The Irish standard., 1897-04-03

owner "a 30 shipped for import into thu
I; Tinted States by any citizen thoreo1 PRIOR
to April |, 1887, shall bear the same dutie4
to be charged upon similar articles IA this
/. act and such duties are hereby made Hen
on such articles, wherever and In whqtsof
ever hands found except In the hands Of
persons holding them for final consumption
and have no purpose to sell or part with
the same or any part or product OF tho
same, and except also In the hands OF per-
sons shown to have obtained such articles
without notice Of the provisions Of this act;
and any person. not such Anal consumer,
without notice having obtained an IN.
terest in or possession OF any such article or
articles SO subject to duty. except as COM
mon carrier or warehouseman,sh shall be liable
for the payment of such duties thereon and
the same may be recovered with interest
but without penalty in an action or suit
by the United States against such person or
persons in any district or circuit court
thereof. And all persons liable under this
act for such duty or any part thereof IN re-
spect OF any shipment, cargo or lot OF any
such article or articles may be Joined In
the same action for such recovery without
regard to mutuality or nature OF interests
or defenses, and such joint or several judy
ments OF DEGREES may be rendered thereins
including the enforcement OF any such lien,
as justice or equity may require. In every
such case, the process Of the court In tho
district where the action or suit Is brought
and where one defendant resides and IN
served shall run to and may be served on
any defendant in any other district. 1t Is
hereby made the duty Of the secretary or
the treasury to prescribe and enforce
suitable regulations to carry out the pro-
visions Of this section, including the re-
tentton in the bonded warehouses OF the
United States or any other place where
such goods are deposited samples of such
goods until required for evidence on any
such trial."
May Not Pass the Senate
The prevailing opinion in the senate
is that the proposed retroactive feature
of the tariff bill will not be approved
by that body when the measure comes
UP for consideration there. The pur-
pose of the amendment may be meas
ureably accomplished nevertheless in
the encouragement of the imports Of
merchandise of all sorts against which
high protective duty will be imposed
under the new law. The theory of the
republicans who are backing the retro
active proposition is that American in
terests are entitled to the fullest pro-
lection that congress can give them
against flood of imports which will
come in competition with home prod
ucts during many months, if not years,
after the law goes into effect, unless
the extraordinary method is adopted
as suggested. Representatives of all
kinds of American industries and COM
mercial enterprises have been Emporium
ing republican leaders to raise bar
rier, if possible, against these wholesale
ilnportations, and the ways and means
committee has merely done the best it
could in their behalf. Even should the
amendment fail in the senate it is be-
lieved that the effect of it's introduce
ton and adoption by the house will be
to deter shipments of large quantities
OF goods from abroad into this country
through fear that such movement of
commodities may prove costly.