COMPARISON OF THE TARIFF ACTS OF 1913, 1922, AND 1930

ACT OF OCTOBER 3, 1913.

An Act To reduce tariff duties and to provide revenue for the Government, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That on and after the day following the passage of this Act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles when imported from any foreign coun. try into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila) the rates of duty which are by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of this section prescribed, namely:

ACT OF SEPTEMBER 21, 1922, An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of

the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assem. dled,

SECTION 1. That on and after the day following the passage of this Act, except as otherwise specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the islands of Guam and Tutuila) the rates of duty which are prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of this title, namely:

ACT OF JUNE 17, 1930 An Act To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries

of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. That on and after the day following the passage of this Act, ercept as otherwise specially provided for in this Act, there shall be levied, collected, and paid upon all articles when imported from any foreign country into the United States or into any of its possessions (except the Philippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the island of Guam) the rates of duty which are prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of this title, namely:

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1 Acids and acid anhydrides:

Acids-
Acetic, containing by weight of

acetic acid
Not more than 65 per cent... 138 cents per lb.. 34 cent per lb. Free.
More than 65 per cent.

2 cents per lb.. 2 cents per lb. Free.
Arsenic.

3 cents per lb. 3 cents per lb Free. Boric..

1 cent per lb 112 cents per lb. 34 cent per lb. Chloroacetic.

5 cents per lb. 5 cents per lb. 15 per cent.1 Citric

17 cents per lb. 17 cents per lb. 5 cents per lb. Formic.

3 cents per lb. 25 per cent 1 114 cents per lb. Gallic

6 cents per lb. 8 cents per lb. 6 cents per lb. Lactic, containing by weight

of lactic acid 2
Less than 30 per cent.

2 cents per lb.. 2 cents per lb... 112 cents per lb. 30 per cent and less than 55 4 cents per lb. 4 cents per lb. 112 cents per lb.

per cent.
55 per cent or more.

9 cents per lb- 9 cents per lb. 112 cents per lb. Oleic, or red oil.

20 per cent.

122 cents per

lb

15 per cent.1 Oxalic..

6 cents per lb. 4 cents per lh.3. 114 cents per lb. 1 Acids and acid anhydrides, n. s. p. f.

? Provided, That any lactic-acid anhydride present shall be determined as lactic acid and included as such: And provided further, That the duty on lactic acid shall not be less than 25 per centum ad valorem. (Acts of 1930 and 1922.) 36 cents per lb., by presidential proclamation, effective Jan. 28, 1925, under sec. 315.

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1 Acids and acid anhydrides--Con.

Acids-Continued.
Phosphoric...
2 cents per lb. 2 cents per lb.

Free.
Pyrogallic..

12 cents per lb. 12 cents per lb.. 12 cents per lb. Tannic, tannin, and extracts of

nutgalls, containing by

weight of tannic acid Less than 50 per cent.

5 cents per lb.. 4 cents per lb. 5 cents per lb.: 50 per cent or more and not 11 cents per lb. 10 cents per lb. 38 cent per lb.

medicinal.
50 per cent or more and me- 18 cents per lb.... 20 cents per lb...-- 15 per cent.?

dicinal.
Tartaric...

8 cents per lb. 6 cents per lb. 342 cents per lb. All other acids, n. s. p. f. 25 per cent...

25 per cent.

15 per cent.
Anhydrides
Acetic.

342 cents per lb. 5 cents per lb. 242 cents per lb. All other, n. s. p. f.

25 per cent.
25 per cent.

15 per cent.
Carbon dioxide, weighing with 1 cent per lb. on 25 per cent 1

15 per cent.
immediate containers and contents, imme-
carton, one pound or less per diate containers,
carton.

and carton. 2 Acetaldehyde.

Aldol or acetaldol.
Aldehyde ammonia.
Butyraldehyde...

16 cents per lb. and 6 cents per lb. and
Crotonaldehyde.

