Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-04-18


required to bear the names Of the
manufacturer and country of origin.
Lead bearing ore, from IL cents q
pound to half a cent
AZ to Aluminium and Lead.
Aluminium. from Z cents a pound to
20 per cent
Anthony. from 1 cent a pound to
10 per cent
Lead bullion. from 1-3 cents q
pound to rs per cent
Nickel pigs, from cents a pound to
10 per cent.
Chemicals, oils and paints:
Alkalis and compounds, from rs per
cent ad valorem to Is per cent.
Alum, etc, from u cent a pound to
Is per cent. ad valorem.
Bleaching powder. from 10 cent to
lilo cent pound.
Fruit oils and essences, from 81
pound to 20 per cent. ad valorem.
F1axseed and linseed oil, from 10
cents gallon to IL cents.
Cod, seal and white oil, from z cents
gallon to cents.
Crude opium, from $3.50 a pound to
SO.
Prepared opium, from 81 a pound
to 81.
Ocher and ocher earths: Present
rates range from Il cent to % cent
pound; proposed rate 8 per cent, ad
valorem.
Orange mineral, from 314 cents a
pound to 25 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 3 cents pound to
rs per cent.
Sponges, from 20 per cent. to 10 per
cent
Reduction In SILK Goods.
Chiffons, clothing, ready-made, ar
ticles of wearing apparel Of every de-
scription, including knit goods, from
60 per cent to 80 per cent. ad va
loren.
Woven fabrics, from 30 per cent. to
As per cent. ad valorem
Beltings, cords, tassles, ribbons OF
artificial and imitation silk or horse
hair, from As cents pound and so per
cent. ad valorem additional, to 60 per
cent. ad valorem.
Lumber and wood:
Veneers, from 20 to Is per cent.
Osier or willow for basketmakers'
use, from rs per cent. to 10 per cent.
Willow furniture, from As to rs 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 rs degrees from
.95 cent a pound to II cent a pound.
For each additional degree shown by
the polariscopic test the additional
rate is reduced from thirty-five one
thousandth of l cent a pound to
twenty-six one-thousandths OF / cent
a pound.
The other items in the cane sugar
section are changed as follows: Mo
lasses testing not above 40 degrees,
from 20 to Is per cent ad valorem;
testing above 40 and not above Sc de-
grees, from cents to "a cents q gal
Ion; testing above Sc degrees, from
cents to Az cents 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 enum-
Grated in this paragraph shall there
after be admitted free of duty"
Maple sugar and refined sirups, from
4 to cents a pound.
Glucose or grape sugar, from "a to
ia 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 cents pound
and Is per cent. ad valorem to 2
cents pound; valued at more than
Is cents a pound, from so to 25 per
cent.
Cuban sugars by treaty arrange
ments come in at a 20 per cent. reduc-
ton from the regular duties)
Scrap tobacco, taken from a general
classification, at rate of So cents a
pound, and given an individual CLASH
fication Of 35 cents pound.
Flax, hemp and jute:
Flag, hacked, from to Ia cents
pound.
Tow and fax, from $40 to $40 a
ton.
Hemp and tow of hemp, from 1 cent
to ~ cent a pound.
Hemp hacked, from to / cent a
pound
Mattlnes, LinoIeum, Etc.
Floor mattings, from S1a cents to "a
| cent square yard.
Linoleum and oilcloth, now classi
fed from s cents square and 25 per
cent, to 10 cents a square yard and
20 per cent. reclassified at the follow
ing rates-plain or stamped linoleum,
30 per cent; inlaid linoleum, 35 per
cent; oilcloth, Is per cent.
Pile fabrics, from so to 40 per cent
Bags or sacks of single jute yarns,