Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-08-25


Manila. july 2-The Philippine H.
lruds does a foreign business Of NOR,
than N00Uoot0 year ana OF this On,
United States is not getting IT'S shar,
Of profits one of the big importlni
firms OF Manila today gave its checl
o.. the custom mouse Tor $4,000 In gold
This was the duty on one shipment OF
goods. This was petroleum and u
came from Russia The most of "a,
Kerosene used 900 the Philippines comes
from that country Notwithstanding th,
United States has the greatest petro-
leum fields n Doc world
We raise more cotton than any other
land. but tho cotton goods used here
come from England and Germany We
have the chief iron mines and the best
hardware. but Germany and England
are supplying the Philippines. Call
f1rnia De- nearer Manila than either
Spain or France. but the wines con-
summed are from the latter countries.
In fact about the only thing that IS
now being Imported here IA great guam
titles from America Is beer This was
brought t1 Manila by the ship load as
soon os thg Americans took possession
W tha country I crossed the Pacific
with tha agcHt of one firm who made
s-lholJ hy getting his cargo OF beer ZOO
hrst Other men have done almost as
well. and today AN the leading makes
Uf
beer D. largely consumed by Americans
Within elk months after our troop
landed the number Of Manila saloons
was multiplied by ten. There are now
hundred here where there was one
before, the chief support of an being
the American soldiers. The beer sells
90 high prices the ordinary bottle
COSTING % cents IN gold. or more than
three times as much as al home.
GOODS THAT AMERICA SHOULD
FURNISH.
You would think that the United
States should furnish the most of the
butter and other canned goods OF the
Philippines. IL does not The bulk OF
the canned stun comes from Europe.
but Australia is pushing her way IN
FAR ahead of the Americans We have
Australian canned fruits on our dining
tables. and our army Is now eating
Australian butter ana Australian beef
The duties at present are so great as 20
make such impurtatiOnB pTOhibitive
4 can Of California pears which sells
i0r 80 cents In san Francisco would
nave 10 pay an additional so cents as
duty before Il could enter Manila.
As 10 other products. France Swift
zerland and Austria ship largely 90 this
market Machinery paper and silks
come from France, furniture Of the
Brentwood variety from Austria and
glass and glassware, as well as iron, pa
per and cement, from Belgium.
We take more of the exports Of the
Fhihppines than any other country. but .
we get less IN return Last year AN f.
the United States goods sold In MANILA /
were worth In round numbers 100000 /
IN gold, upon which we paid duty VI |
AdaOeO. In addition 10 this there were |
some goods sent by way OF Hongkong /
and transshipped there which were /
probably credited 90 China. but alto /
gether the imports We're very light
i am told az the custom house that. 1
beginning with this year. there has /
been rapid increase ln American inn 4
portauons A great deal OF -four has /
begun TO come In. Cotton rs being Inn
ported In small lots. and also some gal
vanlEed Iron and machinery Quite a
number OF American typewrters are /
being shipped IN, the business firms 1
here seeing our machines IN the hands /
on the government clerks and thereby |
apprecistlng their value.
OUR SPANISH CUSTOM HOUSE.
! find It very hard % get accurate I'm.
formation from the custom house For
some reason or other the officials think /
financial matters should be kept secret
ana that the American people have no /
right TO know what business Is being
done until the news Is sent out from
headquarters, the matter Of a month or
year making mo- difference. The Gus.
tom house Is st.ll managed on the span
ish system. the old Spanish duties be-
Ing IN force. The tarin is collected
chiefly on the weigh, Of the goods and
quality and price MAKE little difference.
Take the matter OF iewelry. for IN
stance. II silver dollar weighing il2 /
grains were handed over 20 a jewe,er
ana turned into "a bracelet and gold
dollar Weighing twelve grains Of gold |
were made into q ring and set with four
hundred grains OF diamonds. the two
articles coming into a Manila custom
house would pay the same duty. one
might be actually worth but two doll
lars and the other 1000. but the
weight would govern the tariff A
pound OF canned tomatoes selling for
ten cents In gold and pound ~ pOtted
chicken worth fifty cents would paw
the same tam and 30 u is with scores
or other things Furniture pays It's
way by the pound and so do silks. vel.
Ncis ana wrapping papers. Il is the
same with carpets and cottons. with |
hemp, marble and rugs, and, IN fact.
with almost every importation.
HOW NOT TO DO IT.
The custom house is doing a big BUSH
ness but ~ seems tO be run on the plan |
that Dickens characterized as 'the |
science OF how not TO do IT, II has
an army OF clerks many |
others civil officers. but A
lacks men who are skilled IN customs
work 10 has a host Of FiliDnos 90
help the other clerks and n0twith- |
landing this 10 takes from a day TO a
month 90 get shipment Of goods |
through 70. II you are In a hurry the
officials viii advise you 90 go and get
70 custom house broker 20 attend 90
your matters and after you have at
HrytCl once or twice 20 do the work |
Uarsef Won are glad 20 take the ad-
N.. The delay may be due Go the /
spanish system, although q seems TO !
H mat Che rrl tame ~ the army has
something 90 do With Il.
Take 4u experience which 7 had with |
iUe office myself as an instance. u re-
HfH1 Go a package Of a dozen rolls of |
Photographic films worth SiT which |
H. ]
Iha shipment ana the bills We're all IN
Regular order and the duty was only |
matter of 90 cents, but q took me
whole half day 10 pay u. When ]
slid ] was IN a hurry FOR the goods /
as told that they could not BE- possi-
by passed through the customs house
10 one day I tried 90 get them never
theless, and thereuDOn began my La
uofs, which lasted from morning until
noon. The box had 20 be hunted up and
weighed. Then the rolls Of films were
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