The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-02
THE DUTY ON FISH.
Two Important Customs Deeis-
ions Under Wilson Act.
EcT SOUND FISHERIES.
fresh Salmon, bat Not Haiibuf and
Msrk~rrf In Ice May Be Imported
From Canals Free Of Duty.

Ry a decision OF the CUSTOMS Dssasa
OF general appraisers at a session re-
Gently held in New York city. salmon
e4.teft Ia British Columbia waters,
rars<eA In ice and shipped into sfa1s
country ear be entered free OF dtssy-
The decision II In the ease Of a nSan
named Dillingham;. VITO pfosessssa
agaagss The decsssoE Of the collector OK
customs al 0gdenhnrg. ~ 4. on seq
fsrs7s,pr Is, 1894, as To the rate a1sd
aruossnt Of duties ehargeabse On GER
tain saIrs0n imported By railroad IN
tain salmon imported by railroad The
decision il by General Appraiser i4uns.
and in as follows.
II. That T.. Dillingham; ir'rorsef INTO
The port 81 og1eat,urg. September -.
1867. certain fisn, upon which duty WAS
assessed al one-half OF one cent per
round. IN. rate provided IN paragraph
2is. acz Of August ~, 1854, Tor SAT- va
Ter fish frozen or packed In Ice. The
1aspoxfer claims that the same are en-
titled ia free entry under the pfDVi-
ssans Of paragraph ssl Of said acts as
ftsb frozen or packed In ice fresh
20 Tina. said fish are salmon wnicn
were caught is the fresh waters OF the
Fraser river Iii British Columbia and
packed In ice fresh.
a5 That the species Of salmon to
which these fish belong are migratory
FISH spawned in fresh water. where they
remain from one 10 two years. waen
rsaey migrate 10 salt water. where they
gr1w 10 maturity and later return to
spawning beds In fresh waters They
are caught In salt. brackish and fresh
waters. and ere not dsstincfIVelr salt
water llsh Paragraph 2lo provides for
salt water fish. but as salmon are Dot
disfinrfIyefy salt water fish ard 1t APP
Bearing that these are fish frozen or
packed in ice fresh. We hold that they
are entitled to free entry undaT the
provisions ~ paragraph ss1. and stis-
tain the protest
This decision means the shipping Of
4 large amount Of British Columbia
salmon to the Eastern states over the
line of the Canadian Pacific railroad
In competition with the fish business
OF this section OF the country. Several
conservative fish men claim that the
ruling will not affect the sales from this
market. as the fab 60 10 81. Paul. Min-
neapolis and Chicago and other cities
tn the Middle West. and the fish ship
ped over the Canadian Pacific viii so
10 the extreme East.
Another decision was handed down by
the board at its sitting which affsrms
the action of the local office in charg-
Ink duty on frozen hailbut shipped In
here from British Columbia The deca-
sion In on nsssckerel. hat snackerei and
hsiibit have the same rating In dutla~
BILE FISH.
The decision Ii In the case OF DeI.ong
and Seaman against the decision of the
collector of customs a., Boston, as TO
the amount Of duties chargesble on GER
tain salt water fish packed IN Ice, and
Is as follows:
Il. We find that Mcssrs Deiang and
Seaman imported into the port of Bos-
ton on October s. 1894. certain fish, un-
on which duty was assessed at one-
half cent per pound. under paragraph
30. act Of Aussit g. 1894. as salt water
fish packed in Ice and which the inl-
p<aters claim are entitled 10 free entry
under the provisions Of paragraph ASH
OF said act as fish frozen or packed in
Ice fresh.
- That said fish were fresh nackerei
packed In ice and were salt water fish.
IT In a matter af common knowledge
that many tons of fresh fish caught TN
the fresh waters 81 British America are
annually imported tn the United States
frozen or packed In lee. The provisions
Of paragraph ISL permit the free entry
Of the same while paragraph eio covers
salt water fish imported In like condition
and It II our opinion that both para
Eranhs ale effective AMI applicable to the
respective SPECIES 81 fish. and that such
was the intent az congress aad the
correct construction ~ the whole act.
The protest is ovefruled and the deci-
sion 1T the es.ie<stor affirmed
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