Wholesale price, per thousand, of cotton bags, one brand, printed, April 26, 1920, and

July 22, 1922.

QUANTITY DIFFERENTIALS.

25,000 lots, one brand, $5 per 1,000 off 1,000-lot price. 10,000 lots, one brand, $4.50 per 1,000 off 1,000-lot price. 5,000 lots one brand, $4 per 1,000 off 1,000-lot price. 2,000 lots, one brand, $2.50 per 1,000 off 1,000-lot price. 500 lots, one brand, $5.25 per 1,000 above 1,000-lot price.

Less than 500 at 1,000-lot price, plus printing charge, per brand, of $3.50 on April 26, 1920, and $3 on July 22, 1922.

In making up a quantity order there may be included one or more sizes of cotton flour and meal bags of the same design and brand.

Prices on plain cotton flour and meal bags on April 26, 1920, were $1.50 per 1,000 less than list, after deducting the quantity differentials. On July 22, 1922, they were $6 per 1,000 less than the 1,000-lot price.

Back printing all bags $2 extra per 1,000; minimum charge, $2.

All bags will be invoiced at prices in effect when order is booked regardless of subsequent advances or declines.

Stocks of jute bags on hand in the United States, June 1, 1918.

[Source: Table 7, Census of War Commodities, 1918. Textile Fibers. Bureau of the Census.]

Stocks of jute bags,' June 1, 1918, in 50 leading establishments.

Total number

(3,473 estab-
lishments)

All other (3,423 establishments).

110, 100, 652

76, 951, 663

1 Source: Table 9, Census of War Commodities, 1918. Department of Commerce.

Production of jute bags in 50 leading establishments, 1917, 1918.

1 Actual production for 5 months, estimated requirements for 7 months.

Act of Par.

1883.... 649

1890.... 493

1894... 387

Rates of duty, bags of jute or cotton, 1883–1922.

Tariff classification or description.

Rate of duty.

Do.

*** bags, * * of American manufacture, exported Free.
filled with American products, or exported empty and returned
filled with foreign products. * ** but proof of the identity
of such articles shall be made under regulations to be prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury: * * * * And provided fur-
ther, That bags, other than of American manufacture, in which
grain shall have been actually exported from the United States,
may be returned empty to the United States, free of duty, under
regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
*** bags, * ** of American manufacture, exported
filled with American products, or exported empty and returned
filled with foreign products, *** but proof of the identity
of such articles shall be made under general regulations to be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury; *
**bags, *
* of American manufacture, exported
filled with American products, or exported empty and returned
filled with foreign products, *** but proof of the identity
of such articles shall be made, under general regulations to be
prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, but the exemption
of bags from duty shall apply only to such domestic bags as
may be imported by the exporter thereof *

Do.

1922.

1897....
1909... 500
1913... 404
1514

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1883..

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

40 per cent ad valorem.

* * * manufactures of flax, jute, or hemp, or of which flax, 35 per cent ad valorem. jute, or hemp shall be the component material of chief value, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act. 342 Bags and bagging, and like manufactures, not specially enumerated or provided for in this act (except bagging for cotton), composed wholly or in part of flax, hemp, jute, gunny cloth, gunny bags, or other material. Bags for grain made of burlaps.. 374 | All manufactures of jute, or other vegetable fiber, excent flax, hemp, or cotton, or of which jute, or other vegetable fiber, except flax, hemp, or cotton, is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this actValued at 5 cents per pound or less.. Valued above 5 cents per pound...

1891...

1897....

1909....

All manufactures of flax, he np, jute, or other vegetable fiber, ex-
cept cotton, or of which these substances or either of thein is
the component material of chief value, not specially provided
for in this act.

4211 Burlaps, and bags for grain made of burlaps.

343 Bags or sacks made from plain woven fabrics, of single jute yarns,
not dyed, colored, stained, painted, printed, or bleached, and
not exceeding 30 threads to the square inch, counting the warp
and filling.

347 | All manufactures of flax, hemp, ramie, or other vegetable fiber, 45 per cent ad valorem.
or of which these substances, or either of them, is the co.n-
ponent material of chief value, not specially provided for in this
act.

