Rock Island Argus., 1913-04-08

Fruit OILS and essences from 81
pound TO 20 per cent ad valorem.
FlaXseed and linseed oil from Is
cents a gallon TO u cents.
Cod, seal and whale oil from cents
a gallon 10 cents.
Crude opium from $50 pound to
So.
Prepared opium from 81 a pound to
81
oCHER AND OCHER EARTHS.
Present rates range from \ TO SS
cent a pound; proposed rate per
cent ad valorem.
Orange mineral from 314 cents a
pound to % per cent.
Zinc oxide from l cent a pound to
10 per cent.
Paints, colors, etc. from 80 per cent
TO Is per cent.
White lead from cents a pound to
25 per cent.
sponges from 20 per cent to 10 per
cent.
SILK GOODS.
Chiffons, clothing ready made. arti-
cles OF wearing apparel OF every de-
scription, including knit goods, from
so per cent TO so per cent ad valorem.
Woven fabrics from so per cent to
As per cent ad valorem.
Beltings, cords. tassles. ribbons OF
artificial and imitation silk or horse
hair from 45 cents per pound and 60
/ per cent ad valorem to so per cent ad
4 valorem.
LUMBER AND WOOD.
! Veneers from 20 to Is per cent.
! Osler or willow for basket makers
use from 25 per cent TO 10 per cent
. Willow furniture from As TO % per
cent.
The sugar schedule eliminates the
Dutch standard Of color and reduces
the basic rate on sugar testing by the
polariscope not above rs degrees from
.95 Of l cent per pound 10 rs Of l cent
per pound.
For each additional degree showr
! by tire po-ariscopic test the additional
rate is reduced from .O65 Of l cent pei
pound to ops OF / cent per pound.
The other items in the can sugar
section are changed, as follows:
Molasses testing nOt above 40 de
/ grees. from 20 to Is per cent ad valor
EN-: testing above 40 and not above
So degrees. from cents to "a cents
per gallon: testing above SO degrees
from 6 cents to Az cents per gallon
At the end of the section the follow
ing clause is added:
PROVIDED that three years afte
the day when this act shall take effect
the articles hereinbefOre enumerated
in this paragraph shall thereafter b'
admitted free of duty"
Other reductions are:
Maple sugar and refined syrups
from I to cents per pound.
Glucose or grape sugar, from IL t
is cents per pound.
manufactured sugar cane, from
20 to Is per cent.
A provision pacing the articles i
this section on the free list after tire
years is also included.
Sugar candy valued al Is cents pc
pound or less from cents poun
and - per cent ad vaIorem. to cent
per pound; valued ar more than l
cents per pound, from 80 to 25 pc
cent
Cuban sugars b. treaty arrange
mcnts cone in at 3 20 per cent redu(
ton from the regular duties.
TOBACCO.
Only a single change was made i
the tobacco schedule. Scrap tobacc
was taken from a general class fici
ton. al rate Of So cents per pound
and given an individual cIassifcatio
at So cents pound
FLAX. HEMP AID JUTE.
Flax. hacked. from 10 IL cent
per pound.
, Tow of fax, from $50 to $40 per tor
Hemp and tow OF hemp, from l Ger
I to p cent per pound.
Hemp, hacked, from > to ! cen:
pound
! F.oor mattings, from 31k cents to !
cent a square yard
Linoleum and oil cloth. now class
fed from cents a square yard an
Is per cent to 10 cents a square var
and 90 per cent. reclassified at the 70
lowing rates: Plain or stamped lin
, leum, 80 per cent; inlaid linoleum, :
per cent; oil cloth, Is per cent
n Pile fabrics, from 60 to 40 per cen
Bags or sacks of single iute yarn
from 7-8 cent pound and IS per cer
to rs per cent.
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