I. Trunks and boxes of any kind of wood, painted or unpainted, orna- 2. All other objects...... This section contains particularly clasps, hooks and eyes of every kind, and includes fancy clasps and hooks for sashes, mantles, etc.; sewing and knitting needles, photographic instruments and accessories, such as films, sensitive papers, frames, etc.; silver tableware in new silver, in imitation silver, white silver or electroplate, and comprises spoons, forks, knives with electroplated handles, and every article intended for use or ornament of the table, mountings and fastenings in new silver, electroplate or similar metals; smokers' articles, such as cigar and cigarette holders, pipes, tobacco pouches and boxes, cigar and cigarette cases, ash holders, match boxes, and similar articles; office articles, such as inkstands, pens, penholders, penwipers, crayons, blacklead pencils, pencil holders, crayon holders, pencil pointers, rulers, compasses, etc.; toilet articles, such as silk-cord guards for watches, eyeglasses of every kind, crosses, shoehorns, brushes and combs of every kind, toothpicks, nail polishers, sponges, etc.; articles in morocco of every class, such as pocketbooks, cardcases, needle cases, purses, and bags; traveling requisites, such as trunks, valises, bags, exclusive of coffers, hampers, and baskets, which are entered in paragraph 1 of the present section; ordinary optical articles, such as spectacles, eyeglasses, opera glasses, field glasses, etc., reoscopes, and similar articles; trusses; artificial jewelry of every class, comprising articles in jet, amber, and imitation stones, and pearls; fancy boxes and cases; boxes of colors, as well as their accessories, and colors in tabloids and tubes; buttons of every kind; walking sticks; playing cards; beads of every kind; pegs or tacks for shoemakers; cinematographs and similar instruments, and their accessories; horsewhips; thimbles; pins of every kind; needlecases in wood or metal of every kind; fans and screens; fireworks; whips; ivory; tortoise shell; mother-of-pearl and articles made from this material, exclusive of objects mentioned in article 19; games and toys of every kind; lanterns of every class, including magic lanterns and projecting lanterns; cork in planks, cubes, and cut corks; masks; flints, touchstones; phonographs and similar instruments and their accessories, and furniture; bells, large and small; street lamps; and in general all other small objects in the precious metals and not specially mentioned in any other of the sections of the tariff. Furniture and articles of household use: 22 I, Furniture (a) In wood or iron of every class covered with woven stuffs or (b) Every other kind of furniture...... 2. All other objects used in furnishing or in decorating inhabited places- (b) Not specified..... The articles specially include gilt frames, wands, and other +1 batman 6.49 pounds. 1. Paper for printing or writing, white or tinted, including common en- ..per batman... 2. Fancy writing paper and envelopes in boxes or other covering, with .per batman... Ο ΙΟ .04 5 .02 .40 This section in particular includes book covers, pasteboard, copy 28 Perfumery of every kind, comprising essential oils of perfumes and cosmetics, 29 1. Raw lambskins, called bagdads........... 2. Other skins, raw, dried, or salted...... 3. Tanned skins (a) Dressed furs.... (b) Skins, tanned and dressed.... (c) Dyed, varnished, and chamois skins, as well as morocco or 4. This article in particular includes saddlery, harness, shoemaking goods 3 Pottery of every kind, exclusive of vases, statuettes, and fancy goods: 2. Other articles in clay, simply baked.. 1. Journals, reviews, books, engraved or printed, labels or trade-marks This section comprises images, engravings, stamps, etc., in detached sheets, books, covers, or bindings. N. B.-Admission and entry of newspapers, reviews, and engravings are under the control of the Government. 33 Gunpowder Under this head are included dynamite and all explosives of every kind N. B. The importation effected by virtue of a special dispensation of the 34 Agricultural products and forage....... 35 Resins and bituminous substances... 36 Saccharine and similar goods... *Krans and shahis. 39 2. Manufactured tobaccos (a) Common cigars in boxes of a hundred or more, and which do not (c) Cigarettes and other manufactured tobaccos..... .........do...... This section comprises tobacco prepared for the pipe, snuff, to- 1. Aniline, aniline dyes, and all dyes prepared from aniline..... 3. Varnish, prepared with alcohol............ 4. Other varnish....... () 5. Paints and colors not specified. 40 41 Vegetables and vegetable substances, not specifically denominated.. .................................................... per batman... 42 1. Articles in common or cut glass with ornaments, such as engraved fig- ........per batman... 2. All other articles not specified, exclusive of vases and fancy goods, 3. Window glass.. 