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Par. 303. Muck bars, pieces thereof Par. 303. Muck bars, bar iron, and except crop ends, bar iron, and round round iron in coils or rods, iron in slabs, iron in coils or rods, iron in slabs, blooms, loops, or other forms less blooms, loops, or other forms less finished than iron in bars and more finished than iron in bars and more advanced than pig iron, except castadvanced than pig iron, except castings; ings; all of the foregoing, valued at not all the foregoing, valued at not above over 1 cent per pound, two-tenths of 1 142 cents per pound, three-tenths of 1 cent per pound; valued above 1 cent cent per pound; valued above 142 and and not above 172 cents per pound, not above 242 cents per pound, five- three-tenths of 1 cent per pound; tenths of 1 cent per pound; valued valued above 142 and not above 272 above 242 and not above 372 cents per cents per pound, five-tenths of 1 cent pound, eight-tenths of 1 cent per per pound; valued above 242 and not pound; valued above 342 and not above 372 cents per pound, eightabove 5 cents per pound, 1 cert per tenths of 1 cent per pound; valued pound; valued above 5 cents per above 372 and not above 5 cents per pound, 142 cents per pound.

pound, 1 cent per pound; valued above

5 cents per pound, 142 cents per pound. Par. 304. Steel ingots, cogged ingots, Par. 304. Steel ingots, cogged ingots, blooms and slabs, by whatever process

blooms and slabs, by whatever process made; die blocks or blanks; billets and made; die blocks or blanks; billets and bars, whether solid or hollow; shafting; bars, whether solid or hollow; shafting; pressed, sheared, or stamped shapes, pressed, sheared, or stamped shapes, not advanced in value or condition by not advanced in value or condition by any process or operation subsequent to any process or operation subsequent to the process of stamping; hammer molds the process of stamping; hammer molds or swaged steel; gun-barrel molds not or swaged steel; gun-barrel molds not in bars; concrete reinforcement bars; in bars;

all descriptions and all descriptions and shapes of dry sand, shapes of dry sand, loam, or iron moldloam, or iron molded steel castings; ed steel castings; sheets and plates and sheets and plates and steel not specially steel not specially provided for; all of provided for; all the foregoing valued the foregoing valued at not over 1 cent at not above 142 cents per pound, three- per pound, two-tenths of 1 cent per tenths of 1 cent per pound; valued pound; valued above 1 cent and not above 142 and not above 272 cents per above 142 cents per pound, three-tenths pound, five-tenths of 1 cent per pound; of 1 cent per pound; valued above 142 valued above 27 and not above 342 and not above 242 cents per pound, fivecents per pound, eight-tenths of 1 cent tenths of 1 cent per pound; valued per pound; valued above 372 and not above 272 and not above 372 cents per above 5 cents per pound, 1 cent per pound, eight-tenths of 1 cent per pound; pound; valued above 5 and not above valued above 372 and not above 5 cents 8 cents per pound, 170 cents per pound; per pound, 1 cent per pound; valued valued above 8 and not above 12 cents above 5 and not above 8 cents per pound, per pound, 242 cents per pound; valued 170 cents per pound; valued above 8 and above 12 and not above 16 cents per

not above 12 cents per pound, 272 cents pound, 342 cents per pound; valued per pound; valued above 12 and not above 16 cents per pound, 20 per cen

above 16 cents per pound, 342 cents per tum ad valorem: Provided, That on pound; valued above 16 cents per pound, steel circular saw plates there shall be 20 per centum ad valorem: Provided, levied, collected, and paid an addi- That on steel circular saw plates there tional duty of one-fourth of 1 cent per shall be levied, collected and paid an pound: Provided further, That on hol- additional duty of one-fourth of 1 cent low bars and hollow drill steel valued at per pound. more than 4 cents per pound there shall Par. 312. *

* structural shapes be levied, collected, and paid an addi- of iron or steel, not assembled, manutional duty of three-fourths of 1 cent per factured or advanced beyond hammerpound.

ing, rolling, or casting, one-fifth of 1

cent per pound; * Par. 305. In addition to the rates of Par. 305. In addition to the rates of duty provided for in paragraphs 303, duty provided for in this schedule on 304, 307, 308, 312, 313, 315, 316, 317, steel in all forms and shapes, by what318, 319, 322, 323, 324, 327, and 328 of

ever process made, and by whatever this schedule, there shall be levied, col- name designated, whether cast, hot or lected, and paid on all steel or iron in cold rolled, forged, stamped, or drawn, the materials and articles enumerated containing more than six-tenths of i or described in such paragraphs: per centum of nickel, cobalt, vanadium,

