The Washington herald., 1909-03-18

sewing machines. typewriters. and all
steam engines. from 45 per centum TO 80
per centum ad valorum. Embroidery ma
chimes and lace-making machines, the
same rate. with provlso that they may
be imported free until July /. 1911
Timber. from l cent per cubic foot TO
= cent per cubic foot
Sawed boards. planks. and so forth. OF
whitewood, sycamore, and Eastwood, from
s. per L0o0 70 80 cents per loo.
All other sawed lumber from 8 70 s.
II further advanced and manufactured,
the same reduction from the present law.
Paving posts. railroad ties. telephone
poles, and so forth. from % Per centum
70 10 per centum ad valorem.
ClapbOards, from S150 per 1000 70 81
per LO0o
Kindling wood transferred 10 the free
list
Laths. from . cents per 1000 pieces 20
% cents per 1000
Fence posts. from 10 per centum 10 the
free list.
Sugar Change slight.
Sugar. refined, from $500 cents 20
sO-10o cents per pound.
Flax straw. al $500 per don under pres
ent law. and fax. not hacked OF dressed.
at cent per pound transferred 10 the
free list Cables and cOrdage. reduced
from / cent 20 3-4 OF I cent per pound
Threads, not finer than five lea or num-
Der. reduced from 70 cents 20 % cents
pc. pound. with 5-S instead Of 81 Of :
cents per pound advance with each lea
IN number in excess Of i've Single yarns
not finer than eight lea. reduced from Z
cents 20 cents per pound Flax gilt
nettinEs. from = 70 - per centum- Car
pets. mats. and so forth. from cents
per square yard and . Per centum ad
valOrem 70 cents per square yard aiic
80 per centum ad valoreu, when valued
not above Is cents per square yard II
valued above % cents. from 10 cents per
square ward and IS per centum ad valorem
20 cents per square yard and 81 per
centuu ad yaIOrem. Hydraulic hose,
from % cents per pound 10 15 cents per
pound Oilcloth. including linOleunA under
nine feet in width. the same; above nlne
feet. from % cents per square yard ana
% Der centum ad valOrem to y cents per
square yard and II per centum ao valor-
EN-. Waterproof cloth remains the same.
Shirts. collars. and CUTS OF cotton, from
= cents. per dozen and Is per centum ad
valorem 10 S5 cents per dozen and 10 per
centum ad valorem.
Coal and Hides Free.
Bituminous coal and coke. from any
country admitting American coal free.
from g. cents per ton for coal and % per
centum ad valorem for coke. 10 free list
Gunpowder valued al 20 cents and less
per pound. from 4 cents per pound TO
cents; valued over % cents per pound.
from cents per pound 70 4 cents
Cartridges. from S5 10 80 per centum ad
vslorem; blasting caps. from S2.s6 per
thousand. equivalent to s. per centum ad
vaIorem. TO 80 per centum ad valorem;
mine and blasting fuse. from s. per
centum 10 3 per centum ad valOrem.
Hides Of cattle. from Is per centum ad
valorem 10 free list Band and sole
leather. from % per centum ad valorena 10
per centum ad valOrem. Upper leather,
calf skins, chamois skins. kangaroo,
sheep. and goat skins. and other leather
not provided for. from % per centum TO
Is per centum ad vaiorem- Patent
leather. weighing not over ten pounds
per dozen skins, from 80 cents per pound
and % per centum ad valOrem; weighing
over ten pounds and not over twenty-five
pounds per dozen. from 50 cents per pound
and 10 per centum ad valorem: weighing
over twenty-five pounds, from 20 cents
per dozen and % cents per pound and
10 per centum ad valOrem, all 10 20 per
centunl -. valorem; pianoforte leather,
from S5 per centUm nd valOrem to 20 per
centum ad yalorem: boots and shoes
from . per centum ad valorem 10 Is per
centum ad valoTem; shoe laces, from 50
81
valorem to - per centum ad valorem.
leather cut into shoe uppers. &C. from
S5 20 % per centum ad valorem. all other
manufactures OF leather. from 50 per
centum al valorem TO 50 per centum ad
valorem.
Agricultural impliments, plows, SC,
from 20 per ceutum ad valorem TO Is per
centum ad valOren, and further provision
70 free list from any country admitting
agricultural machinery free.
Works OF art. including paintings and
statuary. more than twenty years old
from 20 per centum 10 the free list.
The articles mentioned IN the remaining
paragraphs are rated. substantially, at
the same duty as under the present law.
miscellaneous PrcvisiOns.
The miscellaneous provisions OF the bin
are as follows:
The bill adds a new paragraph 10 sec
ton II Of the customs administrative act.
which provides for the appraisemeut OF
goods imported by consignment and not
by sale where there is no market price
at the place OF the origin OF the goods
After re-enacting the present provisions
to ascertain the value the bill adds this
paragraph:
The actual market value or wholesale
price, as defined by law, OF any imported