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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[September i, 1909. 



fringes, gimps, cords, cord and tassels, - - - made of wool, 

 or of which wool is a composed material, whether containing 

 india-rubber or not, 50 cents per pound and 60 per cent, ad 

 valorem. 



[Under old law 50 cents per pound and 60 per cent, ad vahrcm.] 



Schedule L. — Silk and Manufactures of. 

 399. [Relates to velvets and the like, in great detail.] But 

 in no case shall any goods made on Jacquard looms or any 

 goods containing more than one color in the filling, 

 including such as have india-rubber as a component material, 

 pay a less rate of duty than 45 per cent, ad xmlorcm. 



[This provision docs not appear in the old law.] 



401. Ribbons, bindings, including hat bands, beltings, bind- 

 ings, all of the foregoing not exceeding twelve inches in width, 

 and if with fast edges, bone casings, braces, cords, cords and 

 tassels, garters, gorings, suspenders, tubings, and webs and 

 webbings, composed wholly or in chief value of silk, and whether 

 composed in any part bf india-rubber or otherwise, if not 

 embroidered in any manner by hand or machinery, 50 per cent. 

 ad valorem. 



[Under old law 50 per cent, ad valorem.'\ 



402. [This paragraph relates to practically the same class 

 of goods as the preceding paragraph, when made up and em- 

 broidered, the rate being 60 per cent, ad valorem.] 



[Under old law, 60 per cent, ad -t'alorem.] 



403. -Ml manufactures of silk, or of which silk is the com- 

 ponent material of chief value, including such as have india- 

 rubber as a component material, not specially provided for in 

 this section, -50. per cent, ad valorem: Provided, That all manu- 

 factures of ^silk enumerated under any paragraph of this sched- 

 ule, if composed in any part of wool, shall be classified and 

 assessed for duty as manufactures of wool. 



[Under old law 50 per cent.] 



Section N. — Sundries. 



463. Manufactures of bone, chips, grass, horn, quills, india- 

 rubber, palm leaf, straw, weeds or whalebone, or of which 

 these substances or any of them is the component material of 

 chief value, not specially provided for in this section, 35 per 

 cent, ad valorem; but the terms "grass" and "straw" shall be 

 understood to mean these substances in the natural form and 

 structure, and not the separated fiber thereof; sponges made 

 of rubber, 40 per cent, ad valorem; combs composed wholly of 

 horn, or composed of horn and metal, 50 per cent, ad valorem. 



[Under old law, 30 per cent, ad valorem; rubber sponges not specified 

 before.] 



464. Manufactures of gutta-percha, ivory, vegetable ivory, 

 mother-of-pearl and shell, plaster of paris, papier-mache and 

 vulcanized india-rubber, known as "hard rubber," or of which 

 these substances or any of them is the component material of 

 chief value, not specially provided for in this section, and shells 

 engraved, cut or ornamented, or otherwise manufactured, 35 

 per cent, ad valorem. 



[Under old law 35 per cent, ad valorem.] 



Free List. 



582. Gutta-percha, crude. 



591. India-rubber, crude, and milk of, and scrap or refuse 

 india-rubber, fit only for remanufacture and which has been 

 worn out by use. 



Materials for Manufacture. 

 It seems unnecessary to quote the language of the paragraphs 

 jelating to certain materials of the rubber manufacture, but 

 only to give the rate of duty, compared with the rates under the 

 old law: 



Old. New. 



Sulphuric acid % cent pound Yi cent pound 



Linseed oil 20 cents gal, 1 5 cents gal. 



Lampblack 25 per cent. 25 per cent. 



Vermilion, containing quicksilver ... ro cents pound 10 cents pound 



Whiting and Paris White % cent pound ^ cent pound 



Oxide of zinc, dry i cent pound I cent [/ound 



Litharge 2^ cents pourtd 2^ cents pound 



White lead 2% cents pound 2j/< cents pound 



Sublimed or flowers of sulphur $8 ton $4 ton 



Barytes $5.25 ton $5.25 ton 



Revenue Derived from the Rubber Schedules. 

 The entries for consumption in the United States of foreign 

 manufactures of india-rubber and gutta-percha, in the fiscal 

 year 1907-08, and the duties collected thereon, were as follows: 



Manufactures of — Value. Duties. 



India-rubber $1,856,584.55 $556,971-39 



Hard rubber 293,417.25 102,695.72 



Gutta-percha 41,299.00 14,454.65 



Elasticon and other substitutes 29,994.00 5,998.80 



Total $2,221,294.80 $680,120.56 



It is not possible from any published customs statistics to 

 analyze the imports to the extent of determining the value of 

 goods listed in the cotton, woolen, linen, or silk schedules, 

 and having india-rubber as a component part. Such details 

 as are available, however, indicate that the volume is relatively 

 not large. For example, the imports during a recent year, 

 under the cotton schedule, of "Outside garments having rubber 

 as a component material." amounted in value to only $2,677 and 

 the revenue derived was $1,468.77. 



Notes. 



Asbestos, unmanufactured, remains on the free list ; also, 

 cotton and cotton waste or flocks. Rubber toys are not speci- 

 fied, but the toy schedule is so framed that rubber toys cannot 

 enter at a lower rate than 35 per cent., the rate for manu- 

 factures of india-rubber. 



Chicle remains dutiable at 10 cents per pound. 



HISTORY OF THE RUBBER TARIFF. 



India-ruhber now having figured in the United States tarifF 

 schedules for nearly eighty years, it may be of interest to the 

 trade to recall here the various revisions relating to crude 

 rubber and manufactures thereof in successive revisions ol 

 the tariff law, leading up to that time which has come into effect 

 during the past month. The details which follow have been 

 compiled from official sources. 



Crude India-Rubber. 



India-rubber was specified in the United States tariff sched- 

 ules for the first time in the Act of July 13, 1832, prior to 

 which time any imports of this material (then only in a crude 

 form) which may have come to the notice of collectors of cus- 

 toms would have been liable to a duty at 15 per cent, ad valorem 

 — the old-time rate on "unenumerated articles." 



In 1832 unmanufactured rubber was placed on the free list, 

 where it continued until 1846, when a duty of 10 per cent 

 was imposed. Thereafter two classes of raw rubber were in- 

 troduced into the schedules, the rates on which were as fol- 

 lows, through many successive revisions of the tariff : 



India-rubber, crude and milk of. — Act of March 3. 1857, 

 4 per cent.; i86i to 1862, free; 1862 to July 14, 1870, 10 per 

 cent ; from then until now, free. 



India-rubber, raiv or unmanufactured (bottles, slabs or 

 sheets). — Act of March 3, 1857, 4 per cent.; 1861, free; 1861 

 (a later Act), to July 14, 1870, 10 per cent. This classification 

 disappeared in the Act of the last date named, since which 

 time all imports of raw rubber have been free. 



SUMMARY. 



1832-1846 Free 1861-1862 Mixed 



1846-1857 10% 1862-1870 10% 



1857-1861 4% 1870- Free 



