.
Machinery for making and refining
sugar, free of duty.
Wire, Nos. 1916, per pound, 2 2-10
mills.
Plows, free of duty.
Nails, cut, per pound, 9-10 of mill.
Hoes, free of duty.
Wire nails, per pound, liz mills.
Machetes, free of duty.
Steel bars, per pound, 9-10 of mill.
Agricultural implements, not machin-
cry. free of duty.
Boots and shoes, on l pair valued at
81, 3 40 cents,
Hatchets free of duty.
India rubber boots and shoes, on
pair valued at 80 cents, pa cents.
Cotton thread, on each dozen spools
of 200 yards, valued at 26 cents, 1 $40
cents.
Clocks, valued at 81, cents.
Rough lumber, free of duty.
Carpets, valued at 80 cents per yard,
on each yard, Clio cents.
Modern school furniture, free of duty.
Dried herring, per pound, l mill.
Writing paper, on each pound valued
at II cents mills.
Lard, on each pound valued at 6
cents, mills.
Butter, on each pound valued at IA
cents. 8 mills.
Soap, ON each pound valued at 10
cents. 3 mills.
| Lime, free of duty.
Beans, per bushel 6 40 cents.
Household furniture, on each dollars
value, ) 2-10 cents.
! Harness and saddlery, on each dol
! lars value. 40 cents.
! Earthenware, common, on each dol
lars value. 40 cents.
| China. white, on each dollars value,
! s 2-10 cents.
! Glassware, common, on each dollars
! value. 40 cents.
| In addition to this the entire free list
| of the Dingley law applies to Porto
! Rico except as to coffee, on which the
Porto Rican act levies a special duty in
the interest of the coffee growers of the
! island.
Thanks For the Epigram.