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me and one tenth cent per pound: Provided,- That 

 ill iron in slabs, blooms, loops, or other forms less 

 Inished than iron in bars, and more advanced than 

 aio- iron, except castings, shall be rated as iron in 

 3'irs and be subject to a duty of eight tenths of one 

 sont'per pound; and none of the iron above enumer- 

 ited in this paragraph shall pay a less rate of duty 

 han thirty -five per centum ad valorem ; Provided fur- 

 \her That all iron bars, blooms, billets, or sizes or 

 Shapes of any kind, in the manufacture of which 

 harcoal is used as fuel, shall be subject to a duty of 

 jot less than twenty-two dollars per ton. 



137. Beams, girders, joists, angles, channels, car- 

 ;ruck channels, T T, columns and posts or parts or 

 sections of columns and posts, deck and bulb beams, 

 md building forms, together with all other structural 

 shapes of iron or steel, whether plain or punched, or 

 itted for use, nine tenths of one cent per pound. 



138. Boiler or other plate iron or steel, except saw 

 nlates hereinafter provided for, not thinner than num- 

 jer ten wire gauge, sheared or unsheared, and skelp 

 ron or steel sheared or rolled in grooves, valued at 

 >ne cent per pound or less, five tenths of one cent per 

 xwnd ; valued above one cent and not above one and 

 bur tenths cent per pound, sixty-five hundredths of 

 me cent per pound ; valued above one and four tenths 

 :ent and not above two cents per pound, eight tenths 

 >t' one cent per pound ; valued above two cents and, 

 lot above three cents per pound, one and one tenth 

 :ent per pound; valued above three cents and not 

 ibovc tour cents per pound, one and five tenths cent 

 ;>er pound ; valued above four cents and not above 

 seven cents per pound, two cents per pound ; valued 

 ibove seven cents and not above ten cents per pound, 

 ;wo and eight tenths cents per pound ; valued above 

 ;en cents and not above thirteen cents per pound, 

 ;hree and one half cents per pound ; valued above 

 ;hirteen cents per pound, forty-five per centum ad 

 valorem : Provided, That all plate iron or steel thin- 

 ier than number ten wire gauge shall pay duty as 

 ron or steel sheets. 



139. Forgings of iron or steel, or forged iron and 

 ;teel combined, of whatever shape, or in whatever 

 stage of manufacture, not specially provided for in 

 his a<% two and three tenth cents per pound: Pro- 

 vided, That no forgings of iron or steel, or forgings of 

 ron and steel combined, by whatever process made, 

 shall nay a less rate of duty than forty-five per centum 

 id valorem. 



140. Hoop, or band, or scroll, or other iron or steel, 

 valued at three cents per pound or less, eight inches or 

 e^s in width, and less than three eighths of one inch 

 :hick and not thinner than number ten wire gauge, 

 me cent per pound ; thinner than number ten wire 

 *auge and not thinner than number twenty wire 

 jauge, one and one tenth cent per pound ; thinner 

 ;han number twenty wire gauge, one and three tenths 

 jent per pound : Provided, That hoop or band iron, 

 >r hoop or band steel, cut to length, or wholly or par- 

 ially manufactured into hoops or ties for baling pur- 

 ; >oses, barrel hoops of iron or steel, and hoop or band 

 .ron or hoop or band steel flared, splayed, or punched, 

 svith or without buckles or fastenings, shall pay two 

 :enths of one cent per pound more duty than that im- 

 posed on the hoop or band iron or steel from which 

 ;hey are made. 



141. Railway bare, made of iron or steel, and rail- 

 way bars made in part of steel, T-rails, and punched 

 .ron or steel fiat rails, six tenths of one cent per pound. 



142. Sht-.fts of iron or steel, common or black, in- 

 cluding all iron or steel commercially known as com- 

 non or black taggers iron or steel, and skelp iron or 



teel, valued at three cents per pound or less : Thin- 

 icr than number ten and not thinner than number 

 ^verity wire gage, one cent per pound ; thinner than 

 lumber twenty wire gauge and not thinner than num- 

 >er twentv-nve wire gauge, one and one tenth cent 

 ier pound; thinner than number twenty-five wire 

 rage, one and four tenths cent per pound; corru- 

 gated or crimped, one and four tenths cents per 

 "und: Provided, That all common or black sheet 

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iron or sheet steel not thinner than number ten wire 

 gauge shall pay duty as plate iron or plate steel. 



