The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-03-14
THE TARIFF.

Instructions to Collectors Concerning the
Provisions OF the New Bill-The Repealed
sections.
WASHINGTON, March l2-The Treasury
Department today mailed copies OF the new
tariff act to all Collectors of Custom, to-
gether with the instruction that Sections 4
and 9 are to go into effect at once and apply
to all goods in bonded warehouses, as we'll
as to goods imported after the date of the
passage of the act. Section Z repeals all the
dutv on charges heretofore added in ascer-
tanning the dutlable.value manufacturing,
preparing and putting up of merchandise
for shipment, and makes the value so ascer-
tanned a basis for the assessment of duties.
The sections of the Revised Statues repealed
by Section of the new tariff bill are
Sections 1907 and 2,908, and Section IA of
the act to amend customs, revenue laws and
repeal moities, approved June 22, IA. They
are as follows:
section 29O7. In determining the dutiable
value of merchandise, there shall be added to the
cost or the actual wholesale price or general
market value at the time Of expectation in the
princ1pal markets of the country from whence the
same has been imported into the United States,
the cost of the transportation of the merchandise
for the purpose OF assessment duties.
This action will cause a considerable re-
duction in the amount OF duties collected,
which reduction is estimated by some at
per cent of the entire amount collected.
Section Q of the tariff changes the man.
ner of ascertaining the value of merchandise
consigned by the manufacturers in foreign
countries TO agents in the United States and
of which there is no foreign market value,
for the reason that the goods are specially
manufactured for sale in the United States
only. The law authorizes the sppraising
officer TO ascertain the cost and value OF the
material composing the merchandise at the
time and place of manufacture, together
with the expense of shipment and trans
shipment, with all expenses included from
the place of growth of the production or
manufacture, whether BY land or water,
to the vessel in which the shipment is
made to the United States; the value of the
sack, box or covering of any kind in which
such merchandise is contained at the usual
rates, but in no case less than 212 per cent,
and brokerage, export duty and all other
actual or usual charges for putting up, pre-
pairing and packing for transpOl tation or
shipment. All charges Of general char
acter incurred in the purchase of a general
invoice, shall be distributed prorata among
all parts of such invoice, and every part
thereof, charged with duties based on value,
shall be advanced according to its proper
ton, and all other articles that pay specific
duties by grades, shall be graded and pay
duty according to the act ual value so deter
mined.
Section 29oS requires that all additions
made to the entered value of merchandise
for charges, shall be regarded as part of the
actual value of such merchandise, and if
such addition shall exceed by 10 per cent.
the value declare ed in the entry in addition
to the duties imposed by thelaw, there shall
be collected duty of 20 per cent in such
value.
Long co .nbing or carpet woods are in part
excepted, with this exception. however, that
the operations of these provisions extend to
all imported goods on which duty is laid.
Section ii of the revenue act of June %,
1874, makes tbess provisions still more strict
by authorizing the Collector when charges
are omitted in the invoice to make his own
estimate of them, and then to collect the
duty on twice hat estimated amount. AL
these provisions have ceased to be law
since the Sd of March.