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THE CUBA REVIEW 



TARIFF CHANGES 



Circular No. 19, Seccion de Aduanns. 



Among the provisions of the law of July 3], 1917, are the following relating to the collec" 

 tion of new taxes beginning September 1, 1917: Cn cattle hides, not intended for tanneries or 

 establishments manufacturing leather articles, a tax of 50c. per 100 pounds is to be collected; 

 articles included under tariff numbers 25 and 26 are subject to an additional tax equal to the 

 amount of duty; for articles included under tariff numbers 30 and 297 an additional tax of 25 

 per cent of the duty is prescribed. The following extract from the customs tariff of Cuba shows 

 the articles affected by the above provisions and the rates of duty to which they are subject 

 under the tariff, without the new surtaxes: 



Tariff 



297 



-Articles 



Gold and platinum, or alloys thereof in the form of jewelry, with 

 or without precious stones or pearls; silver jewelry with pre- 

 cious stones or pearls; and precious stones, pearls, and seed 



pearls not set (net weight) 



Gold, platinum, or alloys thereof in any other form (net weight) 



Gold and silver plated ware of all kinds, and jewelry made of 



metal, gold or silver plated, with or without precious stones or 



imitations thereof 



All articles plated with gold or silver by any process or in any 

 proportion, or washed with silver, however slightly. No. 30. 

 Compasses of all kinds, gold or silver plated. No. 30. 

 Safety razors and steel blades for the same, whether the lat- 

 ter come witii the razors or as extra parts. No. 53c.; when 

 gold or silver plated. No. 30. 

 Trinkets and ornaments of all kinds (except those of gold or sil- 

 ver, gold or silver plated, and those in which the component 

 substance of chief value is amber, jet, tortoise shell, coral, 

 ivory, meerschaum, mother-of-pearl, horn, whalebone, cellu- 

 loid, bone, or imitations thereof) (net weight) 



Pins of iron or steel, with glass head, spherical or other- 

 wise of any color, No. 297. 



General 

 rate 



Per hecto- 

 gram. 

 9.375 

 350 

 Per rent 

 ad ral. 

 32.5 



Per kilo. 

 .S0.975 



Reduction i Rate to 

 to United lUnited Stat« 

 States 



Per cent of 

 duty. 

 20 



30 



20 



Per hecto- 

 gram. 

 7.50 

 2.80 

 Per cent 

 ad ral. 

 22.75 



Per kilo. 

 80.78 



TRADE PUBLICATIONS 



Tipple at PoiL'halan in Pocahontas Field, 

 Book No. 322, published by the Link-Belt 

 Co., Philadelphia, Chicago, Indianapolis. 

 This booklet describes careful preparation of 

 coal, which is essential to secure market ad- 

 vantages in normal times. The installation 

 described is so designed that almost any com- 

 bination of market sizes may be secured. 



Link-Belt Electric Hoists, Book No. 246, 

 published by the Link-Belt Co. This book 

 contains a description of the various types of 

 Link-Belt electric hoists, with diagrams show- 

 ing their construction and photographs of 

 Link-Belt hoists in action. 



Link-Belt Sand and Gravel Washery, Raritan 

 Ridge Clay Co., Metuchen, N. J., Folder No, 

 340, published by the Link-Belt Co. 



Lvik-Belt Rope Tramuay System, Watson 

 Type, Book No. 343, published by the Link- 

 Belt Co. 



Casings jor Link-Belt Silent Chain Drives, 

 Book No. 342, published by the Link-Belt Co. 



Tank Bulletin No. 224, August 28, 1917. 

 In this bulletin the Walter A. Zelnicker 

 Supply Co., St. Louis, list special offerings 

 in pressure tanks, storage tanks, new tanks, 

 car tanks, acid tanks, elevated tanks, stand 

 pipes, reservoirs and vats. 



The Walter A. Zelnicker Supply Co., St. 

 Louis, Mo., has issued Booklet No. 221, 

 which gives exceptional offers in rails, equip>- 

 ment, machinery, locomotives, cars, cranes, 

 steel piling, tanks, etc. 



Circular No. 190, Caring for Cream on the 

 Farm, by H. A. Ruehe, published by the 

 University of Illinois Agricultural E.xperiment 

 Station, L^rbana, 111. 



Circular No. 191, Care of the Cream Separa- 

 tor, by H. A. Ruehe, published by the Univer- 

 versity of Illinois Agricultiural Ex-jieriment 

 Station, LTrbana, 111. 



Circular No. 192, Why Cream Tests Vary, 

 by H. A. Ruehe, published by the University 

 of Illinois Agricultural Ex-periment Station, 

 Urbana, 111. 



