New-York tribune., 1879-02-04
THE KID GLOVE DISPUTE
THE IMPORrERs' SIDE OF THE c,Sp

THE IMPORTERY SIDE OF TIE CASE
A. T. STEWART & co.'s CONNECTION WITH Ttr D..
CENT RE-APPRAISEMENT-A CLAM THAT nm, nn
CisfoN ~ UFJUsT.
The following statement may mare fuIIv ..
pl IN 90 connection OF Messrs 4. T. stewart d e. =.
the recent KID glove apDra sements:
the " Aexandrc" glow Is manufactured by IN, a.,
Nossi- Cn. Foriin & CO.. Paris, which firm Il conn,
~ Mr.. FoItin, who represents more cspecaly 81,
" Alcxandrc" " glove. and Mr.. C0uryOsier who RAJ.
sents the " Couryoiser" glove; the latter make =
signed under the &" Courvoiser" brand to taclr I,s'
firm OF Geor,e Hooper. CouryosIcP & CO., and to NJ
Luckmryer, Kunoth & Co., Of this city.
The "Alrxaudre" " glove j. exported bv NJ
Fortin 4 Co. from Paris TO NcwYork, anI couscnAo .
a. I. Stewart & Co. under contract made by Nr St.,
in behalf OF bis house IN 1873 which conJractisno
force. binding the manufacturers 10 invoice the gov
= fair market value and protect tIis fair msr,.
value as established by them gave TO A. T. stey,r,
Co. the option 70 take to their account all ,ood
lnyoiccd prices at wAch they are consigned.
When the recent advance OF prices By the Apnrai.,
Department was made gloves Of similar v,Iue -
the "TTcfousse" and "P'rinot'' make. and knou,,,.
hat In turn tbis advance would probably reach the
voices OF Fortin & Coz A. T. stewart & Co. reouss,sd
ana have from time 10 time received, the tesinonv
which has been produced ami placed before the dge,,
rcappraisements during the past year, which IA,
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Co to snstdn the invoice market value on behalf -
Fortin & Co.. al which these gloves cOnsigned
Mes-r- F0rn & CO. have not hesitate to sive eyerv
detail ~ Information OF the Of pro ucton which
has been verified by statements from quite All the o,h,
weil-known makers in France, and in many instance,
this veuhcdtOn has been substantatcd by sworn an
davits.
In further verfcation Of the correctness OF the,
action ana honesty Of purpose, by the con.cn; Of
\. T. Stewart & Co.. 10 whom their entire production
was engaged consignment, Fortn & Co. have
for the past SIX months opened the sale Of thee
goods to the markets of the world in the Pan,
market, in lots OF hundreds thousands II dozea. a.
would suit The requirements Of buyers, at II frane
for ladies' iwo-5utJon gloves. at the prices AZ
which they consigned, and at these prces dese,
have awaited themselves OF this Offer, aud sales have
effected whenever purchasers deemed 1t for thei
interest 10 make them.
Among the first reappraisements was one of TIE
Jouyin glove. when Mr.. ]. II. Dunham, Of Nessrs
Durham, Buckley & Co.. acted rs Merchant Appraiser
and sustained the invoice price OF n frame,
per dozen; later ACCOMPLISHMENTS were held On
the "TIefOusse," PerlnCt" and "Acyanlres
glove, wien Mr. J. NJ. Constable, of Messr.
Arnold. Constable & Co., WAS the Merchant Appralsera
the "Trefousse glove Mr.. j. n. Dunhan, OF Messr
Durham. Buckley * Cowa- again Merchant Appraise,
the PerinOt" glove, and Mr. Hugh AucnclOss. d
Messrs AuchnclOss Bros. the Merchant Apprases
on the "Aexandre" glove, when after most exhaustive
examination Of the question Oi value, Uith 81. The eys
dencr taken IN all tbeca,e- before them. they my
decided that the gloves were InVoccd al .ir market
value. and sustained the IuyoicrS In tn latter eap.
pralseuents OF Tie AlCXdnITc" glove WI,l are u0s
under discussion. no new evidence on behalf Of ne
Government has been produced mat would be 'eptd
in any court OF Justice Notwithstanding this fact lie
TWO merchants acting In tae last eapprascment have
di fered from the previous Merchant Appra above
noted and advanced The value FROM - 70 46 sld
l7 francs respectively for the ladies bUtYu goye.
Tue merchants claim. according 20 the provisions o
the Treasury regulations :. :. 3. 222, OF Apu 30
1877. wherein il says:
In cases where the manufacturer ships al BIS goods
10 the United states on consignment FOR stle ald The
market value cannot b. ascertancI bv the methods BE-
fore indicated. it should De hX.G by ri Tens
to the market value OF the component mae
rlals of tho goods at the time and place q
manufacture. with the expense ot mWliaclme
and a far manufacturers profit added on The ap
praised value such cannot be less han the coi
ana utUNt asCprtdlHed, that thot hdN clearly gOret
the ivolc. value he cost Of manu- trIIre aEd
fair manufacture profit added, besides ihef ms
gln profit to any coEtingtnt cNf s' not tnr
braced IN special items OF cost that can be clearly de
titled.
Incy prove the cost of manufacture n follows:
Frao.
one dozen raw skins
Tanning INTO leather. $50
One dozen tanned skins produce average OF twenty
two pairs adlco twobutton gloves. which make ne cd
Leather FOR one dozen
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