The Washington herald., 1913-04-08

ments are required to bear the names Of
the manufacturer and country Of origin.
CAemicaI Schedule.
Chemicals. oils and paints:
| Alkalies and compounds, from rs per
cent ad valorem to Is per cent
| Alum. &C., from Y cent per pound to
ID per cent ad valorem.
| Bleaching powder. from Is cent to
lilo cent per pound.
F1axseed and linseed oil, from Is cents
Cod. seal and whale oil. from Scents
gallon to cents.
| Crude opium, from $50 pound to s..
| Prepared opium, from e pound to "a.
| Orange mineral, from 81 cents pound
to Is Der cent.
Zinc oxide, from cent pound to 10
! per cent.
Paints. colors. &C.. from 80 per cent
White lead. from cents pound to Is
per cent.
sponses. from 20 per cent to 10 per
cent.
Silk goods:
Chiffons, clothing ready made. articles
OF wearing apparel of every description.
including knit goods, from 60 per cent
to SO per cent ad valorem.
Beltings, cords, tassels, ribbons of
artificial and imitation silk or horsehair,
from 40 cents per pound and GO ad va
loren additional to so per cent ad
valorem.
Lumber and wood:
Veneers, from 20 to Is per cent.
Willow furniture, from As to % per
| cent.
Sugar Reduced One-fourth.
The sugar schedule eliminates the
Dutch standard of color, and reduces the
basic rate, on sugar testing by the polari-
scope not above rs degrees. from ninety
five one-hundredths of cent per pound
to seventy-one one-hundredths Of L cent
per pound.
For each additional degree shown by
the polariscopic test the additional rate
is reduced from thirty-five one-thou-
sandths of / cent per pound to twenty
six one-thousandths of cent per pound.
The other items in the cane sugar sec
ton are changed as follows:
Molasses testing not above 40 degrees
from 20 to Is per cent ad valorem; test
ing above 40 and not above Sc degrees,
from cents to ala cents per gallon;
testing above Sc degrees. from cents to
41-2 cents per gallon. At the end of the
section the following clause is added:
Provided, that three years after the
day when this act shall take effect the
articles hereinbefore enumerated in this
paragraph shall thereafter be admitted
free of duty"
Other reductions are.
Maple sugar and refined sirups, from
to cents per pound.
Glucose or grape sugar, from IL to
is cents per pound
Unmanufactured sugar cane. from 20 to
Is per cent.
Sugar candy valued at Is cents per
pound. or less, from cents pound and
Is per cent ad valorem TO 2 cents per
pound; valued at more than 10 cents per
pound, from so to % per cent
Cuban sugars by treaty arrangements
come i'm at 20 per cent reduction from
the regular duties.
Flax Rate Changed.
Flax, hemp, and jute:
Flax, hacked, from to ! IL cents per
pound. Tow of fax, from $50 to SO per
ton.
Hemp and tow Of hemp, from cent to
IL cent per pound.
Hemp. hacked, from 2 to 1 cent per
pound.
Floor mattings from 31-2 cents to IL
cents per square yard.
Linoleum and oilcloth, now classified,
from cents per square yard and Is per
cent to 10 cents per square yard and 20
rates: Plain or stamped inoleum, 80 per
cent; inlaid linoleum, So per cent; oil
cloth, Is per cent.
Pile fabrics, from 60 to 40 per cent.
Bags or sacks of single iute yarns, from
rs cent per pound and Is per cent to %
per cent
sundry Changes.
Straw hats. unblocked and untrimmed,
So per cent to IS per cent
Brushes and feather busters from 40
to So per cent.
Fireworks, Il to 10 cents per pound.
Gunpowder, valued at less than 20 cents
per pound from cents to IL cent per
pound; valued over 20 cents per pound |
from A cents to / cent per pound.
Furs, dressed on skin, from 20 to 30
per cent; partly manufactured furs from
so to 40 per cent, furs for hatters use |
from 20 to 10 per cent.
Hats, bonnets, and hoods, of felt, taxed
under the classifications of the present
law at from $1.50 per dozen and 20 per
cent ad valorem, to 81 a dozen and 20
per cent, placed in the new Dill at 40
per cent ad valorem.,
Women's "glace" gloves from S12o to
81 dozen, when not over fourteen inches
in length; an additional tax of % cents
per dozen for each inch in length over
fourteen inches.
women KID gloves ITOIi 30 " % pei 1
dozen, not over fourteen inches in |
length; an additional 25-cent tax per
dozen for each inch over fourteen inches |
in length.
Cumulative duty on lined gloves. cot
ton lined, from 81 to % cents per dozen; |
silk or wool lined from 81 to 50 cents |
per dozen, fur lined from 81 to 81.
Musical Instruments from a to 50 per |
cent.
monographs from As to % per cent.
Photographic plates from % to 20 per |
cent.
Moving picture films from % to 20 per |
cent.
Umbrellas and sunshades from % to 80
per cent
The schedule carries a general pro-
vision decreasing the duty on manu-
featured articles not specifically provided !.
for in the section from 20 to 10 per cent.
manufactured articles remain at 10
per cent.
TWO CURRENCY BILLS.