The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-03-07
The PORTO RicAN TARIFF.

The original bill. as recommended by
the president IN violation of ms own IN
troduce0 as Republican caucus measure
on the lsrn Of January last. Il provided
Ihat the customs laws OF the United
states and the internal revenue laws be
extended TO Porto Rico
. Inc idea, said Representative Payne.
was 10 give the producer OF sugar the
free entrance Of this staple into the
United States. saving duty Of over sJ
ton. Under that bill. the duty saved upon
tobacco would be So cents per pound Tor
the main portion OF the crop, and Tor the
wrappers $lSo pr pound
Later on a substitute was offered which,
IN the language of Mr. Payne, its spcn-
scr, imposes a duty equal 10 our own
tariff upon al articles imported from
States, into Porto Rico, and a luJy equal
TO . per cenIum of the rates of our own
tar1n laws on all articles imported into
Porto Rico from the United States or
from Porto Rico into the United States.
The full text Of the bill as il passed the
house, cnoedying an imperialistic prfn-
ciple which carries contempt for the con-
SUJut1On further than many old line Re
puDlicans care 10 co. is as follows:
u Whereas, The people of Porto Rico have
been deprived of markets for large por-
ton OF their products. and have lost prop;
erty ard crops by severe ana unusual
storms, whereby they are Impoverished
and are unable to pay internal revenue
and direct taxes; and
sary for taeir schools, their roads and
/ their internal Improvement, and the ad-
ministratiOn of their government; now.
therefore, be it enacted, etc.
That the provisions of this act shall
/ apply to the island of Porto Rico and 10
/ the adjacent islands and waters of the
/ Islands lying east of the seventy-fourth
meridian of longitude west of Greenwich.
I by the government of Spain by treaty
concluded April IL, 1893; and the name
| Porto Rico as used in this act, shall be
! he'd to include not only the island of that
/ name, but all the adjacent islands as
| aforesaid.
| Section g That on and after the passage
/ OF this act the same tariffs, customs and
/ duties shall be levied, collected and paid
/ upon all articles imported into Porto Rico
/ from ports other than those of the United
| States which are required by the law TO
/ be collected upon articles imported into
I the United States from foreign countries.
Section 3. That on and after the passage
/ OF this act all merchandise coming into
/ the United States from Porto Rico and
( coming into Porto Rico from the United
/ States shall be entered at the several
] ports OF entry upon the payment of 10 per
/ cent of the duties which are required TO
I be levied, collected and paid upon like
| articles of merchandise imported from
foreign countries; and in addition thereto
I upon articles of merchandise of Porto
/ Rlcan manufacture coming into the
/ United States and Withdrawn for con-
sumption or sale, upon payment of a tax
I equal to the internal revenue tax imposed
/ in the United States upon the like articles
/ OF merchandise of domestic manufacture;
/ such tax to be paid by internal revenue
stamp or stamps, to be purchased and
/ provided by The commissioner of internal
/ revenue and 20 be procured from the col
/ lector OF internal revenue at a most con-
| Venient place to the port of entry of said
| merchandise in the United States, and to
be affixed under such regulations as the
/ commissioner of internal revenue with
! the approval of the secretary of the
I treasury, shall prescribe; and on all arti-
! cies of merchandise of United States
J manufacture coming into Porto Rico. in
| addition to the duty above provided, upon
( payment OF tax equal in rate and
/ amount to the internal revenue tax i'm
/ posed IN Porto Rico upon the like articles
OF Porto Rican manufacture.
| section l. That the duty and taxes COL
/ lected in Porto Rico In pursuance of this
| act, less the cost of collecting the same,
and the gross amount of all collections
OF duties and taxes in the United States
| upon articles of merchandise coming from
I Porto Rico. shall not be covered into the
general fund of the treasury but shall
be held as a separate fund. and shall be
placed at the disposal of the president to
be used for the government and benefit
of Porto Rico until otherwise provided by
| law.
Section ;. This act shall be taken and
/ held TO be provisional in its purposes and
I intended to meet a pressing present need
I for revenue for the island of Porto Rico.
and shah not continue in force after the
| 1St day of March, 1902