The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-16
TIRE new SPANISH TARIFF
An Increased Duty Which Will At
feet Some American Exports.
The TyPewritInR Machine Luxury
in the Land of the DOns-EVery De-
scrIptiOn Of Electrical, Scientific,
and ONCE LabOr-SavinE Device
CInssed Under n Heavy Rate.

julius C. Lay. the United States Consul |
General to Barcelona, has written the I
State Department respecting the new |
Spanish tariff as Follows
Il wish TO call the attention Of our eK-
porters to the increased duties on num-
Der of articles now exported from the |
United States TO this country. as provided |
for in the new Spanish tariff which went
into effect on January 1. 1900 These in
creased duties Siil seriously affect our
exports Of typewriters and, especially. oils
"Typewriters m Spain are considered at
present a luxury, and not a necessity,
among business men; and although in time
manufacturers. lawyers, and others will
use them. still. OF course, If the price is
increased so also will be the difficulty in
introducing them, as none are made in
this country.
According TO the new Spanish tariff.
typewriters, which formerly paid (No. 26S
of the old tarin "a pesetas per 100 klo-
grams plus 20 per cent war tax, or %
pesetas per leo kilograms (say, at cur
rent exchange. less than cents per pound
weight are now dutiable at (2S9 new tar
iff) pese:as per Kilograms mot per 100
Kilograms. as in the old tariff plus 20 per
cent war tax-s.6 pesetss per kilogram, OF
at current exchange over 81 cents per
pound weight. or about thirty-twO tines
as much as before.
1t must be noticed, however. that the
old tariff was on the gross weight, whereas
the new tariff charges 90 the net weight;
so. as it may be fairly reckoned that the
packing Of a typewriter weighs about as
much as the machine itself. the difference
/ is really only sixteen times as much An
/ ordinary typewriter weighs from twenty
I to thirty pounds with its cover and the
! accessories usually supplied with it. 50 that
/ the duty on a first-ciass American type
I writer is now. say. from S1@ TO so, where
/ as before il averaged about half a dollar
/ per machine.
Another item in the new Spanish tariff
covers monographs and their parts which
formerly were not enumerated in the
/ Spanish tariff. but are nov dutiabIc the
same as typewriters no go new tariff -
/ G. cents per pound weight
Every description OF electrical
4 scientific and office labor saving apparatus
! OF instrument is now also claEsed under a
/ heavy rate tNos 2St. 2sz 2e3 and 294 new
I tariff plus 20 per cent war tax For in
. stance. an Edison Monograph. which form
I orly paid Sl.45. Is now duJiable al 81.
The duties on sewing machines. yeloci-
. pedes. slaves. and lumber remain Un-
I changed.
The new tariff has doubled the duty
previously charged on psrafiu wax. This
wax imported from the United States is
now dutiable at IS pesetas per 100 kuo-
grains gross weight. plus 90 per cent war
tax, or $50 pesetas (SSf5 per 22O-4e
pounds, and from Great Britain. al AZ
pesetas iS5.SsI. or difference OF 1--st
pesetas iS2.5S) per 900 sc pounds.
/ Il understand from our agents here Of oil
and paraflu concerns in the United States
that this Increase makes business impossi-
be in Spain. Their clients. who have made
/ important contracts. have decided not &C
import more WAX. and New York firms hay,
been cabled to stop all shipments Should
. the Spanish Government offer to reduce III.
. duty 10 40 pssetas per lC0 kilograms t230.f-
pouHdsl gross weight. the same duty as &.
now paid on British wax. IL would sJill b.
too high 60 complete With stearin. which
pays only q pesetas tS&.5-j per 100 kilo
grams and 20 p0r cent var taN.
, The various caudlemakers who have
contracts with British manufacturers have
also been obliged 10 give instructions @,
stop all shipments. as even the Britist
: paraffin cannCi be introduced and pay On
! 40 pesetas per 100 kilograms duty.
The Barcelona candiemakers have de
/ cided TO send commission 10 Madrid @,
protest against the increased duties Ur
parafin. II would appear that the In
crease in the duty was made in favor e.
the steaTiu manufacturers. who pay H.
, cents per 100 Kilograms gross weight OF
? tallOw which is used for the manufacture
D 7 of Ste3Tin.
p ''Lubricating oils from the United State
. / under the new tariff are dutable at So.S
- ner 220 80 pounds net and Sl.Gl per 100 lJ
81 . lCErams for barrel and 20 per cent add
q tional war tax. while these from Russi.
O . and Great Britain are now dutiabic a
e S1.&5 per 100 Kilograms net. and Sl.41 pc
q 100 kilograms for barrel without war tax
a Prior to January /. 1900. the duty on lu
:. I bricating oils from the United States va
SAL per 100 Kilograms gross weight. wit
20 20 per cent additional war tax while tn
> British and Russian oils paid 20 peseta
4 per 100 Kilograms gross without any wa
o tax. it IS su advantage TO our eNporte-
? to pay duty on the net. instead OF tn
h gross weight of the oil. but the increase
duty of 80 pesetas per 100 Kilograms vii
entirely step all importaJiOns OF 'u5ri
. eating oils from the United States and Sc
. riOusly interfere with those Of cyiinde
:, oils; and even if the duty should be Teduc
= ed to that now paid on British and Rus
! sian oils. We cannot compete with the veg