30 per cent.

30 per cent.
Paracetaldehyde.
Ethylene chlorohydrin.
Propylene chlorohydrin.
Butylene chlorohydrin.

6 cents per lb. and 25 per cent 8

30 per cent. Ethylene dichloride.

16 cents per lb. and 6 cents per lb. and Propylene dichloride

30 per cent.

30 per cent. Butylene dichloride.

6 cents per lb. and 25 per cent 8

30 per cent.
Ethylene oxide....

6 cents per lb. and 6 cents per lb. and
30 per cent.

30 per cer
Propylene oxide.

16 cents per lb. and 25 per cent 8 Butylene oxide.

30 per cent. Ethylene glycol.

6 cents per lb. and 6 cents per lb. and Propylene glycol.

30 per cent.

30 per cent.
Butylene glycol..

15 per cent.
All other glycols or dihydric alcohols
Monoethanolamine.
Diethanolamine..
Triethanolamine.
Ethylene diamine.
All other hydroxy alkyl amines and

alkylene diamines.
Allyl alcohol
Crotonyl alcohol.
Vinyl alcohol.

6 cents per lb. and 25 per cent &
All other olefin or unsaturated alco- 30 per cent.

hols.
Homologues and polymers of the

foregoing.
Ethers, esters, salts, and nitrog-

enous compounds of any of the
foregoing, polymerized or unpoly-

merized.
Mixtures in chief value of any one or

more of the foregoing.

All the foregoing, n. s. p. f. 3 Acetone.

20 per cent.
25 per cent.

1 cent per lb. Acetone oil.

20 per cent.
25 per cent.

1 cent per lb. Ethyl methyl ketone.

20 per cent
25 per cent.

15 per cent.8
Homologues of the above.

20 per cent.
25 per cent 10

15 per cent.10 1 Acids and acid anhydrides, n. s. p. f.

Free if used chiefly for fertilizer or ingredient of fertilizer (par. 1685). 8 Tannic acid and tannin. 6 Extracts and decoctions of nutgalls not containing alcohol and not medicinal. 7 Extracts and decoctions of nutgalls, medicinal.

8 Chemical and medicinal compounds, preparations, mixtures and salts, and combinations thereof, n. s. p. f.

• Acetone includes acetone oil. 10 Chemical and medicinal compounds, preparations, mixtures, and salts and combinations, n. s. p. f.

Alcohol:
Amyl.

6 cents per lb. 6 cents per lb. 14 cent per lb. Butyl.

6 cents per lb. 6 cents per lb. 44 cent per lb. Hexyl.

6 cents per lb. 25 per cent 10 15 per cent. 10 Propyl.

6 cents per lb. 6 cents per lb. 15 per cent.10 All the foregoing whether pri

mary, secondary, or tertiary-Fusel oil

6 cents per lb. 6 cents per lb. 14 cent per lb. Mixtures in chief value of any 6 cents per lb. 25 per cent 10

15 per cent.10 one or more of the foregoing. Methyl or wood (or methanol) - 18 cents per gal.. 12 cents per gal. 11 Free. Ethyl, for nonbeverage purposes 15 cents per gal. 15 cents per gal. $2.60 per proof gal.18

only.
5 Chemical elements, chemical salts | 25 per cent. 25 per cent.

15 per cent.1
and compounds, medicinal prepa-
rations, and combinations and
mixtures of any of the foregoing,
obtained naturally or artificially

and n. s. p. f.
6 Aluminum hydroxide or refined 12 cent per lb. 22 cent per lb... 15 per cent.

bauxite.
Aluminum sulphate, alum cake, or

aluminous cake:
Containing not more than 15 per 45 cent per lb.. 310 cent per lb...--15 per cent.

cent of alumina and more iron
than the equivalent of one-

tenth of 1 per cent of ferric oxide.
Containing more than 15 per cent 36 cent per lb.. 36 cent per lb. 15 per cent.

