duties on vegetables no segregation or allowance of any kind shall be made for foreign matter or impurities mixed therewith.

PAR. 773. Vegetables, if cut, sliced, or otherwise reduced in size, or if parched or roasted, or if pickled, or packed in salt, brine, oil, or prepared or preserved in any other way and not specially provided for; soya beans, prepared or preserved in any manner; bean stick, miso, bean cake, and similar products, not specially provided for; soups, pastes, balls, puddings, hash, and all similar forms, composed of vegetables, or of vegetables and meat or fish, or both, not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 774. Broom corn, $2 per ton.

PAR. 775. Acorns, and chickory and dandelion roots, crude, 11 cents per pound; ground, or otherwise prepared, 2 cents per pound; all coffee substitutes and adulterants, and coffee essences, 2 cents per pound.

PAR. 776. Chocolate and cocoa, sweetened or unsweetened, powdered, or otherwise prepared, 17 per centum ad valorem, but not less than 2 cents per pound; cacao butter, 3 cents per pound.

PAR. 777. Ginger root, candied, or prepared or preserved, 15 cents per pound.

PAR. 778. Hay, $4 per ton; straw, $1 per ton.'

PAR. 779. Hops, 24 cents per pound; hop extract, $1.50 per pound; lupulin, 75 cents per pound.

PAR. 780. Spices and spice seeds: Anise seeds, 2 cents per pound; caraway seeds, 1 cent per pound; cardamon seeds, 10 cents per pound; cassia, cassia buds, and cassia vera, unground, 2 cents per pound; ground, 5 cents per pound; cloves, unground, 3 cents per pound; ground, 6 cents per pound; clove stems, unground, 2 cents per pound; ground, 5 cents per pound; cinnamon and cinnamon chips, unground, 2 cents per pound; ground, 5 cents per pound; coriander seeds, onehalf of 1 cent per pound; cummin seeds, 1 cent per pound; curry and curry powder, 2 cents per pound; fennel seeds, 1 cent per pound; ginger root, not preserved or candied, unground, 2 cents per pound; ground, 5 cents per pound; mace, unground, 4 cents per pound; ground, 8 cents per pound; Bombay, or wild mace, unground, 18 cents per pound; ground, 22 cents per pound; mustard seeds (whole), 1 cent per pound; mustard, ground, prepared in bottles or otherwise, 5 cents per pound; nutmegs, unground, 2 cents per pound; ground, 5 cents per pound; pepper, capsicum or red pepper or cayenne pepper, and paprika, unground, 2 cents per pound; ground, 5 cents per pound; black or white pepper, unground, 2 cents per pound; ground, 5 cents per pound; pimento (allspice), unground, 1 cent per pound; ground, 3 cents per pound; whole pimentos, packed in brine or in oil, or prepared or preserved in any manner, 6 cents per pound; sage, unground, 1 cent per pound; ground, 3 cents per pound; turmeric, 10 cents per pound; mixed spices, and spices and spice seeds not specially provided for, including all herbs or herb leaves in glass or other small packages, for culinary use, 20 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That in all the foregoing no allowance shall be made for dirt or other foreign matter: Provided further, That the importation of pepper shells, ground or unground, is hereby prohibited.

PAR. 781. Teasels, 25 per centum ad valorem.

SCHEDULE 8.-SPIRITS, WINES, AND OTHER Beverages.

PAR. 801. Liqueurs, as defined in the National Prohibition Act, when imported in compliance with the provisions of that Act, shall be dutiable at the rates hereinafter provided in this title.

PAR. 802. Brandy and other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, cordials, liqueurs, arrack, absinthe, kirschwasser, ratafia, and bitters of all kinds containing spirits, and compounds and preparations of which distilled spirits are the component part of chief value and not specially provided for, $5 per proof gallon. PAR. 803. Champagne and all other sparkling wines, $6 per proof gallon.

PAR. 804. Still wines, including ginger wine or ginger cordial, vermuth, and rice wine or sake, and similar beverages not specially provided for, $1.25 per gallon: Provided, That any of the foregoing articles specified in this paragraph when imported containing more than 24 per centum of alcohol shall be classed as spirits and pay duty accordingly.

PAR. 805. Ale, porter, stout, beer, and fluid malt extract, $1 per gallon; malt extract, solid or condensed, 60 per centum ad valorem. PAR. 806. Cherry juice, prune juice, or prune wine, and all other fruit juices and fruit sirups, not specially provided for, containing less than one-half of 1 per centum of alcohol, 70 cents per gallon; containing one-half of 1 per centum or more of alcohol, 70 cents per gallon and in addition thereto $5 per proof gallon on the alcohol contained therein.

PAR. 807. Ginger ale, ginger beer, lemonade, soda water, and similar beverages containing no alcohol, and beverages containing less than one-half of 1 per centum of alcohol, not specially provided for, 15 cents per gallon.