(1) A duty of 8 per centum ad chromiụm, tungsten, molybdenum, or valorem if such steel or iron con- any other metallic element used in

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tains more than one-tenth of 1 per alloying steel, there shall be levied, centum of vanadium, or more than collected, and paid 8 per centum ad two-tenths of 1 per centum of valorem: Provided, That manganese tungsten, molybdenum, or chro- and silicon shall not be considered as mium, or more than six-tenths of alloying material unless present in the 1 per centum of nickel, cobalt, or steel in excess of 1 per centum mangaany other metallic element used in nese or silicon: Provided further, That alloying steel or iron: Provided, an additional cumulative duty of 65 That phosphorus shall not be con- cents per pound on the molybdenum sidered as alloying material unless content in excess of six-tenths of 1 per present in the steel or iron in ex- centum, and 72 cents per pound on the cess of 5 per centum, nor shall tungsten content in excess of six-tenths manganese or silicon be so con- of 1 per centum shall be levied, colsidered unless either is present in lected, and paid on any material prothe steel in excess of 1 per centum, vided for in paragraph 304 containing or unless either is present in the molybdenum and tungsten. iron in excess of 3 per centum; and (2) an

additional cumulative duty of $1 per pound on the vanadium content in excess of onetenth of 1 per centum, 72 cents per pound on the tungsten content in excess of two-tenths of 1 per centum, 65 cents per pound on the molybdenum content in excess of two-tenths of 1 per centum, and 3 cents per pound on the chromium content in excess of two-tenths of

1 per centum. Par. 306. All metal produced from Par. 306. All metal produced from iron or its ores, which is cast and mal- iron or its ores, which is cast and leable, of whatever description or form, malleable, of whatever description or without regard to the percentage of form, without regard to the percarbon contained therein, whether pro- centage of carbon contained therein, duced by cementation, or converted, whether produced by cementation, or cast, or made from iron or its ores, by converted, cast, or made from iron or the crucible, electric, Bessemer, Clapp- its ores, by the crucible, electric, BesseGriffith, pneumatic, Thomas-Gilchrist, mer, Clapp-Griffith, pneumatic, Thombasic, Siemens-Martin, or open-hearth as-Gilchrist, basic, Siemens-Martin, or process, or by the equivalent of either, open-hearth process, or by the equivaor by a combination of two or more of lent of either, or by a combination of the processes, or their equivalents, or

two or more of the processes, or their by any fusion or other process which equivalents, or by any fusion or other produces from iron or its ores a metal process which produces from iron or its either granular or fibrous in structure, ores a metal either granular of fibrous which is cast and malleable, excepting in structure, which is cast and malleawhat is known as malleable-iron cast- ble, excepting what is known as malings, shall be classed and denominated leable-iron castings, shall be classed as steel.

and denominated as steel. Par. 307. Boiler or other plate iron Par. 307. Boiler or other plate iron or steel, except crucible plate steel and or steel, except crucible plate steel and saw plate steel, not thinner than one saw plate steel, not thinner than one hundred and nine one-thousandths of hundred and nine one-thousandths of one inch, cut or sheared to shape or one inch, cut or sheared to shape or otherwise, or unsheared, and skelp iron otherwise, or unsheared, and skelp iron or steel sheared or rolled in grooves, or steel sheared or rolled in grooves, valued at not above 3 cents per pound, valued at 1 cent per pound or less, sevfive-tenths of 1 cent per pound; valued en-twentieths of 1 cent per pound; at over 3 cents per pound, 20 per cen- valued above 1 cent per pound and not tum ad valorem: Provided, That all above 3 cents per pound, five-tenths sheets or plates of iron or steel thinner of 1 cent per pound; valued at over 3 than one hundred and nine one-thou- cents per pound, 20 per centum ad valo, sandths of one inch shall be subject to rem: Provided, That all sheets or plates duty as iron or steel sheets.

of iron or steel thinner than one hundred and nine one-thousandths of one inch shall pay duty as iron or steel sheets.

