Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-10-23
pIcE'S IMPORT DUTIES.
THE GROWERS GAIN A POINT
49, WITH MIR. MANNING.

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s,-lo,em-75 Per Cent. of the I'm pOrted
,-ticIe Received bv the Pacific Ports.
u,surNGTON, Oct. 22.--The represen-
II ..,iyss OF the rice growing interests had
l,r hearing to-day before Secretary
,,arning. Col. W. L. Trenholm present
linn their behalf a lengthy argument in
n .r,nortof the following propositions;
FL The law secures to the rice produc-
"a .,, interest a certain definite amount of
n,otect.on represented by duties as fol-
n laws. On paddy, rice as threshed from
,s stem. "a; rice not cleaned, "a; rice
losr0d ~: rice flour and rice meal 20
81 per cent, aG Vai0reh'
. 70 The above four categories exhaust
.,org torm of rice known to the CONNER
& cial world
GRADUATED RICE.
4 Granulated rice SO called either be-
% Inns TO one of these categOrles or should
b boo.si.e1ed To one BY simiitude. 1t is an
s,,or .otegard granuated rice as man
of,ctIrei article not enumerated, and
nf o,hlrwise provided for. IL it is not
Drur,arate3 under one Of these classes
n ,bor IL is provided for under the simili-
,n5a Glance Of the act. which requires al
n oriojau uot specially described to be as.
IA .ynzd 20 the class which IL most nearly
resembles. or if it resembles more than
% one class to that which bears the highest
rate 0, duty.
4 # taere is objection, the proper
aou,se is TO submit the question to the
mdoment of the court. This can ouly be
& done by applying the duty on cleaned
rice. and leaving the importer to appeal.
GRADE OF THE RICE.
Fl. uo.,,ar of Eyar%s Chnnfa &
81 Besman. of New YORK, ia behalf Of the
# southern Rice Planters' Association
showed from the statutes and decisions OF
the courts that under the existing statute,
ro; in force at the time Of Judge Folger's
ruling of april, 1888, the 6 ade of rice in
Fl 5r.stiou was either itself cleaned rice
and dutiable at 21+c. per pound, or by the
smilitude clause must be held dutisble
&c. per pound, and could in
0 way be held dutiable as
an article Of manufacture not enumer~
s;td or otherwise provided for, because it
was conceded that the article in question
ld not in any respect differ from the one
the grade Of cleaned rice, and he
!ther contended that if the article in
gpstiOn had been manufactured by
derent or supplemental process from
1at ordinarily employed in the manu-
hctUres of rice that thls different or sup
pemautal method of manufacture could
no way change the duty, unless it
changed the character of the article,
which, it vas conceded, il did not.
MUST WORK BOTH WAYS.
Nr. Beaman strongly insisted that
Flen the appraiser of the port of New
8 York, acting under the recent decision Of
& ASS slant Secretary Fairchild, reports
81 hat The substance in question does not
Ri indicate that it has been subjected to an
mtentiOnal process OF grindingOr manu-
. hcture, that then the government could net
. fix or leyy a duty of 20 per cent. ad val0rem
on the article which did have an affidavit
0, the shipper while it levied a duty OF 2L
cents a pound on the same article which
did not have similar affidavit, it being
conceded on behalf Of the brewers that the
ony reason why they desired to import
4 rice in the form Of broken rice was that
they might be certain that they obtained
rice and not an adulteration of rice from
oreign shippers.
A MATTER OF HONOR.
Mr.. Beaman cOntended that if anybody
was to trust the foreign shippers it should
be their customers, and that their Gus
tomers themselves fearing to trust them
ought not to insist that the government
saould determine the duty upon their atf-
OaNt when the appraisers reported that
ne substance did not indicate what the
affidavit claimed had taken place.
senator Hanson asked question as to
ile duties received By the government on
. le foreign rice consumed in this country,
#and this led TO Col. Trenholm's exhibiting
table condensed from the official statis-
lcs, showing that about 10 per cent. of
f. ine foreign rice entered for cOnsump-
llon comes into the Pacific ports.
RROTrftrT rTar aunr-rr ~ 49,.
he inferred from this that the chief
consumption Of foreign rice is TO be found
west OF the Rocky mountains, and he at
81 rlluted this to the large Chinese popu-
s.on OF that region. 1t seemed as If
ltiI iood had followed them from Asia,
Slt the duty which the government col
eclo on rice is probably the only contri-
0uon made by the Chinese to the support
lle government. The rice question on
nc acme therefore had a political bear
us uol yet attaching TO it on the Atlantic
oPe' II the duty should be lowered in
@iIofnla It would not perhaps immedi-
aHect American growers OF rice,
wv would tend to make Chinese labor
l-Ie cheaper even than il Is now, an in
~! 70 American labOrers who do not use
,nes, as I9od' since they require wheat,
meat and potatoes.
WHAT THE BREWERS SAY.
l, Lllil schade appeared on behalf OF the
oNlns interest and made a forcible
stlesehsatlon OF the Importance OF rice
,u "u Ingredient in the manufacture OF
e. ne stated that the requirements of
oreWers, which were annually aug
iiiin'lng, We're far in excess of the sup
ar,oG MI VI the finely broken rice obtained BY
bis ian processes Of milling, and that
rpo.uue ,o .ue rice Is the only kind TO be had
p enough TO be ground into mash
rsir. iI purposes; that they needed the
sbosu rice, and considered that
.Tbi. Gains were entitled 20 weight.
NJ ieu 10 general discussion.
rs 'alch .an IT, was stated that the rice-grow-
r1 NV lSnzed the claims Of the brewers,
eo,i..us brewers conceded the need Of pro-
Ian,i, 70 the rice planters. Secretary
6iot .s - expected TO make n decision
sis NV Wiil be satisfactory 10 both inter-
lco ne is expected TO decide that broken
onn3 w pay two and quarter cents a
s,aoa'. out 70 carefully except from this
srs'' what may be properly regarded
wes, NEAL which will be admitted at
-13 per cent. nd yalorem.
,'ynoi'ing OF a Black Murderer.
y aroe1 0oMERY, ALA, Oct. PA negro
ay 10 ara was hanged by "A mob to-
j ton. miles south OF Eufaula, for the
j grf-p'gu murder Of one citizen and tine
N eaoi murder OF another. The weather
'o'I with frosts. '@'"0i