of alumina and not more iron
than the equivalent of 'one-

tenth of 1 per cent of ferric oxide.
Ammonium aluminum sulphate or 34 cent per lb...--- 34 cent per lb. 15 per cent.

ammonia alum.
Potassium aluminum sulphate or 34 cent per lb.. 34 cent per lb 15 per cent.

potash alum.
All other aluminum salts and com. 25 per cent

25 per cent. 15 per cent. pounds, n. s. p. f. 7 Ammonia, liquid anhydrous.. 242 cents per lb...- 222 cents per lb...-242cents per lb.

Ammonium:
Bicarbonate.

2 cents per lb. 112 cents per lb. 15
Carbonate

2 cents per lb. 112 cents per lb. 34 cent per lb. Chloride,

124 cents per lb. 114 cents per lb. 34 cent per lb. Nitrate.

1 cent per lb. 1 cent per lb. Free. Perchlorate.

192 cents per lb. 112 cents per lb... Free. Phosphate

142 cents per lb ... 142 cents per lb.. 1 cent per lb. 8 Antimony: Oxide

2 cents per lb. 2 cents per lb. 25 per cent. Sulphides and other salts and 1 cent per lb, and 1 cent per lb. and 15 per cent. 10 compounds, n. s. p. f.

25 per cent.

25 per cent.
Tartar emetic or potassium- 6 cents per lb.. 6 cents per lb. 15 per cent, 10

antimony tartrate. 9 Argols, tartar, and wine lees, con- 5 cents per lb... 5 cents per lb.-- 242 cents per lb.

taining 90 per cent or more of
potassium bitartrate.
Cream of tartar..

5 cents per lb. 5 cents per lb. 242 cents per lb. Rochelle salts or potassium-sodium 5 cents per lb. 5 cents per lb. 242 cents per lb.

tartrate. 10 Balsams: 13

Copaiba, fir or Canada, Peru,

tolu, styrax, and all other
balsams, natural and uncom-

pounded.
Advanced.

10 per cent.
10 per cent.

15 per cent.
Crude...
10 per cent.. 10 per cent.

10 per cent.
11 Gums:
Amber and amberoid, unmanu-
50 cents per lb. $1 per lb.

$1 per lb.14
factured, n. s. p. f.
Arabic or senegal...

22 cent per lb. 14 cent per lb 12 cent per lb. Synthetic gums and resins, 4 cents per lb. and 25 per cent or 20 15 per cent. 16 n. s. p. f.

30 per cent.

per cent or 25

cents per lb.16 4 Free if used chiefly for fertilizer or ingredient of fertilizer (par. 1685). 10 Chemical and medicinal compounds, preparations, mixtures, and salts and combinations, n. s. p. f. 11 18 cents per gallon by presidential proclamation, effective Dec. 27, 1926, under sec. 315. 12 Spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other material, n. ś. p. f. 12 Not containing alcohol. 14 Amber in chips valued at not more than 50 cents per pound, free. 15 Chemical medicinal compound or unenumerated manufactured article, or as galalith by similitude.

per cent.

12 Barium:
Carbonate, precipitated..

122 cents per lb.. 1 cent per lb.16 15 per cent.
Chloride.

2 cents per lb. 124 cents per lb.. 44 cent per lb. Dioxide

6 cents per lb. 4 cents per lb.17 142 cents per lb. Hydroxide.

144 cents per lb.. 1/4 cents per lb... 15 per cent. 10
Nitrate.
2 cents per lb. 2 cents per lb

15 per cent.10
Oxide..
242 cents per lb. 25 per cent 10

15 per cent. 10 13 Blackings, powders, liquids, and 25 per cent.. 25 per cent.

15 per cent. creams for cleaning or polishing,

n. S. P. f.13 14 Bleaching powder or chlorinated 310 cent per lb...-- 310 cent per lh...- 310 cent per lb.

lime. 15 Caffeine. $1.25 per lb. $1.50 per lb

$1 per lb.
Caffeine citrate.