Par. 308. Sheets of iron or steel, Par. 308. Sheets of iron or steel, common or black, of whatever dimen- common or black, of whatever dimensions, and skelp iron or steel, valued at sions, and skelp iron or steel, valued at 3 cents per pound or less, thinner than 3 cents per pound or less, thinner than one hundred and nine one-thousandths one hundred and nine one-thousandths and not thinner than thirty-eight one- and not thinner than thirty-eight onethousandths of one inch, forty-five one- thousandths of an inch, forty-five onehundredths of 1 cent per pound; thin- hundredths of 1 cent per pound; thinner than thirty-eight one-thousandths ner than thirty-eight one-thousandths and not thinner than twenty-two one- and not thinner than twenty-two onethousandths of one inch, fifty-five one- thousandths of an inch, fifty-five onehundredths of 1 cent per pound; thinner hundredths of 1 cent per pound; thinthan twenty-two one-thousandths and ner than twenty-two one-thousandths not thinner than ten one-thousandths and not thinner than ten one-thouof one inch, seventy-five one-hun- sandths of an inch, seventy-five onedredths of 1 cent per pound; thinner hundredths of 1 cent per pound; thinthan ten one-thousandths of one inch, ner than ten one-thousandths of an eighty-five one-hundredths of 1 cent inch, eighty-five one-hundredths of a per pound; corrugated or crimped, sev- cent per pound; corrugated or crimped, enty-five one-hundredths of 1 cent per seventy-five one-hundredths of 1 cent pound; all the foregoing when valued per pound; all the foregoing when at more than 3 cents per pound, 20 per valued at more than 3 cents per pound, centum ad valorem: Provided, That all 20 per centum ad valorem: Provided, sheets or plates of common or black That all sheets or plates of common or iron or steel not thinner than one hun- black iron or steel not thinner than one dred and nine one-thousandths of one hundred and nine one-thousandths of inch shall be subject to duty as plate an inch shall pay duty as plate iron or iron or plate steel.

plate steel. Par. 309. All iron or steel sheets, Par. 309. All iron or steel sheets, plates, bars, and rods, and all hoop, plates, bars, and rods, and all hoop, band, or scroll iron or steel, excepting band, or scroll iron or steel, excepting what are known commercially as tin what are known commercially as tin plates, terneplates, and taggers tin, plates, terneplates, and taggers tin, , when galvanized or coated with zinc, when galvanized or coated with zinc, spelter, or other metals, or any alloy of spelter, or other metals, or any alloy of those metals, shall be subject to two- those metals, shall pay two-tenths of 1 tenths of 1 cent per pound more duty cent per pound more duty than if the than if the same was not so galvanized same was not so galvanized or coated; or coated; sheets or plates composed of sheets or plates composed of iron, steel, iron, steel, copper, nickel, or other metal copper, nickel, or other metal with with layers of other metal or metals im- layers of other metal or metals imposed posed thereon by forging, hammering, thereon by forging, hammering, rolling, rolling, or welding, 30 per centum ad or welding, 30 per centum ad valorem; valorem; thermostatic metal in sheets, thermostatic metal in sheets, plates, or plates, or other forms, 50 per centum ad other forms, 50 per centum ad valorem; valorem; sheets and plates of iron or sheets and plates of iron or steel, polsteel, polished, planished, or glanced, ished, planished, or glanced, by whatby whatever name designated, 1/4 cents ever name designated, 144 cents per per pound: Provided, That plates or pound: Provided, That plates or sheets sheets of iron or steel, by whatever of iron or steel, by whatever name desname designated, other than polished, ignated, other than polished, planished, planished, or glanced, herein provided or glanced, herein provided for, which for, which have been pickled or cleaned have been pickled or cleaned by acid, by acid, or by any other material or by any other material or process, or or process, or which are cold-rolled, which are cold-rolled, smoothed only, smoothed only, not polished, shall be not polished, shall pay two-tenths of 1 subject to two-tenths of 1 cent per cent per pound more duty than the rates pound more duty than the rates pro- provided on corresponding thicknesses vided on corresponding thicknesses of of common or black sheet iron or steel. common or black sheet iron or steel.

Par. 310. Sheets or plates of iron or Par. 310. Sheets or plates or iron or steel, or taggers iron or steel, coated steel, or taggers iron or steel, coated with tin or lead, or with a mixture of with tin or lead, or with a mixture of which these metals, or either of them, which these metals, or either of them, is a component part, by the dipping or is a component part, by the dipping or any other process, and commercially any other process, and commercially known as tin plates, terneplates, and known as tin plates, terneplates, and taggers tin, 1 cent per pound.

taggers tin, 1 cent per pound.

