Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-29
Treasury Circular Relative to tho Ne"
.-s Tariff Law. -.
WASHINGTON, March IS.

WASHINGTON, March Is.
The Treasury Department has mailed copies
ot t,,e new Tariff act to all Collectors of Gus
toms to yether with instructions that sections
and Q of the ac5 will go into effect at
once AMI apply to all goofs IN bonded
Sarehouses as well as 10 goods imported after
the @datessef~ the passage OF the act. Section
repeals the duties charges heretofore
added in ascertaiuing the dutiable value or
merchandise for thS purpose bfAassessmeAt of
.lu les This action will cause a considerable
reduction in the amount of duties collected,
which reducfonf is estimated by spra at live
Ter cent Of the entire amount collected.
Sect,eu o of L., 4 ariH act chaaees~ths-ni;,li-
ner OF ascertaining the value of merchandise
consigned by manufacturers in foreignsoun-
tries to agents in the United states, ana Tor
which there is no foreign market value Tor
the reason that the goods are specially manu-
featured for sale in the United States only.
The law authorizes the appraSing officer to
ascertain the cost and value of the material
COMPOSING the merchandise at the tine and
place of manufacture. together with the ex-
pense of manufacturing. preparing ana put
ting up the merchandise for shipment. ana
makes the value so ascertained the basis for
assessment of duties.
The sections of the Revised Statutes re-
pealed by section of the new Tariff bill are
sections 1907 and 2,o0S and section IA Of the
act to am nd the Customs-revenue laws, and
to repeal the Mocties act approved June -,
1874. They as follows:
Section 1907 In determining the dutiabse
value of merchandise there shall be added
to the cost actual wholesale price or the
general market Value at the time of exporta-
ton in the principal markets of the country
from whence the same has been imported into
the United states. the cost of transportation
Shipment and transhipments with all expenses
included from the pfac of growth. produe-
ton. manufacture, whether by iaIvi or Wa
ter, 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: commission
at the usual rates. but in no case less than two
and a-half per cent. and brokerage, export
duty an ali other actual or usual charges for
putting up. prep tring and packing for trans
portation shipment. All charges Of a gem
eraI character incurred in the purchase of a
general invoice shall be distributed pro rata
among all parts of such invoice; and every
part thereof charged with duties based on
value shall be advanced according to its pro-
portion, and all wines or other articles paying
specific duties by grades shall be graded and
pay duty according to the actual value SO de-
termincd.'' -.-.--... ..--.-. 49,. .-...--.-...
Section 2,oOS 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 addi-
ton shall exceed by ten per cent. the value de-
clared in the entry in addition to the duties
imposed by law there shall be collected a duty
Of twenty per cent. on such value"
Long comhing carpet Woos are in part
excepted. With tn s exception, however, the
operation of these provisions is uniform, and
extends to all imported goods on which duty is
laid. -...
Section IA of the Revenue act OF June ~.
1914, makes these provisions still more strict
oy auth orizing the COLLECTOR when the charges
are omitted in the invoice. TO make his own
estimate of them and then collect the duty
On twice that estimated amount. All these
provisions have ceased to be law since the I'd
Of March.