Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-18

20 - u Genus per pounu. paper
hangings from % cent TO 30 per cent.
Id valorem: paper no, specially pro
vided for. from IS per cent. to IS
per cent. ad valorem Plain paper
envelopes. from 20 per cent. to 20
per cent. ad yaiorem.
The recommended ions OF the 50.
lrct committee wert To permit tn"
ire. entry Of mechanically gro mi
wood pulp from any country not i'm
posing export duty. ana 10 rrdnce
printing paper valued At not abov"
> Ia cents per pound. from three
tenths to one-tenth OF Oh" cent per
pound: valued MOI allow two and one.
half cents q pound from iourtenths
to IWO-tenths Of ONE cent per pound.
Reductions Outnumber increases.
The reductions in duty are much
more numerous than the increases.
Material reductions made in the
chemical schedule show: Varnshes,
reduced from So to 81 per cent. ad
valorem: and spiri, rarnishes. from
Size per gallon and ." per cent. to
- per cent al valOrem.
SpOnces and manufactures OF, from
10 per cent. 10 30 per cent. al va
loren
Sulphur refined or sublimed Of
flowers of. from s. per ton to S. per
ton
Articles in this sCh-dml" that are
placed on the free list are: Sulphate
OF ammonia. copperas. licorice and
cotton seed Oil and Groom oil.
Examples Are Given.
The statement gives the following
important reductions in other SEIZED
ules:
schedule on earths and "arthen'
ware:
"Eira-brick and other brick. II
glazed and enameied. from As per
cent. to )! per cent. ad valorem.
"freestone and other building or
ornamental stone. except marbl" and
onyx. manufactured. from - cents
to six cents per cubic foot
"On marble sawed or dressed the
reduction is about one-sixIh and the
additional duty If rnbbed in whole or
in part is reduced from three cents
TO two cents per superficial foot.
Metal Schedule.
Iron ore and basic Stag from -
cents per ton. to the free list
Pig iron. iron ken,ledge. and,
spiegeleizen. from 81 per ton TO $3.50.
Scrap iron an dsteel from 81 per
ton 10 50 cents per ton.
Bar iron from one-sixteenth OF one
cent to four-tenths of one cent per
pound
Cotton ties from five-tenths Of one
cent per pound 10 three tenths.
Railway bars and steel rails. from
seven-twentieths of one cent per
pound to seyen-fortieths: railway fish
plates from four-tenths OF one cent
per pound to two-tenths.
Round iron or steel wire. not
smaller than No. 3 wire gauge, from
one and one-fourth cents per pound
to one cent: not smaller than No. l6.
from one and one-half cents to one
and one-fourth cent per pOunl; small
cents per pound.
Al vaIorem Comes In.
THAT all these foregoing valued
at more than four cents per pound
shall pay not less than forty per cent.
ad valorem.
"Crosscut saws. from six cents to
FIVE cents per foot: mill saws. from
ten cents. per linear foot to 8 cents
per linear foot: pit and dragged
saws, feom cents per linear foot to
g cents per linear foot: circular saws.
from Is per cent. ad valorem to 90
per cent. ad valorem; steel band
saws, from cents per linear foot to
per pound; and 20 per cent. ad va
Nthop
duced from 30 per cent. to Is per
cent. ad valorem.
"Wheels for railway purposes or
parts thereof from one and one-half
cents to I IA cents per pound: in
COTS, blooms or blanks for the same.
from I IA cents TO cent per pound.
Cash registers. electrical appa-
ra,us ana machinery. jute, manufac'
turing machinery linotype and all
typesetting machines. machine tools
printing presses. sewing machines,
typewriters. and all steam engines,
from IS per cent 10 IS per cent. ad
valormen.
Embroidery machines and lace
making machines. the same rate. win
q proviso that they be imported free
until July l. 1911.
Lumber Schedule.
Timber. from, one cent per cutie
foot to one-hal. cent per cubic foot.
Sawed boards. planks. OF white
wood. sycamoee and bass wool. from
81 per thousand to 80 cents per thou'
sand.
All other sawed lumber from 81
to 81.
IF further advanced and manufac'
tured the same reduction from the
present law.
Paving posts. railroad ties. tele'
phone poles. etc. from 20 per cent.
10 10 per cent. ad vaIorem.
"cIapboards from $1.S0 per thou
sand to 81 per thousand.