The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-09
new TARIFF ON ZINC
PASSED BY THE HOUSE
IMPORTS UNDER PRESENT LAW
ARE PUINOUs TO DOMESTIC
INDUSTRY.

Duty on zinc imports Is provided
as follows in the bill passed by the
House on September 2.
Sec. l. Zinc-bearing ore of all
kinds, including calamine. contain
ing less than 10 per cent Of zinc, shall
be admitted free Of duty; containing
10 per cent or more of zinc and less
than 20 per cent, one-fourth of ] cent
per pound on the zinc contained there
in; containing 20 per cent or more
of zinc and less than rs per cent, one
half Of / cent per pound on the zinc
contained therein; containing rs per
cent Of zinc or more, l cent per pound
on the zinc contained therein: Pro-
vided, That on all importations of zinc
bearing ores the duties shall be esti-
mated at the port of entry, and a bond
given in double the amount of such
estimated duties for the transporta-
ton Of the ores by common carriers
bonded for the transportation Of ap-
praised or unappraised merchandise to
equipped sampling or smelt-
ing establishments, whether designated
as bonded warehouses or otherwise.
On the arrival Of the ores at such es-
Establishments they shall be sampled
according to commercial methods under
the supervision of gevrnment off,
GERS, who shall be stationed at
such establishments, and who shall
submit the samples thus obtained to
4 government assayer. designated by
the secretary Of the treasury, who shall
make a proper assay Of the sample,
and report the result to the proper
customs officers, and the import en-
.ries shall be liquidated thereon, ex-
,ept in case Of ores that shall be re-
moved to a bonded warehouse to be
'efined for expectation as provided by
aw. And the secretary Of the treas
Try Is authorized to make all neces-
'ary regulations to enforce the pro-
'isions of this paragraph.
Sec. Q. Zinc in blocks or pigs and
inc dust, 3-S cents per pound; in
heets, SIS cents per pound; in
heets coated or plated with nickel
II other metal or solutions, ga
ents per pound; old and worn-o ut,
1t only to be manufactured, cent |
er pound.
Large Importations.
Tho oop,pif faa Il, a.. ronort ,o,...
There are extensive zinc mining
istricts In Missouri, Kansas, Okla
oma. Wisconsin, Utah, Idaho, and
lsewhere in the United States, and
rior to the outbreak of the war In
Ola the total annual production Of
Inc ore in the Unitel States was ap-
$4,000 tons. which about
lualed the domestic consumption.
Prior to 1904 importatlons of zinc
re into the United States were neg
gible. but in that year 1000 tons
ere imported. Importations stead
y increased until 1909. when i'm {
ortations Of zinc ore totaled $4,000 {
ms. The foreign ores came chief S
from Mexico, and the great increase G
importations was most detrimental 4
the domestic industry. .
'The trainers of the tariff act of
ugust s, 1909, recognized the neces.
ty Of an import duty on zinc ores and c
We'd a duty Of cent per pound on
q metallic content of the higher
ade ores Under the stimulus thus
forded, together with the decreas- Il
imports from Mexico due to the IL
teral troubles, the zinc mining In Sc
stry in the United States prosper "
The tariff act Of October g. 1918, be
pealed the specific duties on zinc re
IS OF the Payne law and In lieu oe
ereof imposed an advalorem duty G.,
10 per centum Importations under DO
IS ad valorem rate have been de- -
to the domestic Industry. nf
Q importations Of zinc ore in 1915 an
counted to $4,000 tons, In 1915 to tic
900 tons, and 1917 to 100000 tons. ~,
In the Joplin. Mo-, district, where AS
ore the war so per cent Of the zinc co!
produced in the United States sa
s mined, IS per cent Of the mines
now closed down, and conditions
little. II any, better in the min Sc
districts of Oklahoma, Kansas,
elsewhere in the United States"