Par. 311. No article not specially pro- Par. 311. No article not specially provided for which is wholly or partly man- vided for which is wholly or partly ufactured from tin plate, terneplate, or manufactured from tin plate, terneplate, sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll iron or sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll or steel, or of which such tinplate, terne- iron or steel, or of which such tin plate, plate, sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll terneplate, sheet, plate, hoop, band, or iron or steel shall be the material of chief scroll iron or steel shall be the material value, shall be subject to a lower rate of of chief value, shall pay a lower rate of duty than that imposed on the tinplate, duty than that imposed on the tin plate, terneplate, or sheet, plate, hoop, band, terneplate, or sheet, plate, hoop, band, or scroll iron or steel from which it is or scroll iron or steel from which it is made, or of which it shall be the com- made, or of which it shall be the component thereof of chief value.

ponent thereof of chief value. Par. 312. Beams, girders, joists, an- Par. 312. Beams, girders, joists, angles, channels, car-truck channels, tees, gles, channels, car-truck channels, tees, columns and posts, or parts or sections columns and posts, or parts or sections of columns and posts, and deck and of columns and posts, deck and bulb bulb beams, together with all other beams, and building forms, together structural shapes of iron or steel, not with all other structural shapes of iron assembled, manufactured or advanced or steel, not assembled, manufactured beyond hammering, rolling, or casting, or advanced beyond hammering, rolling, one-fifth of 1 cent per pound; any of the or casting, one-fifth of 1 cent per pound; foregoing machined, drilled, punched, any of the foregoing machined, drilled, assembled, fitted, fabricated for use, or punched, assembled, fitted, fabricated otherwise advanced beyond hammering, for use, or otherwise advanced beyond rolling, or casting, 20 per centum ad hammering, rolling, or casting, 20 per valorem; sashes and frames of iron or centum ad valorem; sashes, frames, and steel, 25 per centum ad valorem; sheet building forms, of iron or steel, 25 per piling, one-fifth of 1 cent per pound. centum ad valorem.

Par. 313. Hoop, band, and scroll iron Par. 313. Hoop, band, and scroll iron or steel, not specially provided for, or steel, not specially provided for, valued at 3 cents per pound or less, valued at 3 cents per pound or less, eight inches or less in width, and thin- eight inches or less in width, and thinner than three-eighths and not thinner ner than three-eighths and not thinner than one hundred and nine one-thou- than one hundred and nine one-thousandths of one inch, twenty-five one- sandths of one inch, twenty-five onehundredths of 1 cent per pound; thinner hundredths of 1 cent per pound; thinner than one hundred and nine one-thou- than one hundred and nine one-thousandths and not thinner than thirty- sandths and not thinner than thirtyeight one-thousandths of one inch, eight one-thousandths of one inch, thirty-five one-hundredths of 1 cent per thirty-five one-hundredths of 1 cent pound; thinner than thirty-eight one- per pound; thinner than thirty-eight thousandths of one inch, fifty-five one- one-thousandths of one inch, fifty-five hundredths of 1 cent per pound: Pro- one-hundredths of 1 cent per pound: vided, That barrel hoops of iron or steel, Provided, That barrel hoops of iron or and hoop or band iron, or hoop or band steel, and hoop or band iron, or hoop or steel, flared, splayed, or punched, with or band steel, flared, splayed, or punched, without buckles or fastenings, shall pay with or without buckles or fastenings, no more duty than that imposed on the shall pay no more duty than that imhoop or band iron or steel from which posed on the hoop or band iron or steel they are made; bands and strips of iron from which they are made; bands and or steel, whether in long or short strips of iron or steel, whether in lorg or lengths, not specially provided for, 25 short lengths, not specially provided for, per centum ad valorem.

25 per centum ad valorem. Par. 314. Hoop or band iron, and Par. 314. Hoop or band iron, and hoop or band steel, cut to lengths, or hoop or band steel, cut to lengths, or wholly or partly manufactured into wholly or partly manufactured into hoops or ties, coated or not coated with hoops or ties, coated or not coated with paint or any other preparation, with or paint or any other preparation, with or without buckles or fastenings, for baling without buckles or fastenings, for baling cotton or any other commodity, one- cotton or any other commodity, onefourth of 1 cent per pound.

fourth of 1 cent per pound. Par. 315. Wire rods: Rivet, screw, Par. 315. Wire rods: Rivet, screw, fence, and other iron or steel wire rods, fence, and other iron or steel wire rods, whether round, oval, or square, or in whether round, oval, or square, or in any other shape, nail rods and flat rods any other shape, nail rods and flat rods up to six inches in width ready to be up to six inches in width ready to be

