The Dickinson press., 1894-09-01
TARIFF BILL Is A LAW
1T GOES INTO EFFECT AT MID.
NIGHT MONDAY.
At the Expiration of the Ten Days
Limit 1t necOmeS n l.nsr without
the Presidents SiEnuturr-Thc Re-
ciprOcity Clause.

III Dlll DrI:lnlr Il law at midnight last
night without the presidents signature.
There seems to br serious doubts enter
tanned as to whether or not treasury
officials will be able 10 carry into effect
the section of the new tariff bill max
ing alcohol used in the arts free of in
tern;ll revenue tax. Section III of the
act provides that any manufacturer
ilndinS it necessary to USE alcohol in
tho arts Or in any medicinal or other
iike compound. may use the same I'M
der regulations to be prescribed by the
secretary of the treasury. and on salts
Tying OF internal revenue of the district
wherein he resides or carries Oh bust
ness that he has complied with such
regulations and has used such alcohol
therein and exhibiting and delivering
up the stamps which show that Il tax
has been. placed thereon. shall be en-
Titled to receive from the treasury "A
rebate of the tax so paid.
There are approximately 100000
druggists in the United States who use
alcohol to some extent in the manu-
facture Of compounds of various kinds
and this number, il is believed, would
be increased from 80 to 100 per cent
under liberal application of this pro-
vision of the act. While the law pro-
vides that manufacturers may use al
cohol free Of tax under regulations
prescribed by tho secretary, no :pprO-
priation is made to carry the provision
into effect, and it is argued that it
would require Il small army of revenue
agents to prevent frauds upon the GOV
crnmcnt, and the loss of millions of
revenue to it from the operations of
Inscriptions druggists Under the cir
cumstances it is believed that the Sec
rctary will find it practically impossi-
Die to enforce the law and will there
fore refrain from issuing any rcsula-
tions OH the subject, mt least until con-
ercss, which rcassclmblcs in December,
shall make sufficient appropriations for
the purpose. The suggestion that the
secretary might SO frame his rcgula-
tions us to limit the benefits of the act
TO Il very few manufacturers who could
he looked after has been put aside as
unfair to the thousands of small deal
rrs. and in violation of the spirit of
the act.
Section II Of the new tariff law re.
peals section 3 of the Mckinley act, un-
der which til" reciprocity treaties were
drawn, with the proviso that moth
ing herein contained shall be held to
aDrogate or in any way affect such
reciprocal commercial arrangements as
have been heretofore made and now OK
list between the United States and for.
elgn countries except where such ar
Engagements are inconsistent with the
provisions Of this act" 1t is appre-
hendcd that the exception above noted
will he much more general than the
rule, for 1t is expected that notwith-
standing the declaration of the proyiso
the effect OF the new tariff law will be
to tumble to the ground the whole fab.
rlc of reciprocity treaties reared by
MIR. Blaine. The new act affects the
rates of duties in every one of the
reciprocity treaties, and suggestions
have already reached the state de-
IMrtmcnt from the foreign governments
to the effect that the new act will null
lily he treaties, for it cannot be pre-
s'llned that they will permit the United
States to continue the enjoyment of the
excellent privileges in the matter OF
free imports and low duties after those
privileges have been withdrawn as they
are in Il large measure by the new tar
liz act The subject is one which will
call for construction by the treasury
department, but the opinion among
diplomats is that the treaties are prac-
tically repealed by the provisions Of the
new tariff law
Secretary Carlisle has decided and
Will instruct custom collectors that
goods placed In bonded warehouses
under the Mckinley law. and made
Tree OF duty under the new tariff act.
are entitled to free entry and need not
he exported and reihlportul in order to
get the benefits Of the new act. This
is of especial interest to the wool trade,
as IL large amount of wool stored is
now III bonded warehouses; In this, as
IN all other mootcd questions. the sec
retary will follow the intention of con.
gress, let agsricvcd parties appeal to
the courts il they care to contest ON
technical grounds. In accordance with
this determination. he undoubtedly will
hold that diamonds are dutiablr, not
witlstanling the erroneous punctuation
of the free list. The secretary to-day
sent the following telegram to custom
officials at all ports of the United
States:
vessels with cargo not discharged
nor entered for consumption may be
made vessel warehouses temporarily
FOR such goods us shall be entered TO.
day in bond"