IMPORTS FOR CONSUMPTION-REVENUE-continued. Cigarette books, cigarette-book covers, and cigarette paper in all forms, except cork paper (acts of 1909 and 1913)—Continued. FROM CUBA (RECIPROCITY TREATY, DEC. 27, 1903). DUTY REMITTED ON CIGARETTE BOOKS, CIGARETTE PAPER, ETC. Paper differing from cigarette paper by containing less magnesia was held to come within the provision in paragraph 459 in the act of 1897 for cigarette paper in all forms. The court said that once it appears an article is cigarette paper in fact its classification can not be changed by devoting it to another use; it is still cigarette paper. (Hygeia Antiseptic Toothpick Co. v. United States, 1 Ct. Cust. Appls., 497 of 1911.) PAPIER-MÂCHÉ. GENERAL INFORMATION. Act of 1913, paragraph 369: * * * * manufactures of * ** papier-mâché, * or of which these substances or any of them is the component material of chief value, not specially provided for in this section, 25 per centum ad valorem * * * DESCRIPTION AND USES. Papier-mâché is a hard, tough and plastic substance, generally made from pulped waste paper, mixed with mineral matter such as china clay, and rosin, or from sheets of paper glued and pressed together. It is moulded when moist by steel dies into architectural ornaments, lacquered boxes, trays, durable utensils, dress forms, window dummies, signs, figures, toy animals, other kinds of toys, and other articles. As it is made from the same general sort of material as paper, it might be well to transfer it to Schedule M, perhaps naming it in connection with filter masse (par. 321) and indurated fiber ware (which is now in the sundries schedule, par. 355). These three commodities are similar in that they are wares made through the moulding of pulp or fiber. DOMESTIC PRODUCTION. Materials.—Papier-mâché is made out of waste paper, cotton linters, or rags colored with aniline dyes. Glue, paste, rosin, and other sizing materials, oil, clay, and the like are also used. These materials are obtained principally in the United States. Equipment. The machinery used is made principally in the United States. Methods of production. One firm reports that it makes papiermâché articles by pressing paper pulp or softened paper into molds, either by machinery or by hand. So-called papier-mâché board, used as an intermediary material in the manufacture of papiermâché objects is made on a cylinder paper machine, the same as ordinary box board. (See Tariff Information Survey M-1, on Building Paper, Paper Boards, and Filter Masse.) Amount of output.-One estimate places the average annual domestic production at 5,000 tons, valued at $250,000. Domestic exports.—No figures are available. IMPORTS. A manufacturer in the United States states that papier-mâché is imported from Germany, France, and Austria-Hungary. Imports by countries are not separately compiled by the Department of Commerce. The following table shows imports for consumption from 1908 to 1921: Manufactures of papier-mâché were dutiable at 35 per cent ad valorem under the act of 1890 (par. 461); 30 per cent ad valorem under the act of 1894 (par. 353); 35 per cent ad valorem under the act of 1897 (par. 450); and 35 per cent ad valorem under the act_of 1909 (par. 464). They are dutiable at 25 per cent ad valorem under the act of 1913 (par. 369). COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS. A manufacturer in the United States states that in many instances papier-mâché has recently been imported into the United States at a price less than the American cost of production. Using the rough estimate of $250,000 as the average annual value of papier-mâché production in the United States, imports constitute in the neighborhood of one-tenth of domestic production. PAPER, NOT SPECIALLY PROVIDED FOR. * Act of 1913, paragraph 332: * * all papers * * for in this section, 25 per centum ad valorem. DESCRIPTION. The paper included under all other papers consists of a great variety of specialties not separately named in the tariff act. A considerable part of the imports of blotting and hanging paper probably enter as paper n. s. p. f. PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS. Production and export figures of "all other" paper are compiled on bases differing so widely from that of the imports of "all other' paper and from each other that no valid comparison between any two of the three sets of figures could possibly be made. IMPORTS. The following tables show the imports for consumption of all other paper from 1908 to 1921. |