PAR. 808. All mineral waters and all imitations of natural mineral waters, and all artificial mineral waters not specially provided for, 10 cents per gallon.

PAR. 809. When any article provided for in this title is imported in bottles or jugs, duty shall be collected upon the bottles or jugs at one-third the rate provided on the bottles or jugs if imported empty or separately.

PAR. 810. Each and every gauge or wine gallon of measurement shall be counted as at least one proof gallon; and the standard for determining the proof of brandy and other spirits or liquors of any kind when imported shall be the same as that which is defined in the laws relating to internal revenue. The Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, may authorize the ascertainment of the proof of wines, cordials, or other liquors and fruit juices by distillation or otherwise, in cases where it is impracticable to ascertain such proof by the means prescribed by existing law or regulations.

PAR. 811. No lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, collected, and paid on the articles enumerated in paragraph 802 of this title than that fixed by law for the description of first proof; but it shall be increased in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of first proof, and all imitations of brandy, spirits, or wines imported by any names whatever shall be subject to the highest rate of duty provided for the genuine articles respectively intended to be represented, and in no case less than $5 per gallon: Provided, That any brandy or

other spirituous or distilled liquors imported in any sized cask, bottle, jug, or other packages, of or from any country, dependency, or province under whose laws similar sized casks, bottles, jugs, or other packages of distilled spirits, wine, or other beverage put up or filled in the United States are denied entrance into such country, dependency, or province, shall be forfeited to the United States.

PAR. 812. There shall be no constructive or other allowance for breakage, leakage, or damage on wines, liquors, cordials, or distilled spirits, except that when it shall appear to the collector of customs from the gauger's return, verified by an affidavit by the importer to be filed within five days after the delivery of the merchandise, that a cask or package has been broken or otherwise injured in transit from a foreign port and as a result thereof a part of its contents, amounting to 10 per centum or more of the total value of the contents of the said cask or package in its condition as exported, has been lost, allowance therefor may be made in the liquidation of the duties.

PAR. 813. No wines, spirits, or other liquors or articles provided for in this title containing one-half of 1 per centum or more of alcohol shall be imported or permitted entry except on a permit issued therefor by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and any such wines, spirits, or other liquors or articles imported or brought into the United States without a permit shall be seized and forfeited in the same manner as for other violations of the customs laws.

PAR. 814. The Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to make all rules and regulations necessary for the enforcement of the provisions of this title.

SCHEDULE 9.-COTTON MANUFACTURES.

PAR. 901. Cotton yarn, including warps, in any form, not bleached, dyed, colored, combed, or plied, of numbers not exceeding number 40, one-fifth of 1 cent per number per pound; exceeding number 40 and not exceeding number 120, 8 cents per pound and, in addition thereto, one-fourth of 1 cent per number per pound for every number in excess of number 40; exceeding number 120, 28 cents per pound: Provided, That none of the foregoing, of numbers not exceeding number 100, shall pay less duty than 5 per centum ad valorem and, in addition thereto, for each number, one-fifth of 1 per centum ad valorem; nor of numbers exceeding number 100, less than 25 per centum ad valorem.

Cotton yarn, including warps, in any form, bleached, dyed, colored, or plied, of numbers not exceeding number 40, one-fourth of 1 cent per number per pound; exceeding number 40 and not exceeding number 120, 10 cents per pound and, in addition thereto, three-tenths of 1 cent per number per pound for every number in excess of number 40; exceeding number 120, 34 cents per pound: Provided, That none of the foregoing, of numbers not exceeding number 100, shall pay less duty than 7 per centum ad valorem and, in addition thereto, for each number, one-fifth of 1 per centum ad valorem; nor of numbers exceeding number 100, less than 27 per centum ad valorem. Any of the foregoing yarns, if combed, shall pay in addition to the rates of duty herein provided, if exceeding number 9 and not exceed

ing number 40, 1 cent per pound; if exceeding number 40, 2 cents per pound.

Cotton waste, manufactured or otherwise advanced in value, cotton card laps, sliver, and roving, 5 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 902. Cotton sewing thread; crochet, darning, embroidery, and knitting cottons, put up for handwork, in lengths not exceeding eight hundred and forty yards; one-half of 1 cent per hundred yards: Provided, That none of the foregoing shall pay a less rate of duty than 17 nor more than 33 per centum ad valorem. In no case shall the duty be assessed on a less number of yards than is marked on the goods as imported.

PAR. 903. Cotton cloth, not bleached, printed, dyed colored, or woven-figured, containing yarns the average number of which does not exceed number 40, forty one-hundredths of 1 cent per average number per pound; exceeding number 40, 16 cents per pound, and, in addition thereto, fifty-five one-hundredths of 1 cent per average number per pound for every number in excess of number 40: Provided, That none of the foregoing, when containing yarns the average number of which does not exceed number 100, shall pay less duty than 9 per centum ad valorem and, in addition thereto, for each number, one-fifth of 1 per centum ad valorem; nor when exceeding number 100, less than 29 per centum ad valorem.