351 Bags or sacks made from plain woven fabrics, of single jute yarns,
not dyel, colored, stained, painted, printed, or bleached, and
not exceeling 30 threa is to the square inch, counting the warp
and filling.

cent per pound and 15 per cent ad valorem.

*** all manufactures of flax, hemp, ramie, or other vegetable 45 per cent ad valorem.
fiber, or of which these substances, or any of then, is the co n-
ponent material of chief value, not specially provided for in this
section.

"Act of Par.

Rates of duty, bags of jute or cotton, 1883–1922—Continued.

Tariff classification or description.

1913.... 281 Bags or sacks made from plain woven fabrics, of single jute yarns,
not dyed, colored, painted, printed, or bleached.
* * * all manufactures of flax, hemp, ramie, or other vegetable
fiber, or of which these substances, or any of them, is the com-
ponent material of chief value, not specially provided for in this
section.

1922.... 1018 Bags or sacks made from plain woven fabrics of single jute yarns
or from twilled or other fabrics composed wholly of jute-
Not bleached, printed, stenciled, painted, dyed, colored, nor
rendered noninflammable.

Bleached, printed, stenciled, painted, dyed, colored, or ren-
dered noninflammable.

all manufactures of vegetable fiber other than cotton,
or of which such fibers or any of them is the component material
of chief value, not specially provided for.
(Bags of cotton, as heretofore, fall within the general provisions
for manufactures of cotton.)

Rate of duty.

10 per cent ad valorem.

35 per cent ad valorem

1 cent per pound and 10 per centum ad valorem;

1 cent per pound and 15 per centum ad valorem.

40 per centum ad valorem.

COURT AND TREASURY DECISIONS.

Secondhand bags made from plain woven jute fabrics, containing identification marks consisting of two or three letters stenciled thereon and covering an insignificant amount of the surface of the bags, are not dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, within this paragraph, and are dutiable thereunder, rather than as manufactures of vegetable fiber under paragraph 284. (G. A. 7705, T. D. 35268, of 1915.) Similar bags, stenciled with identification marks or with the words "for drawback" with the name of the manufacturer (Abstract 38362, of 1915) and having words, letters, and numbers stenciled thereon for identification only (Abstract 38434, of 1915) were also classified under this paragraph. However, jute bags having a substantial portion of their surface dyed, colored, stained, painted, or printed, although by stenciling, and not for identification, are excluded from this paragraph and are dutiable under paragraph 284, G. A. 5177, T. D. 23870, of 1902, cited. (G. A. 8058, T. D. 37158, of 1917.) Bags with a brand covering about one-third of the surface and for other than mere identification were likewise excluded from this paragraph following the last-mentioned case. (Abstract 42569, of 1918.)

Bags with a colored stripe down the center of each side composed of a single jute yarn of the warp, trivial in value and character and not constituting a necessary or substantial part of the article, were held not to be colored or dyed. (G. A. 5105, T. D. 23618, of 1902.) Bags with two stripes of colored yarns on each side, constituting about 7.5 per cent of the warp (G. A. 4997, T. D. 23286, of 1901) and bags with a colored stripe about 1 inch wide down the center of each side composed of five warp threads (G. A. 5105, T. D. 23618, of 1902) were excluded from the provision "not dyed, colored, etc.," and are dutiable under paragraph 284.

Twilled jute bags are not within this paragraph as made from plain woven fabrics, but are likewise dutiable under paragraph 284. (Abstract 37088, T. D. 35020, of 1914, following G. A. 6063, T. D. 26445, of 1905.)

Old secondhand jute bags, twill woven or colored, which had become so worn, torn, and cut as to be unsuitable for reuse as bags,

but which were shown to be almost entirely used for the patching of cotton bales and for the covering of barrel heads, etc., were held dutiable under paragraph 384 of the act of 1913 as waste not specifically provided for, and not under paragraph 284 as manufactures of vegetable fiber. (G. A. 8374, T. D. 38506, of 1920.) Jute sugar bags, twill woven and printed, apparently of whole and sound fabric, with the exception that some of them were sticky with sugar, but which the appraiser reported could be used.as containers after being washed, and which were indiscriminately mixed, were held dutiable under paragraph 284 as manufactures of vegetable fiber. (G. A. 8397, T. D. 38572, of 1920.)