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The Customs Duties of the United States: Linen

Linen manufactures, n. o. sp........ 66 35 .... ..

Linen, wearing apparel. 66 .. 35 ... ..

Linen Thread, valued over 13c. per lb. 35 66 Linseed Oil... 55 45 66 25c. per gallon. ...

Macaroni. 60 per cent. $1 to $5 p. doz. & 30 p. c. 60 per cent. 2c. per lb. 12C. " 35 per cent. 6c. per 100 lbs. 50 per cent. 66 32c. per gallon.

Free..

Malt. 20c. per bushel.

Matches, friction, boxed. 35 per cent...

Mats, cocoa and rattan.

Matting, jute...

Mathematical Instruments, glass. .....

Meerschaum Pipes. ....

Mica, ground...

Milk, fresh..

Milk, condensed. ...

Molasses, n. o. sp.... 2c. per lb. 45c. per bushel: ...

IOC. per gross. 20 66 8c. per sq. foot. 20 66 ... 6c. per sq. yard. 45 66 60 per cent. 70 66 66 ...

IO ... 35 66 66 IO " ... 5c. per gallon. 20 66 3c. per lb. .. ........ ........ .... .. ...

Muffs, fur..... ..

Musical Instruments, metal.

Music Boxes. ... 25 66 Nails, cut... ...

Nails, horseshoe. " 4c. ......

Needles, sewing. " 25C.

Newspapers, Periodicals Free Oat Meal...... 1/2c. per lb... ....

Oil Cloths for floors, value over 25c. per square yard. 40 per cent. ..

Oil, olive....

Oil, whale and seal, foreign fisheries. .. 25 per cent..

Onions...

Opium, liquid preparation.

IO " 4c. and 8c. per gallon Free. 30 per cent... ....

I 17/½c. per lb.. - 35 per cent. 45 45 Ic. per lb. 4c.

Free. " 66 Ic. per lb. 15c. per sq. yd. & 30 p. c. - 35c. per gallon. 8c. per gallon. 40c. per bushel. 40 per cent. 66 THE CUSTOMS DUTIES OF THE UNITED STATES-Continued.

Old Tariff (1883) Rate. New Tariff (McKinley) Rate ARTICLES.

Organs.......

Paintings, by American artists. 25 per cent..

Free ........ 45 per cent.

Free.

Paintings, by foreign artists .. 66 Paper manufactures n. o. sp.. ...

Paper Stock, crude.

Pepper, cayenne, unground.

Perfumery, alcoholic...

Personal effects (see note).

Phosphorous Photograph Albums.

Photograph Slides ......... ....... ........ .......... ......... 30 per cent. 15 Free " $2 per gallon. .... .. 25 .. 15 per cent.

Free. 66 21/2C. per lb. $2.50 per gall. & 50 p. c.

Pianofortes Pickles.

Pins, metallic.

Pipes of Clay, common (see Meerschaum) Plants, nursery stock.

Poultry, dressed.

Potatoes Pulp, wood, for paper-makers' use, ground.

Quicksilver Quilts, cotton.

Quinine, Sulphate and Salts Railroad Ties, cedar.

Robes, buffalo, made up..

Roofing Tiles, plain.

Rope, bale, of hemp .....

Rope, bale, of cotton.

Rugs, Oriental...

Salmon, dried or smoked. ....... ... .. ......... ...... ....... 35 per cent.

Free “ ............. 20 per cent.. .. ..

IOC. per lb ...... : 20c. per lb. 30 per cent. 35 per cent. " 45 ..... ......... 60 66 “ " 25 ........... " 35 ....... 45 45 " " " 30 30 66 35 ........ .......

Free Ioc. per lb.. .... 15c. per bushel. ... 10 per cent... ........

Ioc. per lb.. .. .... 15c. per gross. 20 per cent. 5c. per lb. 25c. per bushel. $2.50 per ton, dry wght.

IOC. per lb. 45 per cent. 66 20 35 35 “ 66 40 ....... .... .... ........

Salmon, prepared and preserved.

Salt, in bulk..

Ic. per lb.. 25 per cent. 8c. per 100 lbs.

Free. 20 per cent. " 35 ८८ 25 66 50 66 40 6oc. per sq. yd. & 40 p. c.

Ic. per lb. 30 per cent. ... 8c. per 100 lbs. " Salt, in bags I2C Sauces, n. o. sp... 35 per cent.

Sausages, Bologna.

Free ..

Sausages, all others. .. ...... 25 per cent.

Sealskin Sacques. 66 .. 30 66 Seeds, Garden. 20 - .... .... " I2C. 45 per cent.

Free. 25 per cent.

Sheetings, linen. " 35 ......

Shirts, in whole or part linen. “ Shoe-laces, cotton Shoe-laces, leather.

Shoes, leather " " " " 35 " 20 .. 50 " " " " " THE CUSTOMS DUTIES OF THE UNITED STATES-Continued.

ARTICLES.

Old Tariff (1883) Rate. New Tariff (McKinley) Rate Shoes, India-rubber Silk, raw - Silk, spun in skeins.

Silk laces, embroideries, handkerchiefs, and all wearing apparel Skins, uncured, raw...

Skins, tanned and dressed.

Slates, manufactures of, n. o. sp Smokers' articles, except clay pipes.

Snuff.....

Soap, castile..

Soap, toilet, perfumed.

Spelter, in blocks. ...... 25 per cent Free...... 30 per cent.

Free. 30 per cent.. 35 per cent. 66 50 " 60 “ Free 20 per cent ...... 66 20 66 .. 70 50c. per lb. 20 per cent 15c. per lb.

I 1/2 C. " Free. 20 per cent. -30 70 66 66 50c. per lb. .. 174 c. “ I I/4C. " " 66 13/4 C. 66 $2 per proof gallon. 30 per cent ... 15 per cent.

Spirits, except Bay Rum.

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