Cotton cloth, bleached, containing yarns the average number of which does not exceed number 40, forty-five one-hundredths of 1 cent per average number per pound; exceeding number 40, 18 cents per pound and, in addition thereto, three-fifths of 1 cent per average number per pound for every number in excess of number 40: Provided, That none of the foregoing, when containing yarns the average number of which does not exceed number 100, shall pay less duty than 13 per centum ad valorem and, in addition thereto, for each number, one-fifth of 1 per centum ad valorem; nor when exceeding number 100, less than 33 per centum ad valorem.

Cotton cloth, printed, dyed, colored, or woven-figured, containing yarns the average number of which does not exceed number 40, fifty-five one-hundredths of 1 cent per average number per pound; exceeding number 40, 22 cents per pound and, in addition thereto, sixty-five one-hundredths of 1 cent per average number per pound for every number in excess of number 40: Provided, That none of the foregoing, when containing yarns the average number of which does not exceed number 100, shall pay less duty than 13 per centum ad valorem and, for each number, one-fifth of 1 per centum ad valorem; nor when exceeding number 100, less than 33 per centum ad valorem. Plain gauze or leno woven cotton nets or nettings shall be classified for duty as cotton cloth.

PAR. 904. The term cotton cloth, or cloth, wherever used in this schedule, unless otherwise specially provided for, shall be held to include all woven fabrics of cotton, in the piece, whether figured, fancy, or plain, and shall not include any article, finished or unfinished, made from cotton cloth. In the ascertainment of the condition of the cloth or yarn upon which the duties imposed upon cotton cloth are made to depend, the entire fabric and all parts thereof shall be included. The average number of the yarn in cotton cloth herein provided for shall be obtained by taking the length of the thread or yarn to be equal to the distance covered by it in the cloth

in the condition as imported, except that all clipped threads shall be measured as if continuous; in counting the threads all ply yarns shall be separated into singles and the count taken of the total singles; the weight shall be taken after any excessive sizing is removed by boiling or other suitable process.

PAR. 905. Cotton cloth with extra threads introduced by means of the lappet or swivel shall be dutiable at the rate on the basic cloth and, in addition thereto, 7 per centum ad valorem.

Cotton sateens, woven with eight or more harness, shall pay, in addition to the rate on cotton cloth, 10 per centum ad valorem.

Tire fabric or fabric for use in pneumatic tires, including cord fabric, 25 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 906. Tracing cloth, 5 cents per square yard and 17 per centum ad valorem; cotton window hollands, all oilcloths (except silk oilcloths and oilcloths for floors), and filled or coated cotton cloths not specially provided for, 3 cents per square yard and 17 per centum ad valorem; waterproof cloth composed wholly or in chief value of cotton or other vegetable fiber, whether or not in part of india rubber, 5 cents per square yard and 20 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 907. Cloth in chief value of cotton, containing silk or artificial silk, 8 cents per square yard and 17 per centum ad valorem: Provided, That none of the foregoing shall pay a less rate of duty than 33} per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 908. Tapestries, and other Jacquard woven upholstery cloths, in the piece or otherwise, composed wholly or in chief value of cotton or other vegetable fiber, 30 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 909. Pile fabrics, composed wholly or in chief value of cotton, including plush and velvet ribbons, cut or uncut, whether or not the pile covers the whole surface, and manufactures, in any form, made or cut from cotton pile fabrics, 333 per centum ad valorem; terry-woven fabrics, composed wholly or in chief value of cotton, and manufactures, in any form, made or cut from terry-woven fabrics, 25 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 910. Table damask, composed wholly or in chief value of cotton, and manufactures, in any form, composed wholly or in chief value of such damask, 28 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 911. Quilts or bedspreads, composed wholly or in chief value of cotton, woven of two or more sets of warp threads or of two or more sets of filling threads, 30 per centum ad valorem; other quilts or bedspreads, wholly or in chief value of cotton, 20 per centum ad valorem; sheets, pillowcases, blankets, towels, polishing cloths, dust cloths, and mop cloths, composed wholly or in chief value of cotton, not Jacquard figured or terry-woven, nor made of pile fabrics, and not specially provided for, 20 per centum ad valorem; table and bureau covers, centerpieces, runners, scarfs, napkins, and doilies, made of plain-woven cotton cloth, and not specially provided for, 23 per centum ad valorem.

PAR. 912. Fabrics with fast edges not exceeding twelve inches in width, and articles made therefrom, tubings, garters, suspenders, braces, cords, tassels, and cords and tassels; all the foregoing composed wholly or in chief value of cotton or of cotton and india rubber, and not specially provided for, 25 per centum ad valorem; spindle banding, and lamp, stove, or candle wicking, made of cotton or other 57367°-H. Doc. 100, 67-1—————4