Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-20
FOR
CAPE NOME
Butte Men Must Go Via.
American Lines
A TREASURY RULING
Merchandise Cannot be Shipped Out
in BOnd-N. P. Extension in
the Bitter Root.

Booking Of Butte a~rgonauts who pro-
pose to join the stampede to the Cape
Nome gold fields continue in the local
railroad offices. The entire capacity Of
one big steamship which plies between
Seattle and the northland has been taken
up by reservations made for Butte men.
1t is not improbable that 1000 men will
leave this city for the new gold fields
early next spring.
"Those who propose to go Via British
lines are likely to experience some trouble
if they expect to take any freight with
them" said j. f. Mccormick of the
Northern Pacific railroad to an Inter
Mountain reporter this morning. 1.-The
steamship men of Seattle and San Fran
cisco, by persistent effort have succeeded
In securing the revocation of a treasury
department order which went into effect
early last year, which was ource of
great annoyance to American shippers
inasmuch as they We're brought into COM
petition with British lines, which were
allowed to carry freight from American
ports in bond to Vancouver. and from
that point to Alaskan ports, principally
Cape Nome and st. Michael. The new
ruling will practically shut out the Brit
ish shippers. as far as bonded freight is
Nv w.. III VI cACCSSlNe uu-
ties. A large number of Butte men have
secured reservations IN the British
steamship company's vessel Garonne,
which is scheduled to leave Vancouver,
early in May. These men win either
have to pay duty on the freight which
they propose to take with them, or will
have to have their stuff shipped over the
American lines"
Following is portion of a letter recently
sent from the treasury department to the
customs officer in Seattle relating to this
ruling:
"The certificates of expectation mem
toned in the article cited should not be
given or accepted by customs officers UNI
der circumstance above mentioned.
The opinion of the United States at
torney genlal is given in the following
letter, written October 16, 1885. by the
Hon. Daniel Manning, secretary of the
treasury under President Cleveland, to
the collector of customs at Duluth, Mimi:
"Referring to previous correspondence,
and particularly to departments letter
to you of the 4th ultimo, and your reply
thereto of the Sth of the same month. in
relation to the shipment through Canada
of merchandise passing between Ameri-
can ports. l have to inform you that the
attorney general has rendered an opin-
ION at the request of this department on
certain points connected with such trans
Dortation.
The attorney general holds that in
cases where merchandise, the growth.
produce or manufacture of the United
States, ostensiDly exported to points in
Canada in foreign vessels. but really ship
ped from one port in the United states
to another by routes part water and part
rail, and passing through Canadian ter
ritory, are not BONA fide expectations.
and that the certificates heretofore given
at your port showing that merchandise
SO shipped in foreign vessels is of domes-
tic production, and upon which certiti-
Gates free entry of the merchandise is
made at the port of arrival after the
transit, cannot be legally issued.
I'm this opinion I concur, and you will
hereafter govern your action according
~"