The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-08-06

made for countervailing duty in
case it becomes necessary to protect
this country against Canada's inhibi-
lions upon the expectation of woods
to the United States.
Hides of cattle come in free and
there is corresponding reduction on
leather and leather goods. The free
hide provision is based on the condi-
ton that on and after October l.,
1909, sole leather from the hides that
are to be admitted free will pay a
duty of five per cent; grain, buff and
split leather tx 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 reduction of Is per cent. on
boots and shoes, 20 per cent. on har-
ness and saddlery, Is per cent. on sole
leather and 12k 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 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 it's products come in under
the same terms.
Increases in the chemical schedules
are as follows:
LIQUID anhydrous ammonia, from rs
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 DelnS as lOllOWS.
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 so to
35 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 hundredths of one cent per
pound.
Iodoform from 81 to rs cents per
pound.
Licorice from AZ to 2k cents per
pound.
Cottonseed Oil on Free List.
COIIOuSG0u COIIOA OlA AAohA
the dutiable to the free list.
Flaxseed, linseed and poppy seed
oil from 20 to Is cents per gallon.
Peppermint oil from so to rs cents
per gallon. esq
Ocher and ochery earths, sienna and
sienna earths, and lumber and lumber
earths, if ground in oil or water, from
~ to one cent per pound.
Varnishes from 35 per cent. to rs
per cent ad valorem.
Methylated and spirit varnishes
from s1.32 per gallon and IS per cent.
ad valorem to 35 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 a cent pound.
Bichromate and chromate of potash
from three to IA cents per pound.
Chlorate of potash from 21A to two
cents per pound
Crystal carbonate of soda from
three-tenths to one-fourth of one cent
per pound; chlorate of soda from two
to IL cents per pound.
Hydrate of, or caustic soda, from
three-fourths to one-half of one cent
per pound; nitrate of soda from 2h
to two cents per pound.
Sulphate of soda, or salt cake, or
inter cake, from $1.25 to 81 per ton.
Strychnia, or strychnine, from 80 to
Is cents per ounce.
Sulphur, refined or sublimated, or
flowers of, from So to Sc 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 As per cent. to IS per cent.
ad valorem; brick, other than fire
brick, if glazed, from As per cent. to
35 per cent. ad valorem.
Plaster rock, or gypsum, crude, from
so to 80 cents per ton; If ground or
calcined, from $2.25 to $125.
Unpublished, cylinder, crown and
common window glass, smaller glass
and cheaper values, reduced one-eighth
or cent per pound.
Onyx in block, from $3.50 per cubic
foot to IS cents per cubic foot.
Duty Lowered on Marble.
Marble, sawed or dressed, over two
inches in thickness, from $1.10 to 81
per cubic foot, with other reductions
on the entire marble paragraph and
on other stone.
There is general reduction in mica
to 80 per cent. ad valorem. There
was before a mixed specific and ad
@alorem system.
Structural steel, fitted for use, falls
in the basket clause at As per cent. ad
valorem.
There also is an increase on razors,
and upon nippers and pliers.
Lithograhpic plates are increased