The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-29
THE NEW TARIFF BILL.
How 1t Became Law-Orders from
Carlisle and Miller.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s.-The new tariff
act was sent from the White House TO the
State Department at $50 this morning,
where * will be carefully scanned and sent
to the Government Printing Office and
printed in the form OF an act. How the
bill became an act is shown the official
records by the following statement by the
President:
''Note-The following named bill having
been presented to the President on the 10th
inst. and not having been returned by him
to the House of Congress in which it
originated within the time prescribed by
the Constitution of the United States, has
become a law without his approval:
III. r., No. 4S64-An act to reduce taxa
tion; to provide revenue for the govern
ment and for other purposes.
The work of putting the new tariff law
into effect now devolveS on the collectors
of customs of the several ports and on in
ternal revenue officers, and until they meet
difficulties in it's administration little will
remain to be done by the Treasury Depart
ment circulars of yesterday having given
instructions on the very few points re-
quiring immediate attention. The Treasury
Department has not yet received reports
showing the rush of the last day to get
whisky taxes paid in advance Of the in
crease in rates. Tuesday Is always an off
day in respect to reports of internal reve-
nue. receipts, and to-days statement was
simply "a normal one, the treasury state
ment of internal revenue receipts being
only $351, 472.
Secretary Carlisle has received a number
of telegrams of inquiry from customs ofti-
as to the details to be observed in
carrying the new act into effect. The re-
plies were of no special interest, with
the exception of one which states on the
authority OF a decision of the United States
Supreme Court that imported goods des-
tined for any interior point will be con-
sidered as having been imported" when
they arrive at the customs house at the
seaboard, or, technically speaking, the ar
rival at the exterior port and not the in
terror port will govern in determining the
time or arrival.
Some days ago Commissioner Miller, of
the Internal Revenue Bureau, telegraphed
agents in the sugar districts to separate
and Identify all sugar made at factories
from July 1, 1894, to midnight of Aug. q.
to-day gave the agents instructions to
withdraw all government control and
supervision of sugar factories. The super
visions have been maintained heretofore
because of the sugar bounty provision of
the Mckinley act. and now that bounties
bill il is no longer necessary
Commissioner Miller has decided that
playing cards used as advertisements are
not exempt from duty under the new law.
The Treasury Department has given
notice that all custom house brokers who
apply for a license under the new tariff
bill will be recognized as such brokers
until their applications have been examined
and passed upon.
The House having refused to provide for
printing the tariff comparisons, the Senate
to-day ordered printed another $500 copies.
The Senate ordered a like humber yeSter-
day. that there will be 5000 printed in
all.