The Washington herald., 1921-04-13
COMPLETE TEXT OF
EMERGENCY TARIFF
ORDER Set FORTH
Time Limit Subjected to
Change From Ten to
Six Months.
SLIGHTLY CHANGED
Rates of Duty Except for Cot
ton and Certain Wool, Are in
Line of Present Measure.


House on Monday by Representa-
tive Young, of North Dakota' Is
printed herewith in view OF the
WIDESPREAD interest attached to the
proposed order. II is reprint Oh
II. r. 1875, agreed to in contershc
of the last Congress, FEBRUARY -
except for the time limit, which IL
changed to six months instead U,
ten months, and minor clerical
amendments of no great lmpof
tance: ~
A bill imposing temporary duties
upon certain agricultural prooucts
to meet present emergencies 10 pro-
vide revenue and for other purposes
Be it enacted by the senate anu any
House OF Representatives OF the
United States of America IN Con
rress assembled, that on and after
the day following the passase OF
iris act. for the period of six
,,ortbs there shall be levied, col
Iected and paid upon the following
articles. when imported from any
foreign country into the Chlteo
Statss or into any of its posses
sions Cexcept the Philippine ISLANDS
the Virgin Islands and the ISLANDS
Of Guam and Tutila). The rates OF
duty which are prescribed by TINS
section, namely:
Rates of Duty.
l. wheat, 35 cents per bushel.
.. Wheat flour and semolina' ~
per centum and valoerm-
8. FIaxseed. so cents per oushe'
s.f fifty-siX pounds.
4 Corn or maize. l" cents per
busheI of fifty-six pounds.
S. Beans. provided for in para
graph 1877 of the act. entltled an
act to reduce tariff duties ana 70
proyide revenue for the government
and for other purposes approved
October ;. 1918. . cents per pouhd
6 Peanuts or ground DedHS'
cents per pound.
sixty pounds.
3. Onions. 40 cents per Dushel VI
ffty-seven pounds.
. Rice, cleaned. . cents per pound
except rice cleaned for use In the
manufacture of canned goods, on
which the rate of duty shall be !
cent per pound: uncleaned rice. or
rice free Of the outer hull and stu
having the inner cuticle on. Ia
cents per pound: rice flour and rice
meal and rice broken which viii
nAss through a No. 12 wire sieve
cf a kind prescribed by the Secre-
tarv of the Treasury. one-fourth OF
l cont per pound: paddy. or rice
having the outer hull on. three
fourths of l per cent per pound
10. Lemons, cents per pound.
II. Oils, peanut. IS cents per gall
Ion: cottonseed. cocoanut ana soya
bean 20 cents per gallon: olive. 4o
cents per gallon in bulk. so cents
per gallon in containers of less than
five gallons.
lc. Cattle, so per cent ad vslorem
Is. sheep. one year old or over
So per head: less than one year old
81 per head.
u. Fresh or frozen beef, veal
mutton. lamb and pork. cents pei
pound. Meats of all kinds, prepared
or preserved. not specially provided
for herefor. 20 per cent ad valorem
Is. That cattle and sheep and
other stock imported for breeding
purposes shall be admitted free OF
duty.
is. Cotton having a staple Of ! Is
inches or more in length. cents
per pound.
IL. ManufacturersSpf which cotton
of the kind provided for in Para
graph Is is the component material
OF chief value. cents per pound. in
addition to the rates of duty i'm
posed thereon by existing law.
Wool.
is. Wool. commonly known rs
clothing wool. including hair of
camel, angora goat and alpaca. but
not such woods as are commonly
known as carpet woods: Unwashed
Is cents per pound; washed, II
cents per pound; secured, As cents
per pound. Unwashed woods shall
be considered such as shall have
been shorn from the animal without
any cleaning: washed woods shall
be considered such as have been
washed with water only on the ami
mails back or on the skin; woods
washed in any other manner than
on the animals back or on the skin
shall be considered as secured wool
On wool and hair provided for in
this paragraph. which is sorted OIL
increased in value by the rejection
OF any part of the original fleece
the duty shall be twice the duty to
which it would otherwise be sub
ject, but not more than As cents
per pound.
H. Wool and hair of the kind pro-
yided for in Paragraph II when ad-
Vanced in any manner or by any
process of manufacture beyond the
washed or secured condition, and
manufactures of which wool or hair
of the kind provided for in Para
graph II Is the component material
of chief value, As cents per pound in
addition to the rates of duty inn
posed thereon by, existing law.
20. Sugars, tank bottom syrups OF
cane juice, melada, concentrated
melada, concerto and concentrated
molasses testing by the polariscope
not above seventy-five degrees, one
and sixteen one-hundredths of one
cent per pound, and for every addi-
tional degree shown by the polari-
scopic test. four one hundredths of
one cent per pound additions, and
fractions of a degree in proportion:
molasses testing not above forty de-
grees, "a per cent ad valorem; test
ing above forty degrees and not
above hfty-six degrees, 81 cents
per gallon: testing above ffty-six
degrees Z cents per gallon: sugar
DRAWINGS and sugar sweepings
shall be subject to duty as molasses
or sugar as the case may be ac-
cording to polariscopic test
Dairy Products.
81. Butter and substitutes there
for. cents per pound.
- Cheese and substitutes there
for. % per centum ad valorem.
-. Milk, fresh, 9 cents per gallon:
cream 5 cents per gallon
7f Milk. preserved or condensed.
- -tariiised by heating or other