New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-09
TARIFF NOT RETROACTIVE.
nrcrsIoN OF THE U. S. GENERAL
APPRAISERS.
-,rv Mold THAT THE NEW LAW WENT INTO
Effect AT 4;o6 P. NJ. WAsHlNGION
.IME JULY 24-To APPEAL TO

EUR, uolp THAT THE NEW LAW WENT INTO
rrrrcr AT 4:os p. NJ WARRINGTON
,.IME. JULY 2+-To APPEAL TO
THE COURTS.
-, poard Of United States General Apprais-
.-o yesterday handed down a decision that the
.ou. tariff went into effect at 408 p. m. Wash
faction time. July "a, when 1t was signed by
president Mckinley. The Treasury Department
49,, hold that the law was operative from the
,ovirn,ng Of the day which 1t became a law.
.d that goods entered on that day before the
PRESIDENT affixed his signature TO the measure
,.ra not dutiabe under the old. but under the
rev tariff
seventy seven protests. In instances where
s,ios were levied by Collectors or customs
rdar the new law when the importers De-
,avsd their goods should Rave come IN unoer
,,a did law. were filed with the General Apprais-
ars who constitute the Customs court. Inc
ro,es, OF Stoddard. Haserck, Richaros q Co.
,. poston was taken as a test case. con-
signment OF wool arrived for them on the morn
,no ., Iu]y "a. Duty was collected on It under
,be new tariff whereas they insisted that the
yool should have been admitted free under the
Old tariff.
Tho decision Of the Board of General Apprais-
.rs was written b. ex-Judge Henderson NJ
cor,srv.,,,e The other members Of the Board
concurred The conclusions were
h- oorcius,on "a that the Tariff act OF July "a.
1871 did not become operative as Ss umb hen si
minutes after H. tbe President de- G S"'' '"'
Second-That it not operative by reia.on ON
any previous hour OF the aaS nT, and in
force Until the precise moment when sara ACT OF
@TSird-That goods imported and entered FOR con-
sumption in tie forenoon OF SAG july 80 s 81
al any w5 nTd BE- governed as assihcaton and
rates OF duty by the Tariff act OF 1874 ana "o' o'
seq h sT pro,es,s are sustained In harmony with the
foregoing views enc a9s ,nstruct,on. 10 reiiqui
date the entries accofdihsN'
Ex.Judge somervue decided the case 'nvo'v-
ing the constitutionality Of the Mckinney tarin
Of 1880. and also the date Of operation OF the
Tariff act Of 1894 In both instances ne was sus-
famed by the United States supreme Court
Tho decision on the present tarin does hot py
~, MEANS settle tho matter An appeal Will be
taken by the Government 10 the Crcut court Oh
Tho United States. No matter which way the
decision of this Court may be- there VIII oe d
t,,rther anneal 10 the United States Supreme
Court. The amount in duties involved IN the
seyenty-seven protests IL between S"oo,o" ana
100000 s.,.
able NJ Is per cent. Formerly they were ad-
mitted free Having been on the free nst, inc
Appraisers Department had not KEEP. Macn 20 -,
the market value Of them The investigation or
values under the new tariff has led the apprais.
ers TO advance the value as stated IN some OF
the invoices covering recent importations from
30 TO 100 per cent. An advance OF 90 per cent
makes them liable TO seizure. The importers
whose invoice values have been advanced nave
taken an appeal to the Board or General APP
praisers Among these importers are CadenaS a
Coe D. G. Cowl and Booth & Co
The Assistant Secretary Of the treasury. al;
Howell visited the Custom House yesterday ano
had a talk with Collector Bdweii on the CUES
tion Of tho rights Of persons arriving from Eu-
rope in the matter of personal baggage. NO con
clusion was reached. NJ. Howell also visited me
Public Stores TO look into the question OF tne
ADMISSION Of tea dust Tea dust-where more
than 10 per cent would pass through No 10
seve"-has been excluded as adultereted IL DC
veloped that needle leaf of Ceylon am lndia yeas
viii mass through No. 1G sieve. and this Is
worth IS cents to 81 pound. In the evening Mr.
Howell left here for Detroit.