Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-08-20

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twelfth ef 4 cent q pound 40 under
the Dingiey law, but provision IN
made for q countervailing duty in
case 1t becomes necessary to protect
this country against Canada's inhibi-
tions upon the expectation Of woods
to the United States.
Hides Of cattle come in free and
there is a corresponding reduction on
leather and leather goods. The free
hide provision is based on the condi.
tlon that on and after October 1,
1909, sole leather from the hides that
are to be admitted free will pay q
duty OF five per cent; grain, buff and
split leather 71a per cent; boots and
shoes, the upper leather of which is
made from such hides, 10 per cent.
and harness and saddlery, 20 per
cent. This schedule of rates will re-
suit in a reduction of Is per cent. on
boots and shoes, 20 per cent. on har-
ness and saddlery, Is per cent. on sole
leather and 121a per cent. on leather
for uppers, if made of the hides that
are put on the free list by the pro-
vision.
Bituminous coal Is reduced from 81
cents per ton to As cents, and there
Is also a reduction on gunpowder,
matches and cartridges. Agricultural
implements go of from 20 per cent.
ad 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 as follows:
Liquid anhydrous ammonia, from 25
per cent. ad valorem to five cents per
pound.
Manufactures Of collodion, increased
five per cent.
Coca leaves increased five cents per
pound.
Fancy soaps increased from Is cents
per pound to so 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 lachc acid from
three to two cents per pound.
Salicylic acid from zen to seven
cents per pound.
Tannic acid, or tanniD, from so to
IS cents per pound.
Sulphate of ammonia from three
tenths cent per pound 10 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 if
teen hundredtbs of one cent per
pound.
Iodoform from 81 To IS cents per
pound.
Licorice from ~ to ~ cents per
pound.
cottonseed OIL on Free List.
Cottonseed oil and cotton oil from
the dutiable to the free list.
Flaxseed, linsesd and poppy seed
oil FROM 20 to Is cents per gallon.
Peppermint oil from so to rs cents
per gillon.
Ocher and ochery earths, sienna and
sieDha earths, and lumber and lumber
earths, If ground in oil or water, from
1k to one cent per pound.
Varnishes from IS per cent. to Is
per cent. ad valorsm.
Methylated and spirit varnishes
from s1.S2 per gallon and IS per cent
ad valorem to IS cents per gallon and
35 per cent. ad valorem; white lead,
acetate Of lead, and a number of other
lead products, from one-fourth to one
eighth Of cent . pound.
Bichromate and chromate Of potash
from three to ~ cents per pound.
Chlorste Of potash from 21s to tive
cents per pound.
Crystal carbonate of soda from
three-tentbs to ons-fourth of one cent
per pound; chlorate of soda from tive
to " 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, OF
inter cake, from ;1.25 to 81 per ton
Strychnia, or strychnine, from 30 t.
is cents per ounce.
Sulphur, refined or sublimated, OF
flowers Of, from So to Sc per ton.
In earthenwars 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 SC
forth, from 45 per cent. to So per cent
ad valorem; brick, other than fire
brick, if glazed, from As per cent. t.
IS per cent. ad valorem.
Plaster rock, or gypsum, crude, from
so to 30 cents per ton; if ground OF
20 Ioipod froro 60 OK e. e. o.