Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-04-19

prntnivcs and watch movements ar"
required to bear the names OF the
Manufacturer and country of origin.
Lead bearing ore. from y cents
pound 10 half cent.
As TO Aluminium and Lead
Aluminium. from cents pound 10
% per cent.
Anthony. from I cent a pound t"
10 per cent
Lead bullion. from - cents
pound to 60 per cent
Nickel pigs. from cents Il pound I"
10 per cent
Chemicals. oils and paints.
Alkalis and compounds. from % per
cent nd vaiorom Ia - per cent
Alum. etc. from u cent "A pound 10
T. per cent nd valorem.
HIrachiug powder. from 10 cent 10
ITO cent n pound
Fruit oils aud essences. from 81
pound to 20 per cent. al yalor"m.
Flaxsccd and linseod oil, from -
cents a gallon to - cents
cod. seal and white oil. from Z cents
"A gallon TO cents
Crude opium. from $50 pound TO
81
Prepared opium. from 81 Il pound
to S.
Ochcr and ochcr earths; Present
rates range from = cent to "a cent
"A pound. proposed rate per cent. al
valorpm
Orange mineral, from ga cents
pocnd to - per cent
Zinc oxide. from ! cent pound to
| 10 per cent
Paints. colors. etc from 30 per
/ cent To IL per cent
White lead. from cents pound 10
/ % per cent.
Spongcs. from 20 per cent to 10 per
/ cent
Reduction In SILK Goods.
| Chinaus. clothing. ready made. ar
! ticles Of wearing apparel Of every de-
| scriptiou, including knit goods, from
90 per cent. to 80 per cent. al va
| loren.
Woven fabrics. from 80 per cent. to
! Is per cent nd valorem.
feelings cords. tassles. ribbons OF
| artificial and imitation silk or horse
hair, from 81 cents a pound and go per
| cent. ad valorcm additional, TO 90 per
cent ad valorem.
Lumber and wood:
Vencers from 20 to Is per cent.
Osicr or willow for basketmakers
use. from - per cent to 10 per cent.
Willow furniture. from - to 20 per
cent
Details Of the Sugar Schedule.
The sugar schedule eliminates the
Dutch standard of color and reduces
the basic rate on sugar testing by the
polariscope not above 70 degrees from
% cent a pound to II cent pound
For each additional degree shown by
the poariscopic test the additional
rate is reduced from thirty-five one
thousandth Of / cent pound TO
twenty-six one-thousandths Of l cent
pound
The other items In the cane sugar
section are changed as follows: Mo
lasses testing not above 40 degrees.
from 20 to - per cent. ad valorem:
testing above 40 and not above % de-
grees. from 3 cents to "a cents gal
lon: testing above SO degrees. from b
cents to AZ cents a gallon. At the
end of the section the following clause
il added: Provided that three years
after the day when this act shall take
effect the articles herenbefore enum-
Grated In this paragraph shall there
after be admitted free Of duty"
Maple sugar and refined sirups. from
to cents pound.
Glucose or grape sugar. from / u to
/ "a cents a pound.
manufactured sugar cane. from 20
to IS per cent.
"a provision placing the articles In
this section on the free list after three
years Is also included.)
Sugar candy valued at Is cents a
pound or less from 4 cents pound
and - per cent. ad vaiorem to-
cents a pound; valued at more than
10 cents a pound. from 80 to % pei
cent.
Cuban sugars by treaty arrange
ments come in at 20 per cent. reduc
ton from the regular duties.b
Scrap tobacco. taken from general
classification. at a rate o. 80 cents a
pound. and given an indiyiuNal classi
fication Of IS cents pound.
Flax. hemp and jute:
Flag, hacked. from ) to l1z cents Q
pound.
Tow and fax. from $50 to $40 6
ton.
Hemp and tow OF hemp. from | cent
to " cent a pound.
Hemp. hacked, from to cent 6
pound.
Msttings, llnoleum, Etc.
Floor mattings. from ga cents to \.
cent a square yard.
Linoleum and oilcloth, now classi
fed from cents square and % pc
cent. to 10 cents square yard ant
20 per cent. reclassified at the follow
ing rates-plain or stamped linoleum
80 per cent: inlaid linoleum. 30 pc
, cent: oilcloth. IS per cent
Pile fabrics, from 60 to 40 per cent
} Bags or sacks of single jute yarns
from X cents pound and 10 per cent
D to rs per cent.
Paper and Books:
/. Printing paper (other than pape
commercially known as hand made o
D machine hand made paper. japan pa
ror apd imitation fanan naner n