4. Looking-glass, not framed and less than 50 decimeters square, per 10 .16 per 10 batmans... 20 .80 5. The same of 50 decimeters or more............ Carriages and vehicles of every kind: 1. Carts, larrentases (small wagons), wagons, wheelbarrows, and similar 2. Every other kind of carriage or vehicle, comprising automobiles, veloci- (6) Unpolished rice and having the cuticle still on..................do...... (c) Rice, not husked........... (d) All other grain..... *k. s. .per to batmans +.... ...................................per hundred... I O $0.08 O 5 .02 ...per 10 batmans... O 15 .06 2. Raw silk, wadding, and floss, combed and dyed or undyed...........do...... 7 Opium........... ....................................per batman... Precious stones, mounted or unmounted, including pearls............ad valorem... 9 Fish, fresh, dried, or salted................. ............................................per 10 batmans... ΙΟ Tobacco: In reply to various inquiries, Consul G. Bie Ravndal, of Beirut, under date of March 15, 1903, sends the following: The business of the large silk-plantation owners in Syria is not as prosperous as formerly. Impaired seed, variable weather, more expensive labor, and intenser competition from Italy and the East are among the causes. It is impossible to state accurately the number of mulberry trees growing or the number of acres planted, but Syria is generally believed to consume about 200,000 boxes of seed, which would mean 40,000,000 trees and about 40,000 acres of land. A soft, loamy soil, slightly reddish, indicating that it contains iron, is considered the best for the cultivation of mulberry trees. Syria they are never planted in bush form. The seed commands 15 cents per pound, and each pound is believed to produce some 4,000 to 5,000 sprouts. At first, they are watered once a week; when one year old, they are transplanted into beds 15 feet square, and set out in straight lines, at a distance of 1 foot apart, with irrigation ditches between each square. Two-year-old trees are transplanted for the last time. The mulberry tree lives usually from twenty-five to thirty years. Two crops of leaves are harvested annually-the spring crop for feeding silkworms and the fall crop for sheep and cattle. Years ago, Syrian farmers produced their own silkworm eggs; now they buy them from France and Italy, with the understanding that the grain has been subjected to bacteriological examination according to Pasteur's method. A crossbreed-half Japanese, half Corsican—is now being experimented with. This departure may to some extent affect the color of the Syrian product, as the Japanese worms produce white silk. The utensils employed in Syria are primitive; the trays are of willow twigs and the stands in vogue are covered with straw, thus forming "silk houses," which are not infrequently blown down or crushed in a rain storm. The number of small independent farmers is on the increase, as the large estates are being cut to pieces. The prices obtained for cocoons depend entirely on silk prices, as daily quoted in Lyons telegrams. Fresh cocoons in 1902 commanded from 19 to 25 piasters (24 to 31 cents) per pound; dry cocoons, 230 to 260 piasters ($2.87 to $3.25) per pound. Women and children play an important part in the Syrian silk industry, and a silk-raising family composed of man and wife and a child or two will work for the season on the basis of 4 boxes of silk grain. The season comprises sixty days. After selling his cocoons, the farmer engages in other agricultural pursuits or hires out to reeling factories, of which there are in Syria some 175, operating about 10,000 wheels. There are no reliable statistics regarding the number of persons actively engaged in Syrian silk culture. PAINTS AND VARNISHES IN EASTERN TURKEY.* The following data apply more particularly to the twin cities of Harput and Mezreh. The conditions are practically identical in the other commercial centers of this part of the Empire. Varnish. The merchants import annually about $200 worth of varnish, of a very inferior quality, for the use of local cabinetmakers and other artisans. It comes from France, in bottles containing one-fourth of a pound, retailing at 8 cents apiece. Local cabinetmakers, especially those who have had experience in America, complain bitterly of the poor grade, the difficulty in applying it, and the slowness in drying. A good quality of American varnish, once introduced here, would supply a long-felt need. Paints. Some ochers are produced in this country, which is exceedingly rich in minerals. Most of the pigments, however, are procured from Germany, through Constantinople houses. They come in the dry form, packed in tins of 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds). These tins retail at $2.50 to $3.25. The trade amounts to about $700 per annum. Blue, green, yellow, purple, and white are chiefly Soot is employed for black. in demand. * Report made in reply to an inquiry from an Ohio firm, to which advance copy has been sent. |