THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[November 1, 1919. 



227. Solid and pneumatic tires for motorcycles and automobiles, 



and all other vehicles 25% ad valorem 



OTHER GOODS. 



309o. 'Hose and piston packing kilo O.OS 



314a. 'Waterproof, rubbered, cotton, tissues kilo 0.32i4 



314. ^Waterproof fabrics, for raincoats kilo 0.25 



314fr. "Waterproof, rubbered silk and woolen fabrics for rain- 

 coats kilo 0.65 



309b. »A11 other articles kilo 0.20 



'Twenty per cent tare allowance. 

 'Other waterproof fabrics for raincoats, kilo, 0.50. 



Manufactures of articles under No. 314 shall be liable to a surtax of 

 30 per cent, except boots and shoes. 



DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 



Equivalents. — The American gold dollar is the standard in force. Kilo, 

 2.2 pounds; g. w., gross weight; n. w., net weight. 



CRUDE ErBBER, ETC. 

 Tariff Duty 



No. Rates. 



1093. Crude rubber, waste and scrap (n. w) kilo $0.20 



BELTING, HOSE AND PACKING. 

 1093&. 'Packing, not in sheets, of rubber, pure or combined with 

 any material, including piston packings valve packing, 



etc.; and rings, discs, gaskets, washers (n. w.) kilo 0.25 



1693a. Rubber or gutta percha in sheets, combined or not with 



other material for packing Cn.w.) kilo $0.20 



1093c. Driving belts of rubber combined with other material, 



n. w kilo 0.30 



466. Hose of cotton or other fiber, combined with rubber. 



n. w kilo 0.10 



1093d. Hose of rubber combined with other materials (n. vi.) . .kilo 0.10 

 (The weight of hose fittings shall be included, if attached.) 



BOOTS AND SHOES. 



1094rf. Boots and shoes of rubber, combined or not with other 



material (n. w.) kilo 0.25 



TIRES. 

 1094a. Rubber tires, combined or not v.ith other matreial, and inner 



tubing, for all kinds of vehicles (n. w.) kilo 0.80 



DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES. 



237. Ear trumpets and cupping glasses of rubber (n. w.) kilo 2.00 



1094?. Water bott'es, caps, syringes, ice and urinal bags (n. w.) 



kilo 1.00 

 1094f. Rubber nipples, fittings for nursing bottles, teething rings 



and similar articles (n. w.l kilo 1.00 



109S|r. Hard rubber syringes and syringe tips (n. w.) kilo 2.50 



1095. Dental rubber (n. w.) kilo 2.50 



OTHKE GOODS 



302a. Copper wire covered with rubber or other insulating ma- 



terial other than silk or wool (n. w) kilo 0.30 



458. Cotton elastic bands up to 5 millimeters wide 100 meters 0.75 



458a. The same, wider, for each centimeter or fraction thereof in 



width IWmeters 1.50 



(Note. — The same rate shall be applied to cotton elastic textiles manu- 

 factured with threads of rubber.) 



459. Elastic cotton suspenders dozen 2.0O 



460. Elastic cotton garters, arm bands doxen pairs 0.6O 



And in addition (n. w.) kilo 0.60 



461. Other made up articles of cotton elastic fabric, bands, rib- 



bons, tapes (n. w.) kilo 2.50 



468. Waterproof textiles of rubber and cotton (n. w.) k,lo 0.30 



469. Ponchos and blankets of cotton and rubber fabric dozen 8.O0 



470. Coats, capes, overcoats of waterproof fabric of cotton and 



rubber dozen 12.00 



471. Trousers of cotton rubber-waterproofed dozen 5.50 



472. Hats. caps, headgear covers and similar small articles of 



waterproof cotton and rubber fabric dozen 2.40 



(Note. — Any articles in paragraphs 470, 471, 472, when of sizes suitable 

 only for children's wear, shall pay 60 per cent of the duties provided for in 

 said paragraphs.) 



473. Dress shields of cotton and rubber dozen pairs 1.20 



474. Articles, n. e. s.. made of textiles of rubber and cotton or 



cotton textiles waterproofed with rubber (n. vi.)....kilo 0.45 



1094. Tubing of rubber or gutta percha. combined or not with 



other material, with or without accessories (n. w.) kilo 0.60 



10946. Rubber hat forms (n. w.) kilo 0.60 



1094c. Mats and matting (n. w.) kilo 0.25 



1094^. Rubber tvpe and stamps (n. w) kilo 1.50 



1094fe. Rubber erasers (n. w.) kilo 0.80 



1094i. All other articles of soft rubber not elsewhere mentioned 



(n. w.) kilo 1.00 



1095o. Rulers of hard rubber combined with other material. .(fo«>i 0.50 



And in addition (n. w.) kilo 1.00 



1095ft. Hard rubber pen holders dozen O.50 



And in addition (n. w.) kilo 1.00 



1095c. Fountain pens, with or without gold nibs and with parts or 



ornaments of gold, silver, mother-of-pearl, etc dozen 12.00 



1095<i. The same, with gold nibs and not ornamental dozen 6.00 



109Se. The same, plain with other nibs and styles of hard rubber, 



dozen 1.50 

 1095/. Hard rubber trays for developing or other purposes (n. w.). 



