The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-06

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the collector of customs at Port Townsend
that the date Of receipt of imported lead
ore al a bonded smelter is the time from
which the six months period must be
computed, and not the date of the receipt
OF the ore at the first port OF arrival In
the United States. This ruling is in ac-
cordance with an opinion OF the attorney
general Just rendered.
TIE six months period referred TO IS
that provision of the act Of July q, NV,
which says: 'In respect to lead ores i'm
ported under the provisions Of this section
the refined metal set aside shall either be
re-exported or the regular duties paid
thereon within six months from the date
Of the receipt OF the ore" The attorney
general IN his opinion says:
"'Tho date Of the receipt of the ore
governs but the receipt by whom and
where? Evidently by the manufacturer
who has imported II for smelling purposes
and at the establishment bonded for such
purpose. Within six months after the ore
has been received by the manufacturer at
his smelling establishment he must ex-
port the refined metal produced from II or
pay the regular duties upon the ore. which
are ascertained by a government assay or
samples obtained after the receipt oil me
ore at the smeltcr. II congress had meant
the date OF the receipt OF the ore AT the
port Of entry. would II not have used the
used elsewhere IN this section?
IF possible, the law should be construed
50 as 10 treat all persons engaged in
smelling imported ore alike. and this can
only be done by computing the six months
period from the date OF the receipt OF the
ore at the smelter. To construe the law
otherwise, to take the date OF arrival at
the port OF entry as the date Of the re-
ceipt Of the ore. Is to discriminate in favor
Of smelling establishments located near
ports of entry as against those located In
the interior. That congress has in mind
the existence of smelling establishments
located I'm the interior. clearly appears
from the provision for the transportation
OF ore in bond to such establishments
Mail Service at Nome.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Shallenberger has received very inter-
estiny report from Mr. l<imbal. at 81
Michael, Alaska. who Is the chief clerk OF
the railway mail service at that place.
The letter was directed TO II. =, Thrai.
the superini endent, at San Francisco. and
forwarded by him to Gen. Shallenberger.
II says:
II left st Michael on November / for
Cape Nome with 300 letters for that place
and twenty fVe for GoloYin bay. | traV-
eled with She mail carrier on Route 1906
as far as Eaton. From there l went on
to Cape Nome with the superintendent
of the Eaton reindeer station, who was
taking a herd Of 800 deer to Cape Prince
OF Wales. Owing 20 the bad condition OF
the trail ana our having TO go around
the head Of Norton bay, I did not reach
Nome until November 90. As no provision
vice to Nome, | advertised to take all
letter mail from there to St. Michael, 20
connect with the January trip on Route
1906 eft Nome on December IL with
dog team, and reached st. Michael on
December %. making in all thirteen days
actual travelling. Owing 10 the fact that
number OF private carriers had been
advertising 10 carry our mails from the
Cape for 81 to 81 per letter. | found it
difficult to convince the people there that
| would, as IN agent Of the postoffice de-
partncnt take all letters out for the reg
ular postage rates. As a result | only had
about coo ordinary letters and nine regis
tcrs.
Cape Nome has at present. in my
opinion, about 2l0 inhabitants. two week
y papers. twenty-five saloons and other
lines of business, representing the pro
fessions uaually found In a lively mining
camp"
Tho postofilcc department undoubtedly
will make an investigation into the mat
ter OF private carriers advertising to take
United States mail at such an exorbitant
rate. An official OF the department stat.
ed today that this system had been GO
ing on for some time, and he now thought
Il tire for the authorities 20 put stop
TO II.
shipments of Wines Into Cuba.
There has been large decrease In the
value OF wines, malt and spirituous
liquors exported from the United States
into cuba. Puerto Rico and the Philip
pines since they came into the possession
OF this government. Charges have been
made In certain quarters that there has
been a tremendous increase In the amount
of liquors sent TO those islands, and Rep
resentative William Alden Smith. OF
Michigan, who wanted correct informa-
tlon on this point, requested the bureau
OF statistics TO furnish him with figures
showing the value of liquor imported into
these islands during the last ten years
These were furnished today. and during
1888 and 1889 the amount was Just hair
of what II was in 1872. when 81, S5i. t26 was
the value OF the imports OF this kind
Into these islands. The table Is "a fol-
lows: