New-York tribune., 1896-01-30
go ,ha, nM.o the indirect re-

have amounted to less than $4,000 & the 1na'ree'
Rdese Sae' ana a%0uHs' M %rSh Y The
houses Of w J; sioane ana a. ArhTe' tSe man the
Go Dropossd By the general appraisers. rs
The former described the methods employben be actual
a and exnressed the opinion that Interior Po,os
of entry small places where hereriIv trG weak ought
rassers sa aSI in The honest and
efficient administration Mr. Wrltht ,he admission
OF OF aeds he at an and both Of shen
declared in favor of the most as practicable the
"miory,iuotons both of purchased gooas inpOr prov
and of goods consigned to agents Of honest i'm
g 1T,ers S as well as to domestic manufacturers anu
the National revenues -
cI,ErERINGS or WOOLLEN MAN'rH Nv
TURERS.
o,o of the ,earest and most comprehensi'e
s,atements submitted was that OF Secre'a'' W. W. W.
of the Wool Manufacturers' AssocaVo"'
manufacturers he sa.d were sunerihe i"o'e ''o'
undervamatIons at this time than those III any
o,ber industry with the poss bic exception OF liz rn
silk manufacturers This was expected anu hd IA,
snnvitnbie when the compound duties were ap2l-
isNd and purelv al vaiorem duties substituted ior
them Existing troubles were aggravated partty pts
by incompetency and ineftciency n ne aai,s III tha
~ ,ySo,inn nf the law and partly by defects N the
law itself The committee OF manufacturers ~, na
gone carefully the fundamenta
proposed by the general appraisers anu app.o 80
All of them except the provso that the app ~
70 ya'ne ner cent the entry shall be held to be pre-
sumuiyely fraudulent Under existing Jaw IN case s
~ an Increase OF 30 per cent on the eItry Vdiue wy
cntry is held 10 be presumptlyely fraudulent aI,u
Mir North asserted mis- belief that not. a snsie
entry had been 50 held at the port o. Ne" ~ n
| since the law was enacted. lie mace q, suvne
argument in favor OF an amendment PROV ',uins ~
an advance OF more than per cent Oh VIZ emy ,,,,
value should subject the invoice to aduVilai ua,y
and that in case where the appraised Nllur sHoult
exceed the entry value by more 10 or ~ pet 5 crH'
the entry should be he'd to be presumpu'eIy ilauu
ulent The former figure had been recoiiilis -
~, No Tariff Commission Of lss2 after "A tnorougn
| investigator and also by the Merchants Assoc'a-
| Han of Pos, On after full considerations -.
Wr North a the official representative OF the
wool manufacturers. strongly advocated tne p o,ne
amendments proposed by the general appra,sse' IN
IIe took exception however. TO s.d'ei"snt , IN -,
their annual report for 1895. In which my tecym @
nenl the repeal Of Section OF the ai'n.nsl as e
art and saw that "the required statements oI eos'
| az PRODUCTION OF goods consigned ior sac Oh ~
eign account have been generally driectssr In ~,
| efficient and consequently misleading, ailoili'is
hut little II any light upon the question 9 MAJ ~ A.
49, driahlc value u the merchandise, ana nave III
| fceI he.n a source Of annoyance ratner wa" IL
! efsfanre in practica. adminis,ratlon. IL this
s,ot.nen, Il correct" said Mr. North' b..a
orantities Of merchandise must nave Deeh alnI' .
T., Iir.c, violation OF the law. whlch requires t.ht
ho statement shall include all the elements Oh @ =
| ,ns, ~ production" As enumcrated anu uese
| IN section II of the law the statement MUS ~ ~,
| rlufo cost or materials and or iapflca.oI. an
| general expenses covering eacn ana every t! outa!
81 whatsonyer nature lUc!dent TO such pr9luc.tnm,
no. ,Ts'.,b sucb merchandise ready for shipment"