kilo 0.75 

 1095/!. Hard rubber cigar or cigarette holders, and mouth pieces 



for pipes (n. w.) kilo 3.00 



1095i. Hard rubber combs and hair ornaments (n. w.) kilo 2.00 



1095/. Other articles of hard rubber not specially mentioned 

 (n. w.) kilo 2.50 



'Tare allowance 10 per cent 



ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON. 



EquKalent.— Franc, nominal value 20 cents; kilo. 2.2 pounds; n., net 

 wei?ht. 

 Tariff ' Duties, 



245. India rubber, gutta percha and asbestos manufactures of 



any style, including clothing, made up or not. .100 kilos n. 70.00 



246. Boots and shoes of rubber or rubbered tissues. .. 100 ifei/oj n. 40.00 



HAITI. 



Equivalents. — Gourde. 96'j cents; ell. 46.77 inches. 



Tariff Duties, 



No. Gourdes. 



355. Rubber slippers, or slippers with rubber so\<:s. . .dozen pairs 0.75 



413. Mackintosh coats each 1.00 



555. Garter elastics ell 0.02 



556. Boot elastics ell 0.04 



710. Erasers dozen O.05 



1365. Rubber stamps each 0.10 



The following surtaxes are levied on imports: 50 per cent., 33 J/^ per 

 cent, in gourdes, and 25 per cent in gold. A law of August 20. 1909. 

 authorizes the government to levy a further surtax of 15 per cent on the 

 aggregate import duties. 



BRAZILIAN CONSULAR INVOICE RULING REVOKED. 



The American Chamber of Commerce announces a successful 

 outcome of its fight against the adoption of the Brazilian Consular 

 Invoice Bill, which was to go into effect October 1. The ruling 

 provided that consular invoices should contain a clear definition 

 of the goods shipped, instead of general terms, as previously. 

 Upon the adoption of this rule, general designations, such as 

 "cotton goods, not specified," "chemical products, not specified," 

 etc., would have been prohibited. The exporter of chemicals 

 would have been obligated to specify each product by its scientific 

 or commercial designation. It was required that the materials 

 composing the article or entering into its manufacture be specified. 

 In the case of textiles it would have been necessary to state the 

 name of fibers or materials which entered into its fabrication, 

 such has cotton, silks, linen, etc. 



In short, the requirements of the proposed rule would have 

 placed so great a burden on American exporters that it would 

 have discouraged firms in developing their business with Brazil, 

 and the thanks of the export trade are due the American Chamber 

 of Commerce for its success in bringing about the annulment of 

 this objectionable ruling.. 



AMERICA'S ANNUAL TIRE BILL $1,000,000,000. 



In emphasizing the importance of more and better roads, M. 

 O. Eldridge. director of roads of the American Automobile As- 

 sociation, states that forty million tires are required annually 

 as equipment and renewals for the seven million passenger 

 automobiles and motor trucks in use in the United States. At 

 an average cost of $25 each the total annual expenditure for tires 

 is $1,000,000,000. Hence it is high time to pay a little more at- 

 tention to the effect of the various road surfaces on the motor 

 vehicle instead of considering only the damage by the motor 

 vehicle to the road. 



TIRES DELIVERED BY AIRPLANE. 



The efficacy of rush deliveries by airplane was convincingly 

 demonstrated recently when an aviator carried a shipment of 

 seven Diamond tires from Seattle to Everett, Washington, to fill 

 a hurry-up order. The delivery was made forty-five minutes 

 after John K. Healy & Co., at Everett, put in a long distance call 

 to the Seattle branch. The tires were carried on the right 

 wing of a Boeing seaplane and were dropped directly in front 

 of the Healy store as the plane went by. 



AMERICAN MOTOR CARS AND TIRES IN THE PHILIPPINES. 



In the Philippines in 1918 there were registered 4318 automo- 

 biles of 114 different makes, carrying 22,817 passengers. Trucks 

 numbering 567, able to carry 1052 tons of goods, or 6.345 pas- 

 sengers, were also registered. The makes were almost entirely 

 American. As there are few railroads in the islands, automobiles 

 are now becoming important in transporting freight, and British 

 consuls are urging British manufacturers to compete for the 

 business. 



