, 1881-02-20
UNCLE SAM.

missioner.
UNCLE SAM.
Chicago dtstillers exported 1iN oaffe1s u "4e''
hol yesterday.
The following dutiable goods we're recelsto u. ~
tho Custom House yesterday: to"ler b1os.' ,u'
sacks suit; j. Morrcll Co., aD sacks SAT-; L: u.
Sinclair Co. 81 sacks salt nuey Ma[S6 TS6e11 CON-
crates carthenwnre: ElKn Nen1nat nn.ttons Ss91Y.
The sub-Treasurv closed ut noon yesterday'
and work WIS begun on the e!egahe usw nsonns nt"
ht,xuay and stunned glass counters ano Scfeeno 80
The en- ana r. a,r altvF and in gold
Five thousand dollars In SILVER WIS feee''ea'
Tho delayed mails yesterday we're as 1o1owS;
Micnigun Southern hrst, TWO nour3 anu t+. t"ny in
innutes second three sns hones 1hu 1hrty minutes;
second, ton minutes; third, forty-aye minutes;
Rock Islund, three hours; GaIena, tneee @ hours
and forty-ayc minutes: Dauville. TWO hours;
Milwaukee, s. st. Paul. forty minutes; ChlcaSo'
Btrlingron quincy three hours; mix9n Ar. r
trail two hours; Chicago. Latayette o. einG, h',;,rs
natl, forty-tive minutes: St. Louis. TWO nours OUTS
and fty minutes; Michigan Ceatrat. hro ol,e nurs
and twenty-five minutes; secona, tufeo no,s nr,
aud five minutes; Baltimore j. ohlo, one aouf
aud thirty minutes.
MORE OF TIE INSIDE HISTORY OF 1MPofsiho
yAREISH.
Tho case of the shellac varnish manu1ac.utsu
in Canada and sold ut low rates IN tnis c9uer'y ':
bids fair to become one OF the celenrntca Gus,
toms disputes. The possibilities Of the scheme @
are imtncuse, and the annfuetnrels e'1 ine
business without radtcal change ~ inc t,t. LILY
self. The Treasury Department mas oeen ooIgeu
to crawtlsh on its previous decision and render
the Following, which Is Of great Importance hotn
to dlsti.iers aud va1nlsh manufacturers;
To eoccto,s 9 customs Gd "a :srs t rsie of 5Y
dnp ,lnnn n mixture of alcohol and shellac. ana
commonly called alcohol shellac." or ''shellac
v,rn!s the quantity Of sge TO sae Eilon ol
..The opinion was expressed in that decision.
and in decision 346a, that tho prr'vis.on Tor var
disc commcrcally known under TINT name, even ss
though distilled spr.ts might 5o psis;en "
chief vaue End ~ ne dr
atons of which dislilled spirits is component
Of chief value. shull Ply 20 lcss rue o. uu.s
thun that imposed on d!sttlloa sprit;s =, T.n,-
dn American alcohol in bond. and there mix 1t
with quantity Of shotInc. and 1t has beeu then
| rcimpurted into the United States upon payment
Of duty Of 50 cents per gallon and " per t cent
| al yaiorom. while tho minimum dnty tnppssn ~
on distilled spirits IS - per ana ene
internnl-revenue tax is % cents per PROOF Eai-
| lon, the question has thus assumed IN auipor-
lance, whicn, ut ts ,irsr uon lt dld not
| present, and tho Department nus therefore oe-
cided To review the wh.'e question.
1T seems to have been the practice, prior to de-
cison g. 484, to regard the provision thai az co1n
pounds or ot ~h'Gh a py sp,ts o
less ratio ot duty than that imposed on aisttea sa
spirits, as preyaillngagaitlsta any special cnuu5r
Of articles wnsh of cs spue NoS
| Wus this SO iu regard to medicinal preparnuons'
which arc still classified at the rate OF duty IN
inc element OF cher value. The provision
| quoted from schedule ID seems TO imply that
it is u rule applicable to all compounds because
| emily provided for; and In order to make t9e
| pruotlcp uniform in. this respect. and to more
gnr 1s nr Of
which distilled spirits is component OF chiei
valuc shall be subjected to no less 3 a rate OF
whether they are specially provided for In tho
turitr or not or course this does not apply &C, to
buy rum, which pays duty under It's spce1tal III
enumeration, according u proof- Il may DC
| further stated lhat the urticle has been hero
| tofore invoiced far below its actual market
value in Canada and tnat n ioo IN
Canadn below lis actual market Valuc. when. at
the present time, appears to be about ~ cents
| = II determining, therefore, whether. In any
given case, distilled spirits Is II component ot
chief value. reference should oo aaa 70 se the tf,e
alcohol aud OF tile qthor materials ut the time
Of cxportation. in the principal MARKERS OF tne
country from "nenee !ox esReftS SRpEax seorctary
This decision will not prove more satisfactory
than the former, us 1t dues noe strike At tae r,o
| Df the matter. hurry @ Ao'* ea7 tAt-le -. -.
ufucturers can make the varntsh honestly, NJ tnt
prices of production in bond, aud still the aico
| ho! cannot bc rated as the component or cnle
| value. Unless the valuation Is c6timated ntcur r
rent rates, they will be enAbled to continue tnel
| business as before.
1t appears that the manutacturcrs e' %Ss, Fee,
! the chieGsklckcrs against the scheme, 1or me,
were being largely undcrSOld OIL the Vdfn1st
itself and the redistillaion Uf the acon0! Is ntll
one Of the possibilities of illicit Tork inc un: Gnn
adu trim we're ablo to snip p,,as ateoho and itdn dc
iiyor It in Kingston at 10 cents per gallon
Thcy used two aud one-bnlf pounds OF shclln
ut 80 ceuts per pound, to tho gallon OF aiconoi
| thus making the cost Of the varnsh.-aieonot
cents; shelsc cents % Ians Ia ing 6e vnrnsi
thus cost them sl.3o per gallon, and WIN IN
duty Of 50 cents and 10 per cont Ad vnlofeu1
could be reshippud to this country tor *@.n' =!
! must be remembered that the alconot W.
shipped to Canada and there WORKED up p,a an u4nu y
| The domestic manufacturers were compelleu = =.
pay los for the alcohol alone, whicn 1ncluuG :,
xt11 Of internal revenue lax, and the adueu y
| cents for the shelac made The vurnlsh cost tnen
s2D8. or o. cents more than the hingstoh nr1
c.,uid manufacture the same article i0r, mai
sult Of the snu1e American alcohol. Tns wid
difference has for some time past nrleen ! u ).
!, domestic article out of the mnrket. Inc cxtc1
. Of these operations is believed TO hafe pce
enormous, and for a long llne Luz ,s ~,
Of importation. The case is no" even @ !nsr n.o
!! complicated by the decision of the Trcasur
. | Department. for even ut the treasury estltnat
OF ~ cents per gallon for the ALCOHOL the shea'
which costs % cents would st,tl DC tne co.ps '
. | ncnt of chief value at Canadian mnrkot rate
: | Under the present ruling the Cnnadlan nItn "a
continue tie business. although with q reduce
profit
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