Who being duly empowered thereunto have agreed upon the following articles:
ARTICLE I.
It is agreed on the part of the United States, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the third section of the Tariff Act of the United States approved July 24, 1897, and in consideration of the concessions hereinafter made on the part of Italy in favor of the products and manufactures of the United States, that the existing duties imposed upon the following articles, being the product of the soil or industry of Italy, imported into the United States shall be suspended during the continuance in force of this agreement, and in place thereof the duties to be assessed and collected thereon shall be as follows, namely:
On argols, or crude tartar, or wine lees; crude, five per centum ad valorem.
On brandies, or other spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, one dollar and seventy-five cents per proof gallon.
On still wines, and vermuth, in casks, thirty-five cents per gallon; in bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or jugs containing each not more than one quart and more than one pint, or twenty-four bottles or jugs containing each not more than one pint, one dollar and twenty-five cents per case, and any excess beyond these quantities found in such bottles or jugs shall be subject to a duty of four cents per pint or fractional part thereof, but no separate or additional duty shall be assessed upon the bottles or jugs.
On paintings in oil or water colors, pastels, pen and ink drawings, and statuary, fifteen per centum ad valorem.
ARTICLE II.
It is reciprocally agreed on the part of Italy, in consideration of the provisions of the foregoing article, that so long as this convention shall remain in force the duties to be assessed and collected on the following described merchandise, being the product of the soil or industry of the United States, imported into Italy shall not exceed the rates hereinafter specified, namely:
| Upon | lire per quintal. |
|---|---|
| cotton seed oil | 21.50 |
| fish, pickled or in oil, excluding the tunny, preserved inboxes or barrels, sardines and anchovies | 15.00 |
| other fish, preserved | 25.00 |
| agricultural machinery | 9.00 |
| detached parts of agricultural machinery: | |
| (1) of cast iron | 10.00 |
| (2) of other iron or steel | 11.00 |
| scientific instruments: | |
| (a) of copper, bronze, brass, or steel: | |
| (1) with spy-glasses or microscopes, or graduatedscales or circles, spy-glasses for use on land, monocles, binocles,lenses, detached and mounted | 30.00 |
| (2) not provided with any optical instrument, norwith graduated scales or circles | 30.00 |
| (b) of all kinds, in the construction of which iron is evidently predominant | 30.00 |
| dynamo-electrical machines: | |
| (1) the weight of which exceeds 1000 kilograms | 16.00 |
| (2) weighing 1000 kilograms or less | 25.00 |
| detached parts of dynamo-electrical machines | 25.00 |
| sewing machines: | |
| (1) with stands | 25.00 |
| (2) without stands | 30.00 |
| varnishes, not containing spirits nor mineral oils | 20.00 |
| The following articles shall be admitted free of duty: | |
| Turpentine oil. | |
| Natural fertilizers of all kinds. | |
| Skins, crude, fresh, or dried, not suitable for fur; and fur skins | |