sugar above 16 D. S., not above 20 D. S. commodity

tariff act

• sugar above 16 D. S., not above 20 D. S. subject to tariff of 3¼c per pound effective on and after December 31, 1870, which means January 1, 1871, but later amended immediately by December 22, 1870 act ⟨under Tariff Act of July 14, 1870, later amended by tariff act of December 22, 1870, to be effective immediately⟩
  assertsneutralsource: sugar-pg73616

  Sugars above 16 D. S. and not above 20 D. S., 3¼c per pound

  judge verdicts (4)

  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage under the Tariff act of July 14, 1870 (as amended). The exact quote 'Sugars above 16 D. S. and not above 20 D. S., 3¼c per pound' appears verbatim, and the effective date of January 1, 1871 is correctly identified in the passage.
  • qualifier_fidelity 0.60 fail — Multiple qualifier issues: (1) VIEWPOINT: The claim uses 'author' but the passage is a primary source document (tariff act itself), not attributing the statement to a named source—viewpoint should be null or 'tariff act'. (2) TIME: The claim states 'after January 1, 1871' with valid_from '1871-01-01', but the passage explicitly states the July 14, 1870 act 'to be effective on and after December 31, 1870, which means January 1, 1871'—this is ambiguous whether it includes or excludes Jan 1, 1871. More critically, the passage notes this act was 'Later amended by tariff act of December 22, 1870, to be effective immediately', meaning the July 14 act may not have been the operative rule. The time qualifier fails to account for the superseding December 22, 1870 amendment. (3) CONTEXT: The claim says 'under Tariff Act of July 14, 1870' but should clarify or note that this was amended immediately by the December 22, 1870 act. The quote itself is accurate and verbatim, but the temporal framing is unfaithful to the passage's disclosure of the amendment.
  • groundedness 1.00 pass — The claim is directly stated in the passage. The exact quote 'Sugars above 16 D. S. and not above 20 D. S., 3¼c per pound' appears verbatim under the Tariff act July 14, 1870 section, confirming the tariff rate and product specification without any rewording or interpretation needed.
  • qualifier_fidelity 1.00 pass — All qualifiers are faithful to the passage. The viewpoint correctly identifies 'tariff act' as the source. The stance 'asserts' is appropriate for a statutory provision. The sentiment is neutral as befits a tariff specification. The time qualifiers accurately capture the effective dates from the passage: July 14, 1870 effective December 31, 1870 (January 1, 1871), amended immediately by December 22, 1870 act, with valid_from set to 1870-12-22 reflecting the amendment. The context correctly specifies the dual acts. The quote appears verbatim in the passage under the July 14, 1870 tariff act section and accurately supports the claim about the 3¼c per pound tariff for sugars above 16 D.S. and not above 20 D.S.