The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-04-18


degrees and not above So; decree. ~
cents per gallon; TESTING above So as.
grees. ~ cents per gallon; sugar
DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings shaIl
be subjectto duty as molasses or sur.
ar. as the case may be, according q
the polariseopic test, provided that
three years after the day when this
act shall take effect the articles here.
inbefore enumerated In this para graph
shall thereafter be admitted free Of
duty"
Maple sugar. maple sirup and refined
sirups are taxed at 3. cents per pound,
glucose or grape sugar at III cents q
pound and sugar cane in It's natural
state or unmanufacturet Is per cent
lad yaloreIE At the end Il three years
the articles in this paragraph also shan
be admitted duty free.
A duty 81 IS cents per pound Is pro.
yided for saccharir. Sugar candy and
all confectio nery valued ut 10 cents per
pound or less have duty Of 2 cents
per pound, and valued at more than
10 cents per pound the duty Is Is per
cent adfyalorem.
The Metal Schedule.
The metal schedule provides duty
of 8 per cent ad valoren on iron in
pigs, wrought and east scrap iron and
scrap steel An iron in slabs, blooms.
loops or other forms less finished than
iron in bars and more advanced than
pig iron, except castings, also Is taxed
8 per cent
Beams, girders and joists and all 9th
er structural iron and steel are rated
at u per cent: boiler or other plate
iron or steel, is per cent; iron or steel
anchors and fofgings OF Iron or steel,
10 per cent; hoop band OF scroll iron
or steel ~ per cent; railway fish plates,
10 per cent; all iron or steel sheets,
plates or strips and all hoop bands or
scroll iron Or steel when galvanized, 20
per cent; steel ingots and sheets and
plates made by the Bessemer, open
hearth or similar processes not eons
taining alloys, 10 per cent, and with
alloys, 10 per cent; round iron or steel
wire, 20 per cent; bolts, with or with
out threads or nuts, IS per cent; cast
iron pipe Of every description, II per
cent; chain or chains Of all kinds of
iron or steel, 20 per cent; table, kitchen
and hospital utensils, % per cent; rtv-
cts, studs and steel points, 20 per cent;
screws, % per cent; copper In rolled
plates, sheets and rods, 5 per cent;
lead bearing ores OF all kinds, one-half
cent per pound on the lead contained
therein; lead dross and lead bullion, IS
per cent; nickel, 10 per cent: in sheets
or strips, 20 per cent; quicksilver, 10
per cent? watch movements, 80 per
cent; steam engines and steam locomo-
lives, 10 per cent.
The Agricultural Schedule.
The agricultural schedule provides
the following rates: Cattle, 10 per cent;
horses and mules valued at $500 or less
per head, $15; sheep, 10 per cent; bar
ley, is cents per bushel: barley malt,
Is cents per bushel; buckwheat, cents
per bushel; oats, 10 cents per bushel.
rice, cleaned, 1 cent per pound; rye,
10 cents per bushel; wheat, 10 cents
per bushel; biscuits, bread, waters
and cakes, when combined with choc.
oclate, nuts or fruits, 25 per cent;
butter and butter substitutes, 3 cents
per pound cheese and substitutes
therefor, 20 per cent; beans, % cents
per bushel; vegetables, II cut or sliced,
% per cent; pickles, % per cent; cider,
2 cents gallon; eggs, 2 cents dozen;
hay, 50 ton; hops, 16 cents pound;
straw, 80 cents ton; fish, packed in
oil, 20 per cent; apples, peaches and
other common fruits, 10 cents per
bushel; figs, 2 cents a pound; lemons,
lines, oranges, grapefruit, IS cents
package, which is about half the duty
Of the present law; poultry. live, cent
pound; fead, cents pound, as
compared with 8 and cents under the
present law; vinegar, cents gallon.
Under Scheduled; fax. not hacked
or dressed, is taxed one-half of cent
a pound, which is Just about cut in
half; cables and cordage one-half
cent per pound, as compared with
three-quarters OF cent per pound un-
der the present law; hemp cables are
taxed cent pound, compared with
.; floor matings "a cents per square
yard, as compared with 81; carpets Of
fax and hemp or other vegetable fiber,
80 per cent ad valorem; linoleum, 80
per cent, plain and IS inlaid: oilcloth.
10 per cent; shirts, collars and cuffs.
30 per cent.
Under Schedule K raw wool is on the
free list, combed wool or tops is taxed
10 per cent, yarns 20 per cent cloths
and knit fabrics 80 per cent; blankets
and fiannels Is per cent; women's and
children's dress goods, 35 per cent;
clothing, ready made, 35 percent; web
bings, suspenders and bracings, 80 per
cent; aubusson, administer, moquette
and chenille carpets, IS per cent; sax
ony, wilton and tourney velvet carpets,
80 per cent; Brussels carpets, 25 per
cent; velvet and tapestry velvet car
pets, 80 per cent; Venetian carpets. 20
per cent, and Dutch wool and two ply
ingram carpets, 20 per cent; mats and
rugs are taxed the same as carpets Of
like character.
Silks and Ribbons.
/ Hinder Schedule L silk goods. silk