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drawn or rolled into wire or strips, all drawn or rolled into wire or strips, all the foregoing in coils or otherwise, the foregoing in coils or otherwise, valued at not over 4 cents per pound, valued at not over 4 cents per pound, three-tenths of 1 cent per pound; three-tenths of 1 cent per pound; valued at over 4 cents per pound, six- valued at over 4 cents per pound, sixtenths of 1 cent per pound: Provided tenths of 1 cent per pound: Provided, That all round iron or steel rods That all round iron or steel rods smaller smaller than twenty one-hundredths of than twenty one-hundredths of one one inch in diameter shall be classified inch in diameter shall be classified and and dutiable as wire: Provided further dutiable as wire: Provided further, That That all iron or steel wire rods which all iron or steel wire rods which have have been tempered or treated in any been tempered or treated in any manmanner or partly manufactured shall ner or partly manufactured shall pay be subject to an additional duty of one- an additional duty of one-fourth of 1 fourth of 1 cent per pound: Provided cent per pound: Provided further, That further, That on all iron or steel bars on all iron or steel bars and rods of and rods of whatever shape or section whatever shape or section which are which are cold rolled, cold drawn, cold cold rolled, cold drawn, cold hammered, hammered, or polished in any way in or polished in any way in addition to addition to the ordinary process of the ordinary process of hot rolling or hot rolling or hammering, there shall hammering, there shall be paid onebe paid one-eighth of 1 cent per pound eighth of 1 cent per pound in addition in addition to the rates provided on to the rates provided on bars or rods of bars or rods of whatever section or whatever section or shape which are shape which are hot rolled; and on all hot rolled; and on all strips, plates, or strips, plates, or sheets of iron or steel sheets of iron or steel of whatever shape, of whatever shape, other than polished, other than polished, planished, or planished, or glanced sheet iron or sheet glanced sheet iron or sheet steel, which steel, which are cold hammered, blued, are cold hammered, blued, brightened, brightened, tempered, or polished by tempered, or polished by any process to any process to such perfected surface such perfected surface finish or polish finish or polish better than the grade of better than the grade of cold rolled, cold rolled, smoothed only, there shall smoothed only, there shall be paid twobe paid two-tenths of 1 cent per pound tenths of 1 cent per pound in addition in addition to the rates provided on to the rates provided on plates, strips, plates, strips, or sheets of iron or steel or sheets of iron or steel of common or of common or black finish.of correspond- black finish of corresponding thickness ing thickness or value.

or value. Par. 316. (a) Round iron or steel Par. 316. Round iron or steel wire, wire, not smaller than ninety-five one- not smaller than ninety-five one-thouthousandths of one inch in diameter, sandths of one inch in diameter, threethree-fourths of 1 cent per pound; fourths of 1 cent per pound; smaller smaller than ninety-five one-thou- than ninety-five one-thousandths and sandths and not smaller than sixty-five not smaller than sixty-five one-thouone-thousandths of one inch in diam- sandths of one inch in diameter, 144 eter, 1/4 cents per pound; smaller than cents per pound; smaller than sixty-five sixty-five one-thousandths of one inch one-thousandths of one inch in diamin diameter, 142 cents per pound: Pro- eter, 172 cents per pound: Provided, vided, That all the foregoing valued That all of the foregoing valued above above 6 cents per pound shall be sub- 6 cents per pourd shall pay a duty of ject to a duty of 25 per centum ad 25 per centum ad valorem; all wire valorem; all wire composed of iron, composed of iron, steel, or other metal, steel, or other metal, not specially pro- nor specially provided for (except gold, vided for (except gold, silver, platinum, silver, or platinum); all flat wires and tungsten, or molybdenum); all flat all steel in strips not thicker than onewires and all steel in strips not thicker quarter of one inch and not exceeding than one-quarter of one inch and not sixteen inches in width, whether in exceeding sixteen inches in width, long or short lengths, in coils or otherwhether in long or short lengths, in wise, and whether rolled or drawn coils or otherwise, and whether rolled through dies or rolls, or otherwise proor drawn through dies or rolls, or other- duced, 25 per centum ad valorem: Prowise produced, 25 per centum ad valo- vided, That all wire of iron, steel, or rem: Provided, That all wire of iron, other metal coated by dipping, galvansteel, or other metal coated by dipping, izing, sherardizing, electrolytic, or any galvanizing, sherardizing, electrolytic, other process with zinc, tin, or other or any other process with zinc, tin, or metal, shall pay a duty of two-tenths of other metal, shall be subject to a duty 1 cent per pound in addition to the rate of two-tenths of 1 cent per pound in imposed on the wire of which it is made;