The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-08-28
RUSSIAN TARIFF INCREASE.
Rates Of Duty Advanced on Various
Articles

Articles.
The State Department has been advised
by Mr. Pierce, Charge d'Anaires at St Pc
tersburg, that Russian import duties have
been increased upon certain articles, fol
the purpose OF raising revenue. Consul
Marshal Halstead, of Birmingham, sends a
summary of the increases prepared by the
London Times" as follows:
Il. Increase of 30 per cent-Flour malt
and greats, various fresh and dried fruits,
spices. Icaste1 coffee, and substitutes there
of. cocoa: tobacco cigars, and cigarettes;
wines in casks, beer, and cider, FISH (fresh.
smoked or selted, including herringsl, GER
tain peltries; caoutchouc and gutta- percha.
and other gums in general.
80. Increase of 80 per cent-Coffee, raw;
boots and shoes of all kinds, except wom-
ems boots and shoes of silk tissue and kid.
finished or not; leather cut out for boots
or shoes etc; saddlers' and harness max
ers' wares pIanks and joists not exceeding
two inches in thickness and not planed.
80. Increase of 20 per cent-MaTmaIade
and ground cocoa. unsweetenedi animal
fats, candles basket makers wares; por'
celain ware Except majolica); liquid prod
ucts OF petroleum, etc; Oil and spirit OF
turpentine; cutlery set in gilt, plated or
fine materials; side arms; firearms, SO far
as not prohibited, and accessories there
for; watches in gold cases; vehicles, except
veiocipedes; raw jute, linen and hempen
cloths and cambrics, clothing and under
clothing wholly or partly made up Except
mems clothing of wooden tissues). fancy ar
tici"s of copper or its alloys; stamped arti
eles OF iron, steel zine, etc.
II. Increase of 80 per eent-Bone glue:
10
-ned, etc; cabinetmakers' woods and woods
in sheets or veneers, carpenters and coop
ers' wares; furniture aud other wooden
wares, upholstered; drainage and water
pipes of clay; chinaware white or OF one
colcr, dyed in the paste; white OF half
white glass and glassware, not specially
fairfield, pressed or nodded, glassware not
specially fairfield. Of a single color or dou-
ble-eolored glass, dull. opaque, white iut-
ed, etc; glassware of all kinds. painted,
enameled gilt, etc; sheet glass neith-
er nodded nor polished plate glass and
mirrors; cauotchouc, crude. and articles
thereof not specially fairfield; various
chemical products. including sal ammoriac,
carbonate OF ammonia, soda and potash,
chloride of lime acids, etc; castor oil, CO.
coanut and palm oil, volatile and sweet
scented oils, soap varnishes and tanning
extracts; indigo. various colors; ware of
z ,
manufactures of iron or steel wire not spe-
eiaIly fairfield. manufactures OF copper
wire. cardboard and pasteboard, sized and
unsized paper of all kinds wall paper. raw
wool and hair, artificial wool; yarns OF
jute linen, hemp, and other vegetable
fibrts not twisted; sacks Of jute and coarse
iut2 tissues for sacks; oilcloth of all kinds,
except silk. silk foulards, plain or printedi
stuffs OF silk or half silk including hand
kerChiefs ribbons. etc; wooden carpets OF
all kinds; cotton tuIle. except that for fur
nituTe: office articles and accessories for
drawing and painting, not specially tariff
ed except pencils.
70. The under mentioned articles are
dutiable at tie increased rates stated:
Fire bricks and roofing tile. ungIaZed Sc
cents per pood (36.112 pounds) wooden
rags, $50 per pood; paper pulp IS cents
per pod; eeIiuIose, 500 cents per pood
cardboard OF wood pulp. not manufactured
30.9 cents per pood; raw cotton $2.13 per
pco3: undyed cotton waste. S2-47 per pood
cotton ~aste. dyed. 1894 per pood: cotton
yarns AID thread, an addition of II cents
per pood on all classes; cotton tissues
| bleaehed, unbleached, dyed figures, OF
! printed. and Gotten veIvets an addition OF
PSI cents per funt on all classes
Rags Of all kinds. except WOODEN rags
| formerly free of duty are ow to poy 81 ST
per pood, unless destined for the manufac-
/ ture OF paper; and the duty on velocipedes
/ and their spare parts is increased by 81
/ Der cent