Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1911-07-27

The Canadian reciprocity passed the
senate and has been signed by the presi-
dent. The long fight is now over and
Taft finally got what he wanted without
even an amendment. This ends one of
the greatest fights which the smiling
White House occupant has had since
coming into Office.
The Text Of the Bill as Passed
The full text of the Mccall bill for
Canadian reciprocity as passed by the
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 In
after enumerated, the growth, product
or manufacture of the Dominion OF Can
ada, when imported therefrom into the
United States or any OF its possessions,
except the Philippines Islands and the
islands of Guam and Tutulia, in lieu of
the duties now levied, collected and paid
the following duties, namely:
Fresh beef. veal, mutton,
lamb, pork and all other fresh or refrig-
Grated meats, excepting game IL
cents per pound.
Meats of all kinds-dried, smoked,
sailed, In brine or prepared or preserved
In any manner-not otherwise herein
provided for. II cents per pound
Canned meats aud canned poultry, 20
per centum ad yalofem.
Extract of meat. fluid or not, 20 per
centum ad valorem.
Lard and compounds thereof, cote
lene and cotton stearine and animal
stearine, II cents pound
Tallow, 40 cents per hundred pounds.
Egg yoIk, egg albumen and blood al
bumen, n per centum ad valoPem.
Fish, except shell6sh, By whatever
name known, packed in oil, in tin boxes
or cans, including the weight of the
package-(a) when Weighing over 20
ounces and not over SO ounces each,
cents per package: (b) when weighing
oyer IL ounces and not over 30 ounces
each cents per package; (c) when
Weighing Ii ounces each or less, cents
per package; (dD when weighing SO oun-
ces each or more or when packed in oil,
in bottles, jars or kegs, 30 per centum
ad valorem.
Tomatoes and other vegetables, in clu-
ding corn in cans or other air tight pack
ages and including the weight of the
package, II cents per. pound.
Wheat -four and semoli na and rye
flour, so cents per barrel 1876 pounds
Oatmeal and rolled oats, including the
weight of paper covering, so cents per
hundred pounds.
Cornmeal, l21 cents per hundred lbs
Barley malt 45 cents per hundred
pounds.
Barley, pot, pearled or patent, one
half cent per pound.
BuckWheat flour or meal, one-half
cent per pound.
Split peas. dried, ~ cents per bushel
Of sixty pounds.
Prepared cereal foods, not otherwise
provided for herein, l7i per centum ad
galorem.
Bran, middlings and other offals Of
grain used for animal food. III cents per
: hundred pounds.
Macaroni and vermicelli. / cent per
pound.
Biscuits, waters and cakes, when
sweetened with sugar, honey, molasse
or other material, rs per centnm ad
valoFem.
Biscuits, wafers cakes and other
baked articles composed in whole or in
part Of eggs OF any kind Of Hour or meal
when combined with chocolate, nuts,
frnil Or confectionery; also candied peel,
candied pOpcorn, candied nuts. candied
fruits, sugar oandy and confectionery Of
81 kinds, 32s per centum ad valSrem.
Maple sugar and maple syrup cent
PER pound.
Pickles. including plckled nuts, sauces
Of all kinds. and tish paste OF sauce, 923
per centum ad valOEem
Cherry juice and prune juice Of prnne
wlEe, and other fruit juices and fruit
sprup. nonaleholic, l73 per centum ad
Yalofem.
Mineral vsss.. and ilaisasleas q -