The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-09-07

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III bll became law afs Mi6nl1Af -
night without the presidelt1 1l0nAt9xssA 4
There seems to be seriouN 0e1bt1 sotsgss
tained as to whether e not treeexy
officials will be able to e1tfy into elB6et
the section Of the new tat36 bon ulAk.sS
ing alcohol used in the att1 sffee ol -
ternal revenue tax. Section 81 q TIC
act provides that any. manufact1res
nnding 1t necessary tosMDe a1cOh0a - I
the arts or In any medicinal o. othe4
ike compound, may use the san,e -
der regulations to be prepcribed ~ tie
secretary OF the treasury. and on satts.
lying OF internal revenue Of the district
wherein ne resides or carries on busl.
ness mat ne has complied with such
regulations and has Esed D1ch alcohol
therean ana exhibiting and delivering
up the stamps which shoW that . tax
ms oeen placed thereon, ehau b. -
oued to receive from the Treasury q
rebate OF the tax SO paid.
Ihere are approximately $4,000;
druggists In the United States who -
alcohol to solne extent In the mana.
facture Of compounds Of various kinds
and this number. 1t Is believed, would
be Increased from 90 to 100 per cent
under liberal application Of this pro-
vision OF the act. While the law pro.
vides that manufacturers may use nj.
eohol free OF tax under regulations
prescribed by the secretary, NO appro-
priatton is made to carry the provision
into eject. and 1t 10 argued that 1t
would require small army Of revenue
agents to prevent frauds upon the gov.
ernment and the loss Of millions Of
revenue to It from the operations Of
interruptions druggists. Under the cir
cumstances It Is believed that the Sec
Setary will ind It practically impossi.
ble to enforce the law and will there
fore refrain from issuing any resula.
tlOns on the subject, at least until con.
gress, which reassembles in December.
shall make sufficient appropriations for
the purpose. The suggestion that the
secretary might 80 frame his recula.
tions rs to limit the benefits Of the act
to q very few manufacturers who co,,li
be looked after has been mt as,7Ie n.
unfair to the thousands of smnli iIenl.
crs, and In violation OF the spirit Of
the act.
Section u of the new tariff law m.
peals section 8 of the Mckinley act nm
der which the reciprocity treaties verc
drawn, with the proyiso that .noth.
ing herein contained shall be held 10
abrogate or In any way afrect n,cA
reciprocal commercial nrrnngemerts :.
have been heretofore made and now ex.
LIST between the United States. .nd ~.
eign countries except where such A..
rangements nre inconsistent ryits, ~.
provisions of this act" II IA annre.
hended that the exception above noted
will be much more general than the
rule, for 1t is expected that notvith-
standing the declaration of the proyis0
the effect of the new tariff law win be
to tumble to the ground the whole fab.
rlc Of reciprocity treaties reared nv
Mr.. Blaine. The new act afrects the
rates of duties in every one of tbe
reciprocity treaties, and sugceationa
have already reached the state de.
partment from the foreign governments
to the effect that the new act win nul.
lily he treaties. for It cannot be nre.
sumed that they will permit the United
States to continue the enjoyment of the
excellent privileges in the matter NJ
free imports and low duties after those
privileges have been Withdrawn as thew
are in a large lncnsnre NV tha no-, -,
Ill act The subject is one which viii
call Tor construction by the treasury
department. but the opinion among
diplomats is that the treaties are prac-
tically repealed by the proyisions ~ tha