Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-20
TREATY AS FAVORED BY TAFT
Special Meeting of Congress, Which Is Now in
Session, Was Called by the President to
Consider This Agreement and the
Probabilities Are That 1t Will Be
Enacted Into Law.

The fun text OF the Mccall bill for
Canadian reciprocity as passed by the
house OF representatives is as follows:
BE II enacted by the senate and
house OF representatives OF the United
States OF America in congress assem-
bled. That there shall be levied, col
lected and paid upon the articles here
matter enumerated. the growth, prod
uct or manufacture OF the Dominion OF
Canada, when imported therefrom into
the United States or any OF it's posses
sions. except the Philippine islands
and the islands OF Guam and Tutuila.
In lieu OF the duties now levied, col
lected and paid the following duties.
namely
Fresh Meats, Etc.
Fresh meats-beef veal. mutton.
lamb, pork and all other fresh or re-
frigera'ed meats excepting game-lA
cents per pound.
Bacon aud hams not in tins or Jars
"a cents per pound
Meats of all kinds-dried, smoked,
sailed. In brine or prepared or pre-
served In any manner-not otherwise
herein provided for. IA cents per
pound.
Canned meats and canned poultry
20 per cenium ad yalorem.
Extract of meat. fluid or not 20 per
centum ad valorem.
Lard and compounds thereof. cotto-
lene and cotton stearine and animal
rtcarine. ~ cents per pound
Tallow. 40 cents per hundred pounds
n IL
bumen. IN per centum ad valorem
Fish te1Cept shellnsh). by whatever
name known. packed in oil. in tin
boxes or cans. including the weight OF
the package-(a) when weighing over
twenty ounces and not over thirty-six
ounces each 8 cents per package: (b)
when weighing over twelve ounces and
not over twenty ounces each. 4 cents
per package. (cl when weighing
Twelve ounces each or less. ? cents per
package. Id when weighing thirty six
in oil. in bottles. jars or kegs. 30 per
centum ad valorem
Tomatoes and other vegetables, in
Guiding corn in cans or other air tight
packages and including the weight OF
the package. "a cents per pound
Miscellaneous Grains.
Wheat -four and semolina and rye
-four. 80 cents per barrel OF 1876 pounds.
Oatmeal and rolled oats. including
the weight OF paper covering. 90
cents per hundred pounds.
Cornmcal. l2ia cents per hundred
pounds.
Barley malt 40 cents per hundred
pounds.
Barley. pot pearled or patent. one
half cent per pound
Huckwhcat flour or meal. one.half
cent per pound.
Spill, peas. dried. ~. cents per bushel
OF sixty pounds.
Prepared cereal foods not otherwise
pro,i Ged for herein. 17x per centum
ad valorem
Bran. middlings and other offals OF
grain used for animal food. l2la cents
per hundred pounds.
Macaroni and vermicelli. l cent per
pound
biscuits. waters and cakes. when
sW'etened with sugar. honey. molas
Sos or other material. % per centum
al Nalorem.
Pastry and Confectionery.
biscuits waters. cakes and other
baked articles composed in whole OF
In part of eggs or any kind OF flour
or meal when combined with choco
late. nuts. fruits or confectionery: also
candied peel. candied popcorn. can
died nuts. candied fruits. sugar candy
nj oil
per centum ad valorem.
Maple sugar and maple syrup. l cent
per pound
Pickles. including picked nuts
sauces of all kinds. and fish paste oil
sauce. 32ie per centum ad valorem.
Cherry Juice and prune juice. oi
prune wine, and other fruit juices and
fruit syrup. nonalcoholic. l7k pei
centum adj yalorem.
Mineral waters and limitations OF
natural mineral waters. in bottles oI
jugs. l7i4 per centum ad valorem.
Essential oils. ~ per centum ad va
loren.
Grapevincs. goosebcrry. raspberr,
and currant bushes. l7h per centun
ad yalorcm.
Farm implements, Etc.
Farm wagons and finished parts
thereof. 22M per centum ad valorem.
plows. tooth and disk harrows, har
vesters. reapers. agricultural drills ant
planters. mowers. horse rakes. cutiva
tors. thTeshing machines. including
wind siackers. baggers. weighers ant
self feeders therefor and finished part
thereof imported for repair OF the fore
going. II per centum ad valorem.
Portable engines with boilers II
combination. horsepowers and Traction
engines for farm purposes. hay leaders
potato diggers. fodder or feed cutters
grain crnshers. tanning mills, hay ted