The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-17

SPECIAL T1f~ustcf- 70 .ha p4s.-7,-tsf,.s.s-l~a~
W TASi4iNGTo%. Oct. ls-T1e Board
w II general appra- sers +. -
United States. which reviews re
decisions II all collectors ct customs
throughout tae country. asS dismissed .cr
waat e jurisdiction an appeal Or gyotest
sd ~ me w g. Noon Rag Company
against ne decision - aha collector Y
customs a. Portland. oregon. = . .he
rate ard amour; - duties ca1rEsah;s on
certain De-chauAis- lrns9rte1 ~ re Fort
.ar1 nrin ~ 1as ship moutGs5.ru.
The decision 1Errs apo1 the legal f-ow"v
O. me secretary TX the treasury % TX ,Ae
values - standard coins N circulation Ira
the various nations * the world The
JaTiT act e.. IS$4 made +; the 8uty of ne
secretary CT me treasury - proclaim such
Val4ss quarterly. ana ne values - py0-
claimed musc inea hp followed n esyimAi-
Ing ne value 4 al foreign merchandise
exported 70 t2e United States during ne
neXt three mcaths pfov1so 4ddei -
- section ~ ne -&rT act couftrs apon
Tie secretary ne fur aeF power 10 order
fhe rei.lul1atioD % Any customs entry AZ
different value. whenever satisfactory
evidence saal ~ produced % AIM showing
that he value ia United States currency
* he foreign money specified u The Ia
voice was. az the iatr - cerr.dc2tlon. al
least ten prr centurD more DT less t3an the
value proclaimed during tae quarter a
-lea the consular cerci6CatIoa occurred.
Following ; the statemen, made BY ne
the pratest II the Portland firm;
II appears lTon TIE report u ne col
lectar II taIs case, and from TIE adnis-
stems % The protest itself, that the entry
under consideration Was tlrst iiul.G&ted
August l.. l>ss upon tn basis II me val
uation q the Indian rupee. estimated by
ne director - CAe mint. and proclaimed
ov The secretary ~ the treasury on Jahu-
airy t.ISfI. The secretary Of he treasury.
nTesUmptVely under ta@ authority confer
FoI by the aT0viso above cited. seems 20
aave ordered the collector 10 reisQ aiGass
the entry * = different value for he ~
pra. saown 10 vary a least Ten PER cent.
rom he value assumed by ne collector
III t1e hr>t 14u-aAtlon- X must ~ Is.
Sumed by the board that the secretary %
ne treasury acted Gpon evidence "aic1
was satisfactory and rla- t1e collector
o5eyed as instructions me rale being Jhat
IAN officer acting IN the t.ScAlr-e - IS
Gaty Gpou subject matter over Wntca tdr-
lStction ) given him IS presumed - nave
The collector in making this r,lAquida-
zion must Pr assumed 10 nave actrG D. tle
mere agent - ire secretary ~ gGe treas
ury. and not UpoG MS OWD response a.Lty.
ar within ais own discretion. The decis~
i'm reached Was that tae secretary OF ths
treasury, made under the authority *
was 0ot conferred by said Seciicn -, 1Ht
was on tha decision 90 the collector. In-
l1riS 5te-io0 conferred Or he board ~
classification by section IA of ne customs
o1.y - tia decision - The collector. -
therein particularly specified. ard not 80
any DECISION q The secretary of the tre2$-
ury. made pursuant ~ any special legis-
alive authority
Sheepsk.ns taken from American sheep
SLAUGHTERED abroad are los entitled 70 free
entry under ne DHEiay tariff act. This
: lie effect oG decision rendered by the
treasury department. II response - q letter
from l.. f. West, manager II The Union
sock Yards and Meat Company. % Ia
coma. Wash. IN whi-a thc latter requested
jTaI free entry he acCo-ded 70 hlocs o.
skins wi;h the wool taken from American
sheep killed "a ether countries. The reply
II ne treasury department denying tA-s
request Was made ~ Assistant Secretary
Howell, who says:
You argue that &nasutUch As the hides
or skins are returned 70 The United states
IN . raw stale II can not be conteaded
that they are improved In condition. and
YOU at5Vauce as a further reason WY your
application should receive favorable con-
side. alton that 'sGeaf3IUgs and clippers
Jai5es cr saeCpskies 'hat have bAe0 70
Gently Shoruf are admitted free Of duty.
~. Is l1t3tIS ;nas The process q strip
ing the hides ~ skins WIN the wedl "A
frcm the sheep Increases thelT value or I'M
.-pYss their co-iirioU for certain purposes.
They are not The ar;Icle exported
~s--s lid saearl3ngs OF C-iFpeTs are en-
t;tlsd - t-ee duty = imported n Il raw
condition urd ~ paragraph - Il sai3 act:
6ut his paragraph expressly excludes
SMefr-ktrs with the wool on -