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CONGRESS. (THE TARIFF MEASURE.) 



for steel tools ; all descriptions and shapes of dry sand, 

 loam, or iron-molded steel castings ; sheets and plates 

 not specially provided for in this act ; and steel in 

 all forms and shapes not specially provided for in this 

 act ; all of the above valued at one cent per pound or 

 less, four tenths of one cent per pound ; valued above 

 one cent and not above one and four tenths cent 

 per pound, five tenths of oue cent per pound ; valued 

 above one and four tenths cent and not above one 

 and eight tenths cent per pound, eight tenths of one 

 cent per pound ; valued above one and eight tenths 

 cent and not above two and two tenths cent per 

 pound, nine-tenths of one cent per pound ; valued 

 above two and two tenths cents, and not above three 

 cents per pound, one and two tenths cent per pound ; 

 valued above three cents and not above four cents' 

 per pound, one and six tenths cent per pound ; val- 

 ued above four cents and not above seven cents per 

 pound, two cents per pound ; valued above seven 

 cents and not above ten cents per pound, two and 

 eight tenths cents per pound ; valued above ten cents 

 and not above thirteen cents per pound, three and 

 one half cents per pound ; valued above thirteen cents 

 and not above sixteen cents per pound four and 

 two tenths cents per pound, valued above sixteen 

 cents per pound, seven cents per pound. 



Wire. 147. Wire rods: Kivet, screw, fence, and 

 other iron or steel wire rods, and nail rods, whether 

 round, oval, flat, square, or in any other shape, in 

 coils or otherwise, not smaller than number six wire 

 gauge, valued at three and one half cents or less per 

 pound, six tenths of one cent per pound ; and iron or 

 Bteet, flat, with longitudinal ribs for the manufacture 

 of fencing, valued at three cents or less per pound, 

 six tenths of one cent per pound : Provided, That all 

 iron or steel rods, whether rolled or drawn through 

 dies, smaller than number six wire gauge, shall be 

 classed and dutiable as wire. 



148. Wire : Wire made of iron or steel, not smaller 

 than number ten wire gauge, one and one fourth cent 

 per pound; smaller than number ten, and not smaller 

 than number sixteen wire gauge, one and three fourths 

 cent per pound; smaller than number sixteen and 

 not smaller than number twenty -six wire gauge, two 

 and one-fourth cents per pound ; smaller than num- 

 ber twentv-six wire gauge, three cents per pound: 

 Provided, 'That iron or steel wire covered with cotton, 

 silk, or other material, and wires or strip steel, com- 

 monly known as crinoline wire, corset wire, and hat 

 wire, shall pay a duty of five cents per pound ; And 

 provided further, That flat steel wire, or sheet steel 

 in strips, whether drawn through dies or rolls, un- 

 tempered or tempered, of whatsoever width, twenty- 

 five one thousandths of an inch thick or thinner (ready 

 for use or otherwise), shall pay a duty of fifty per 

 centum ad valorem: 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 either wholly or 

 in part: And provided further, That iron or steel 

 wire cloths, and iron or steel wire nettings made 

 in meshes of any form, shall pay a duty equal in 

 amount to that imposed on iron or steel wire used 

 in the manufacture of iron or steel wire cloth, or 

 iron or steel wire nettings, and two cents per pound 

 in addition thereto. 



There shall be paid on iron or steel wire coated 

 with zinc or tin, or any other metal (except tence wire 

 and iron or steel, flat, with longitudinal ribs, for the 

 manufacture of fencing), one naif of one cent per 

 pound in addition to the rate imposed on the wire of 

 which it is made ; on iron wire rope and wire strand, 

 one cent per pound in addition to the rate imposed on 

 the wire of which it is made ; on steel wire rope and 

 wire strand, two cents per pound in addition to the 

 rat? imposed on the wire of which they or either of 

 them are made : Provided further, That all iron or 

 steel wire valued at more than four cents per pound 

 shall pay a duty of not less than forty-five per centum 

 ad valorem, except that card wire for the manufacture 



of card clothing shall pay a duty of thirty-five per 

 centum ad valorem. 



