March 1895.] 



THE UNITED STATES TARIFF. 



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XYI.— THE UNITED STATES TAKIFF. 



The Board of Trade have pubUshed a return respecting 

 the Customs Tariff o£ the United States, from which the 

 following comparative statement has been prepared showing 

 the rates of import duty leviable on agricultural and allied 

 products under the Tariff Act passed by Congress on the 

 14th August 1894, compared with those previously leviable 

 under the Tariff Act of 1890 



Tariff Classification. 



Rates of Duty,, 



Under New Tariff. Under Old Tariff. 



Agricultural Products and 

 Provisions. 



Animals, live, not specially provided 

 for: — 



Cattle, more than one year old - 



„ one year old or less 

 Hogs - . - - 



Horses and mules valued at less 



than 150 dols - - - 



Horses and mules valued at 150 



dols. and over 

 Sheep, one year old or more 



„ less than one year old 

 All other live animals not specially 



provided for - 



and farinaceous sub- 



Breadstuffs 

 stances : — 



Buckwheat - - - 



Corn-meal _ - - 



Oats - - - - 



Rye - - - - 

 Rye-flour 



Wheat - - - - 



Wheat-flour - - - 



Oatmeal - - - 



Barley - - - - 



Barley, pearled, patent, or hulled 



Barley malt - 



Dairy products : — 



Butter and substitutes therefor - 

 Cheese - 



Milk, preserved or condensed, 



including weight of packages. 

 Sugar of milk - 



d. 



15 7o 



40 7, 



y 20 ad val. <{ 



20 7„ ad val. - 



Each 



£ s, d. 



2 1 8 



0 8 4 



0 6 3 



6 5 0 



30 °/o ad val. 

 Each 0 6 3 

 „ 0 3 1 



20 °/o ad val. 



Bush. \ 

 of48lbs.j" 

 0 



Bush. 0 



0 0 5 

 Cwt. 0 2 4 

 Bush. 0 

 25 7o ad val. 

 Cwt. 0 

 Bash. 

 of 48 lbs. J 

 Cwt. 0 

 Bush. \^ 

 of 34 lbs. J " 



0 7 



0 10 

 0 7 



1 m 

 \\ 



4 



1 3 



9 4 



1 10 



Cwt. 



0 



18 





Cwt. I 



8 



0 





0 



IS 



« ! 



1 



8 



0 





0 



9 



4 : 



„ 0 



14 



0 





1 



3 



4 ! 



» 1 



17 



4 



