The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-30
, REBATE ON JUTE BAGGING,

MEDIA 4G YIN bHGG4NSr
THE Wilmington Messenger, of the
L 23d inst, contained a carefully
prepared article written by Mr.. Ire,
dell Mears, an attorney, of that city,
and who was formerly collector of the
port Of Wilmington. Nh. Mears shows
that during the years l883-'84 up
wa DIS of $3.50, 600 were paid by the
United States to the manufacturers
upon claims on juse bagging exported
as covering on cotton in bales, which
they did not own nor export and were
not legally entitled to. He also shows
that the government is paying to the
exporters not less than 5000, 900 per
annum, al a refund of duty upon this
bagging, under rulings of the depart,
ment at Washington permitting it.
In the past seven years the payments
have aggregated the large sum of
1892, 900. Of curse the farmers
have to foot the bills. The manu-
f~acturers pay the import duty and add
it to the cost of making the bagging.
The farmer pays the duty, as part of
the cost of the bagging, and when it is
exported the exporter gets the re,
fund. So it is plain that the refund
is-not included when the price of cot
ton is fixed in Europe.
THE DRAWBACK LAW.
U. S. Revised Statutes, Sec. 3,Ol9.
There shall be allowed on all
articles manufactured of materials i'm.
ported, on which duties have been
paid when exported, a drawback equal
in amount to the duty paid on such
materials, aud no more, to be ascer
tanned under such regulations as shall
be prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury. Ten per centum on the
amount of all drawbacks so allowed
shall, however, be retained for the use
of the United Sta. les by the collectors
paying such drawbacks respectfully"
The Customs Regulations" issued
and approved by the Treasury De
partment, before payment of draw
back claims, require:
l. That the exporter shall produce
to the collector of the port where the
manufactured article upon exporta.
ton is entered for drawback duty, the
certificates of the collector of port
where materials entering into it's man
ufacture were imported, showing and
verifying the quantity, quality, date
of Importation, and duty paid upon
such material. Customs Regula.
tons 1884" Art. 89l.
2. That the exporter shall produce
the sworn affidavit of the proprietor
and foreman of the mandatory at
which the article was manufactured,
in effect that the material so certified
10 as having been imported entered
solely without intermixture or inter
weaving with domestic products, in
the manufacture of the particular ar.
ticle entered for the refund of duty.
Customs Regulations, 1884," Art.
967.
It will be seen from the above that
this robbery is done according to law,
but that is not any advantage to the
cotton raiser. 1t is another link in
the chain of evidence proving that
manufacturers take advantage of the
tariff laws to plumber the farmers.
In the first place the manufacturers of
jute have no more right to the rebate
than the raisers of the cotton. In
fact he has no right at all to any re-
bate. The government is as much
authorized to give any North Carolina
newspaper a rebate of so cents on
every subscriber it may have or to
give every raiser of cotton a rebate
of. ST on every hundred pounds of
cotton he raises The same may be
said of corn, wheat, oats or anything
else.
The only way to get tariff legisla.
ton is to elect farmers to the u. S.
Senate and Congress. At least fifty
congressman will be elected this wear
that are made of the right material
tosreduce the tariff. We should raise
the record two years from now and
put in at least one hundred. In the
meantime we a outwit these tariff
robbers by using any substitute we
can get to cover cotton with. This
requires no strategy. We only need
horse sense and pluck and determine.
ton. Use anything on yOw cotton bales
! encept jute 6agging.