General Provisions. 



149. No allowance or reduction of duties for partial 

 loss or damage in consequence of rust or of discolor- 

 ation shall be made upon any description of iron or 

 steel, or upon any article wholly or partly manufact- 

 ured of iron or steel, or upon any manufacture of iron 

 and steel. 



150. All metal produced from iron or its ores, which 

 is cast and malleaole, of whatever description or form, 

 without regard to the percentage of carbon contained 

 therein, whether produced by cementation, or convert- 

 ed, cast, or made from iron or its ores, by the crucible, 

 Bessemer, Clapp-Grimths, pneumatic, Thomas-Gil- 

 christ, basic, Siemens-Martin, or open-hearth process, 

 or by the equivalent of either, or by a combination 

 of two or more of the processes, or their equivalents, 

 or by any fusion or other process which produces Irom 

 iron or its ore a metal either granular or fibrous 

 in structure, which is cast and malleable, excepting 

 what is known as inalleable-iron castings shall be 

 classed and denominated as steel. 



151. No article not specially provided for in this 

 act, wholly or partly manufactured from tin plate, 

 terne plate, or the sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll 

 iron or steel herein provided for, or of which such tin 

 plate, terne plate, sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll 

 iron or steel shall be the material of chief value, shall 

 pay a lower rate of duty than that imposed on the tin 

 plate, terne plate, or sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll 

 iron or steel from which it is made, or of which it 

 shall be the component thereof of chief value. 



152. On all iron or steel bars or rods of whatever 

 shape or section, which are cold rolled, cold ham- 

 mered, or polished in any way, in addition to the or- 

 dinary process of hot rolling or hammering, there 

 shall be paid one fourth of one cent per pound in ad- 

 dition to the rates provided in this act ; and on all 

 strips, plates, or sheets of iron or steel of whatever 

 shape, other than the polished, planished, or glanced 

 sheet iron, or sheet steel hereinbefore provided for, 

 which are cold rolled, cold hammered, blued, bright- 

 ened, tempered, or polished by any process to such 

 perfected surface finish or polish better than the 

 grade of cold rolled, smooth only, hereinbefore pro- 

 vided for, there shall be paid one and one fourth cent 

 per pound in addition to the rates provided in this 

 act upon plates, strips, or sheets of iron _or steel of 

 common or black finish ; and on steel circular-saw 



Slates there shall be paid one cent per pound in ad- 

 ition to the rate provided in this act for steel saw 

 plates. 



Manufactures of Iron and Steel. 



153. Anchors, or parts thereof, of iron or steel, mill 

 irons and mill cranks of wrought iron, and wrought 

 iron for ships, and forgings of iron or steel, or of com- 

 bined iron and steel, for vessels, steam engines, and 

 locomotives, or parts thereof, weighing each twenty- 

 five pounds or more, one and eight tenths cunt pel 

 pound. 



154. Axles, or parts thereof, axle bars, axle blanks. 

 or forgings for axles, whether of iron or steel, with \ 

 out reference to the stage or state of manufacture, tw 

 cents per pound : Promded, That when iron or stce i 

 axles are imported fitted in wheels, or parts of wheels 

 of iron or steel, they shall be dutiable at the sam< 

 rate as the wheels in which they are fitted. 



155. Anvils of iron or steel, or of iron and B 

 combined, by whatever process made, or in whateve: 

 stage of manufacture, two and one half cents pci 

 pound. 



156. Blacksmiths' hammers and sledges, track 

 wedges, and crowbars, whether of iron or steel, tw 

 and one fourth cents per pound. 



157. Boiler or other tubes, pipes, flues, or st 

 wrought iron or steel, two and one half cents pc 

 pound. 



158. Bolts, with or without threads or nuts, 01 L~ 