143. All iron or steel sheets or plates, and all hoop, 

 band, or scroll iron or steel, excepting what are known 

 commercially as tin plates, terne plates, and taggers 

 tin, and hereinafter provided for, when galvanized or 

 coated with zinc or spelter, or other metals, or any 

 alloy of those metals, shall pay three fourths of one 

 cent per pound more duty than the rates imposed 

 by the preceding paragraph upon the corresponding 

 gauges, or forms, of common or black sheet or tag- 

 gers iron or steel ; and on and after July first, eighteen 

 hundred and ninety-one, all iron or steel sheets, or 

 plates, or taggers iron coated with tin or lead or with 

 a mixture or which these metals or either of them is a 

 component part, by the dipping or any other process, 

 and commercially known as tin plates, ternc plates, 

 and taggers tin, shall pay two and two tenths cents 

 per pound : Provided, That on and after July first, 

 eighteen hundred and ninety-one, manufactures of 

 which tin, tin plates, terne plates, taggers tin, or 

 either of them, are component materials of chief 

 value, and all articles, vessels, or wares manufactured, 

 stamped, or drawn from sheet iron or sheet steel, such 

 material being the component of chief value, and coat- 

 ed wholly or in part with tin or lead or a mixture of 

 which these metals or either of them is a component 

 part, shall pay a duty of fifty -five per centum ad valo- 

 rem: Provided further, That on and after October 

 first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, tin plates 

 and terne plates lighter in weight than sixty-three 

 pounds per hundred square feet shall be admitted free 

 of duty, unless it shall be made to appear to the sat- 

 isfaction of the President (who shall thereupon by 

 proclamation make known the fact) that the aggre- 

 gate quantity of such plates lighter that sixty-three 

 pounds per hundred square feet produced in the United 

 States during either of the six years next preceding 

 June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, 

 has equaled one third the amount of such plates im- 

 ported and entered for consumption during any fiscal 

 year after the passage of this act, and prior to said 

 October first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven : 

 Provided, That the amount of such plates manufact- 

 ured into articles exported, and upon which a draw- 

 back shall be paid, shall not be included in ascertain- 

 ing the amount of such importations : And provided 

 further, That the amount or weight of sheet iron or 

 sheet steel manufactured in the United States and 

 applied or wrought in the manufacture of articles or 

 wares tinned or terne plated in the United States, 

 with weight allowance as sold to manufacturers or 

 others, shall be considered as tin and terne plates 

 produced in the United States within the meaning of 

 this act. 



144. Sheet iron or sheet steel, polished, planished, 

 or glanced, by whatever name designated, two and 

 one half cents per pound : Provided, That plate or 

 sheet or taargers iron or steel, by whatever name des- 

 ignated, other than the polished, planished, or glanced 

 herein provided for, which has been pickled or 

 cleaned by acid, or by any other material or process, 

 or which is cold rolled, smoothed only, not polished, 

 shall pay one quarter of one cent per pound more duty 

 than the corresponding gauges of common or black 

 sheet or taggers iron or steel. 



145. Sheets or plates of iron or steel, or taggers iron 

 or steel, coated with tin or lead, or with a mixture of 

 which these metals, or either of them, is a component 

 part, by the dipping or any other process, and com- 

 mercially known as tin plates, terne plates, and tag- 

 gers tin, one cent per pound until July first, eighteen 

 hundred and ninety-one. 



146. Steel ingots, cogged ingots, blooms, and slabs, 

 by whatever process made ; die blocks or blanks ; 

 billets and bars and tapered or beveled bars ; steamer, 

 crank, and other shafts ; shafting ; wrist or crank pins ; 

 connecting rods and piston rods; pressed, sheared, 

 or stamped shapes ; saw plates, wholly or partially 

 manufactured ; hammer molds or swaged steel ; gun- 

 barrel molds not in bars ; alloys used as substitutes 