75 cents per lb.
25 per cent 10

15 per cent. 10
Compounds of caffeine.
25 per cent. 25 per cent.

25 per cent.
Theobromine.

75 cents per lb.
25 per cent 10.

15 per cent.10 16 Calcium carbide.

1 cent per lb. 1 cent per lb. Free.
Calcium acetate, crude.
1 cent per lb. Free..

Free.
Calcium oxalate..

4 cents per

lb.
25 per cent.

15 per cent.10 17 | Calomel, corrosive sublimate, and 22 cents per lb and 45 per cent.

15 per cent. other mercurial preparations.

25 per cent. 18 Carbon tetrachloride.

1 cent per lb. 242 cents per lb.. 1 cent per lb. Chloroform.

4 cents per lb. 6 cents per lb. 2 cents per lb. Tetrachloroethane and trichloro- 30 per cent.. 35 per cent.. 15 per cent.10

ethylene. 19 Casein or lactarene.

522 cents per lb... 242 cents per lb... Free. Mixtures of which caseinorlactarene 522 cents per lb...

20 per cent 18

15 per cent, 18 is the component material of chief

value, n. s. p. f. 20 Chalk or whiting or Paris white: Dry, ground, or bolted. ho cent per lb 25 per cent.

Kio cent per lb. Ground in oil (putty).

34 cent per lb. 34 cent per lb 15 per cent.
Precipitated.

25 per cent.
25 per cent.

25 per cent.19
Cubes, blocks, sticks, disks, or 25 per cent. 25 per cent.

25 per cent.
otherwise, including tailors',

billiard, and red.
Manufactures of chalk, n. s. p. f.-25 per cent. 25 per cent.

25 per cent. 21 Chemical compounds, mixtures, and 25 per cent. 25 per cent.

10 per cent.
salts, of which gold, platinum,
rhodium, or silver constitutes the

element of chief value.
22 Chemical compounds, salts, and 35 per cent..

35 per cent...

10 per cent. mixtures of bismuth. 23 Chemicals, drugs, medicinal and Not less than 25 Not less than 25 Not less than 25 similar substances, whether duti

per cent,

per cent.
able or free, when imported in
capsules, pills, tablets, lozenges,
troches, ampoules, jubes, or sim-
ilar forms, including powders

put up in medicinal doses.
24 Chemical elements, and chemical

and medicinal compounds,
preparations, mixtures, and
salts, distilled or essential oils,
expressed or extracted oils,
animal oils and greases, ethers
and esters, flavoring and other
extracts, and natural or syn-
thetic fruit flavors, fruit esters,
oils and essences, all the fore-
going and their combinations
and all articles consisting of
vegetable or mineral objects
immersed or placed in, or satu-
rated with, alcohol, except per-
fumery and spirit varnishes,
and all alcoholic compounds,

n.s.p.f.
Containing 20 per cent or less of 20 cents per Ib. 20 cents per lb. 10 cents per

lb. alcohol.

and 25 per cent. and 25 per cent. and 20 per cent. Containing more than 20 per cent 40 cents per lb. 40 cents per lb. 20 cents per lb.

and not more than 50 per cent of and 25 per cent. and 25 per cent. and 20 per cent.

alcohol.
Containing more than 50 per cent 80 cents per lb. 80 cents per lb. 40 cents per lb.
of alcohol.

and 25 per cent. and 25 per cent. and 20 per cent. 10 Chemical and medicinal compounds, preparations, mixtures, and salts and combinations, n. s.p.f. 16 142 cents per pound by presidential proclamation, effective Apr. 25, 1928, under sec. 315. 17 6 cents per pound by presidential proclamation, effective June 18, 1924, under sec. 315. 18 Unenumerated manufactured articles. 19 Suitable for medicinal or toilet purposes.

per cent.