Report: to Accompany Bill H.R. 9051, Volumes 1-2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1888 |
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... per cent . ad valorem . Refined sugar could be manufactured into confec- tionery by machinery at an additional cost of cent a pound , and im- ported at a rate of duty which would be about one - half of that imposed on the sugar before ...
... per cent . ad valorem . Refined sugar could be manufactured into confec- tionery by machinery at an additional cost of cent a pound , and im- ported at a rate of duty which would be about one - half of that imposed on the sugar before ...
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... per cent Dolls and toys .... 35 per cent 30 per cent . 30 per cent . Kid gloves . 50 per cent . 40 per cent ... cents per pound . 50 per cent .. 2 cents per pound . 50 per cent .. 40 per cent 35 per cent . 40 per cent . 30 per cent . 30 ...
... per cent Dolls and toys .... 35 per cent 30 per cent . 30 per cent . Kid gloves . 50 per cent . 40 per cent ... cents per pound . 50 per cent .. 2 cents per pound . 50 per cent .. 40 per cent 35 per cent . 40 per cent . 30 per cent . 30 ...
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... per cent . and rice at 100 per cent . , the imposition of duties which would be protective on the coarser kinds of ... pound . Free Shoulders and other meats 2 cents per pound . Free Vegetables . 10 per cent .... Free Peas 10 or 20 per ...
... per cent . and rice at 100 per cent . , the imposition of duties which would be protective on the coarser kinds of ... pound . Free Shoulders and other meats 2 cents per pound . Free Vegetables . 10 per cent .... Free Peas 10 or 20 per ...
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... cents per pound in England and 90 cents in the United States . It will be seen that to equalize the cost of production between the two countries in this case a duty of 52.54 per cent . must be imposed by our tariff . If a duty of 16.23 per ...
... cents per pound in England and 90 cents in the United States . It will be seen that to equalize the cost of production between the two countries in this case a duty of 52.54 per cent . must be imposed by our tariff . If a duty of 16.23 per ...
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... per cent . greater than the amount which was collected . The average ad - valorem rate upon all importations of ... cents per pound in 1884 to 2.7 in 1885 , 2.8 in 1886 , and 2.5 in 1887. When the present rate of duty on sugar was fixed in ...
... per cent . greater than the amount which was collected . The average ad - valorem rate upon all importations of ... cents per pound in 1884 to 2.7 in 1885 , 2.8 in 1886 , and 2.5 in 1887. When the present rate of duty on sugar was fixed in ...
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Page 127 - Cloaks, dolmans, jackets, talmas, ulsters, or other outside garments for ladies' and children's apparel and goods of similar description, or used for like purposes...
Page 140 - To lay with one hand the power of the Government on the property of the citizen and with the other to bestow It upon favored individuals to aid private enterprises and build up private fortunes is none the less a robbery because it is done under the forms of law and is called taxation.
Page 140 - If it be said that a benefit results to the local public of a town by establishing manufactures, the same may be said of any other business or pursuit which employs capital or labor. The merchant, the mechanic, the innkeeper, the banker, the builder, the steamboat owner are equally promoters of the public good, and equally deserving the aid of the citizens by forced contributions. No line can be drawn in favor of the manufacturer which would not open the coffers of the public treasury to the importunities...
Page 345 - ... made of silk, or of which silk is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this Act, and silk goods ornamented with beads or spangles, of whatever material composed, sixty per centum ad valorem...
Page 126 - And provided further, That no article made from iron or steel wire, or of which iron or steel wire is a component part of chief value, shall pay a less rate of duty than the iron or steel wire from which it is made...
Page 56 - ... resins, herbs, leaves, lichens, mosses, nuts, roots and stems, spices, vegetables, seeds (aromatic, not garden seeds), and seeds of morbid growth, weeds, woods used expressly for dyeing, and dried insects, any of the foregoing...
Page 143 - Our labor has earned it, and paid the price for it. It is so much added to the stock of national wealth. If the commodity were dollars, nobody would doubt the truth of this remark; and it is precisely as correct in its application to any other commodity as to silver.
Page 63 - That imported salt in bond may be used in curing fish taken by vessels licensed to engage in the fisheries, and in curing fish on the shores of the navigable waters of the United States...
Page 58 - ... old copper, fit only for remanufacture, clippings from new copper, and all composition metal of which copper is a component material of chief value not specially enumerated or provided for in this act...
Page 62 - Hair, human, bracelets, braids, chains, rings, curls, and ringlets, composed of hair, or of which hair is the component material of chief value, thirtyfive per centum ad valorem.