New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-11
A HEARING ON CARPET WOOL.
IMPORTERS AND MANUFACTURERS BEFORE
THE BOARD OF APPRAISERS.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COOKS KNIFE
AND A KITCHEN KMFE-NATURAL
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CoohS A-NlpH
AND A KITCHEN KMFE-NATURAL
GAS Is DUTADLE.
rro ,roo, ,nnorters and carpet manufacturers had
haoring Yesterday before the Board OF General Ap-
nraiers in the matter OF the protests MADE 10y H. D.
Higgins a. Co. H. c. Thatcher Co. and others againS'
decision Of the Collector. General Appraiser somer'
Vile presided Ths importers were represented oy W.
wIckham smith, Joseph Treioar and ComsucA "
brown. as counsel The point involved Is one OF great
interest 10 the carpet manufacturer, and representatives
Of the leading firms OF New-hOfR ana Ne"-SnH'"'
were present at the bearing
The protest entered is against the exaeton OK Ioo
nor cent duty on East India woods which were cia'ued
Inv the Collector as "assoted7 pursuant to an ouer VI
tbe Treasury Department Issued In March last. Both
o,Aers and consumers are arrayed against the Col
octor'g decision They hold that the woods In question
or, NOT assorted az the term is understood In the Wool
trade hut orc merely separated according b coloTs,
which they saw is always done In importing ths CLASS
~ uyoos They say further that the whole Deece Is
imported and that sorting Is then necessary before inc
wool can be used. Their argument Is that he law
tmposing double duty applies only to the importation
Of finer grades Of wool after the lower grades OF tho
fleece have been rejected and cannot apply TO this
wcIl.known variety of wool imported In its ordinary
condition. -,
Tho u,ooIgrowers have through their counsel filed
rIt.cn arruments UNFOLDING the position taken by the
Collector Two weeks have been gwen for the c0uhsei
NJ the importers file their briefs Among the VII
nsses examined yesterday were J. d. Wood, Of H. =
Ulgins a Co.: Francis Pyson, ii. {. schwab' FIesi-
cent j. L. Houston, OF the Hartford Carpet COMPANY
John H. seer, Nicholas Maug aud Examiner kIteh-
Ing of the Appraisers Stores.
Another recent hearing, Which took place before
General Appraiser Wilkinson, IS attracting the al
tentfon Of domestic cutlery manufactures Ihe polnl
nj Issue is 30 the lay mind, rsther fine one 1t In
Wolves the distinction between Kitchen knife ana
co,k,s knife The present tariff imposes minimum
duty of 10 cents dozen and 80 per cent al Vaioie
m kitchen knives and Al dozen and 30 per cent az
,,Iorem on cooks knives The importers now wish to
hiring I'm as kitchen knives what the domestic manu-
facturers hold are cooks knives. The importers hod
that only such knives say from ten to twenty mches
long as are used by cooks TO carve meat 5bouiu po
classed as cooks knives On the other manu. bns
manufacturers contend that all imported knives WITH
crook al the end Of tho handle and ferle az tc oao
of the blade and with blades taper1ns TO poh' ae
cool,s' knives no matter what their length.
Sampes and pyice-lists have been submitted by the
Neriden Cutlery Company and by J. Russell % o.
until Colonel WkinsOns Office looks Ike an arsenal
Tile representatives of these two firms that they
have never made cooks knives less than seven ihcs
long because under the old tariff, their Manufacture
was improbable. They have now begun 10 Ihaho
small knlves in tie expectation that they will be pro
footed bv tbe tariff on cooks knives. Kitchen knives
they say are only such knives as are used lot sehe'a
kitchen work.
Several decisions Of Importance were Handeu
down YESTERDAY The first covers the prONsI
~ +he Buffalo Natural Gas Company against a
decision of the Collector of the Port Oh BuHao'
The Buffalo Natural Gas Company imports HuV
ural Gas BY pipe line from Fort Erie, ont Inc gao
is supplied by the Provincial Natural "ae anu fuei
Companv of ontario. Under an opinion OF the Ilea'-
urv department duty was levied as 10 per cent ah
valorem the gas being classified As an OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
article not enumerated. HThc protest claims eAemp
ton from duty under sections OF the Taflh sct rse
~ ernie Mturncn and second crude mineral o"lhg
IN the fact that the gas has pressure too gEcat 10 Dc
measured by a metre, tho amount tea Las 70 Dc
estimated from private metres and the books OF TIC
Two companies Th, the appela hold ~ bc an ad
ditional reason why no duty sDoud be IeV.u' Ing
tnirion which wa, prepared by General SharIo, OIcT-
rnc5 tic poItest ana arms the decision OF te Coi-
lCCtOr 49,. -.,. -, o,o,,dtro 4. 20
q chicago against the imposition OF dnu.s on mlili
atIr, paintings IN ivory ana metal intcpded or DIOQtn
,ttucs If 9s decided th1t the articles III question
tyers not jevelry. aid wcoc not, teri0e Ild3e 10.
dHtv as siI,h The contention Of the importers tat
tl,o miniatures should DE classified rs anbbss Dy
Celebrated artists was sustained By the BoaFd'