The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1909-08-18

free Of duty instead Of paying one
twelfth OF cent q pound a. under
the Dingley law. but provision IL
made for countervailing duty In
case 1t becomes necessary to protect
this country against Canada's inhibi-
tons upon the expectation of woods
to the United States.
Hides Of cattle come in free and
there IL corresponding reduction on
leather and leather goods. The free
hide provision 10 based on the condi-
ton that on and after October l,
1909, sole leather from the hides that
are to be admitted free win pay
duty Of i've per cent; grain, bun and
split leather If per cent: boots and
shoes. the upper leather OF which II
made from such hides, 10 per cent.
and harness and saddlery, 20 per
cent. This schedule Of rates will re.
suit in . reduction of Is per cent. on
boots and shoes. 20 per cent. on har-
ness and saddlery. Is per cent. on sole
leather and 12h per cent. on leather
for uppers. II made of the hides that
are put on the free list by the pro-
vision.
Rituminous coal is reduced from 81
cents per ton to IS cents. and there
IL also a reduction on gunpowder.
matches and cartridges. Agricultural
implements 60 OF from 20 per cent.
id valorem to Is per cent. and the
older works Of art are placed upon
the free list Petroleum. which re-
ceived much attention In both
houses. slips through without any
duty. countervailing or otherwise. and
most Of its products come in under
the same terms.
Increases In the chemical schedules
are az follows:
Liquid anhydrous ammonia. from Is
per cent. ad valorem to five cents per
pound.
Manufactures OF collodion, increased
i've per cent.
Coca leaves increased i've cents per
pound
Fancy soaps increased from Is cents
per pound to 50 per centum ad va
loren.
The list Of decreases in this sched-
ule was much longer. the principal
items being as follows:
Boracic acid from five to two cents
per pound.
Chronic acid and tactic acid from
three to two cents per pound.
Salicylic acid from ten to seven
cents per pound.
Tannic acid. or tannin. from 50 to
IS cents per pound.
Sulphate of ammonia from three
tenths cent per pound to free list.
Borax from five to two cents per
pound.
Borate of lime and other borate ma
terial from four to two cents per
pound.
Chloroform from 20 to 10 cents per
pound.
Copperas from one-fourth cent to fif-
teen hundred,hs of one cent per
pound.
Iodoform from 81 to IS cents per
pound.
Licorice from ~ to "a cents per
pound.
cottonseed Oil on Free List.
Cottonseed oil and cotton oil from
the dutiable to the free list.
Flaxseed. linseed and poppy seed
oil from 20 to Is cents per gallon.
Peppermint oil from 50 to % cents
per gallon.
Ocher and ochery earths, sienna and
sienna earths, and umber and lumber
earths, if ground in oil or water, from
IL to one cent per pound.
Varnishes from So per cent. to Is
per cent. ad valorem.
Methylated and spirit varnishes
from $1.32 per gallon and IS per cent.
ad valorem to IS cents per gallon and
IS per cent. ad valorem; white lead.
acetate of lead, and number OF other
lead products, from one-fourth to one
eighth of a cent a pound.
BichrOmate and chromate of potash
from three to ~ cents per pound.
Chlorate of potash from 2h to two
cents per pound.
Crystal carbonate of soda from
three-tenths to one-fourth of one cent
per pound: chlOrate of SOFA from two
to IN cents per pound.
Hydrate of, or caustic soda, from
three-fOurths to one-half of one cent
per pound: nitrate of soda from ~
to two cents per pound.
Sulphate of soda, or salt cake. or
inter cake. from $1.25 to 81 per ton.
Strychaia, or strychnine, from 80 to
Is cents per ounce.
Sulphur, refined or sublimated, or
flowers of, from IS to IS per ton.
In earthenware and glassware
there is but one increase. This is slight
and is made on the smaller sizes OF
plate glass. The decreases in this
schedule include:
Fire brick. glazed. enameled. and so
forth, from IS per cent. to 80 per cent.
ad svalorem: brick, other than fire
brick. if glazed, from As per cent. to
IS per cent. ad valOrem.
Plaster rock. or gypsum. crude, from
50 to 30 cents per ton: If ground or
calcined. from 1925 to $1.25.
Unpublished, cylinder, crown and
common window glass. smaller glass
and cheaper values. reduced one-eiShth
of a cent per pound.
Onyx in block. from $1.5O per cubic
foot to 65 cents per cubic foot.
Duty Lowered on Marble.
Marble, sawed or dressed. over two