The evening times., 1901-08-17
COFFEE DUTY REPEALED.
The Contention of the Porto Ricans
Not Sustained.

/
SoiicitOr Of the Treasury Depart
"'s"' i"iHS nat me Act "i '"h-
-, "', ~
!
The Treasury Department today,
| through T. a Reeve, the Solicitor for the
! department, decided that the point raised
I by Frederick Degatau. the Resident Com
missioner OF Porto Rico. that the special
| duty Of cents n pound Gpou conee ship
ned from, the United states info Porto
pio,. st,,,,,,, r--.,.., 80, 49,,
WI i'1',e' III 'H 'u7'lNe "p''''" On
the SUBJECT holds that the act OF Con-
| gress aboiishing tarIn duties on an mer-
! chandise. going into Porto Rico from the
United State s,-.,i..s 70, ,.o~r,, H. -.,.,.
| 3. - ---..,--.,--
O case '' -''''' ~ ''-'0c
o" me Part OF Congress that coffee was
net made an exception when the general
act abolishinr drtiss on goods sent from,
| ,,is ,,,,,,,-,. =. D.. r,,..- ..,
w. %
''is l'e'1ous ACT OF congress hNins the
special duty Of cents pound on coffee
showed the spirit OF that legislative body
| to b,. 10 urotsct the corf.e i,,d,,st7-,- Of tt,
fs,.us
The Solicitor for the Treasury Depart
mont in passing upon the controversy
saws.
..p, eec+io, . NJ, a.. -....
"O' - -
pI''iueu 'n'I 1he duties on goods import
ed INTO Porto Rico from ports other than
! those Of the United States shall be the
same as those upoD goods iunorte5 inf,
the United States fror, s,-,f,.,, ,,,.-..-4---
provided that ON an correo s., 90. - =
ground in,,or+.5 fr,.g, r,l-+, % -
} SHAH he ret-is5 a,,,y .cg,Ilotl5 -
cents nor rC,,,1 - ~. = -
to the co,tr,-,, l-,,;,t..,.,,i,,-.-l-
..C,oge, t..tr,-, -, - q
r-rf,lT g., - - ''-' - nc
s,,+ -, -. ~
-rJ+,.,.t - - -, ~
Sec,io,. a % a.. -. - - -'Ieo.
ool,5g ,,,ir., -. '-'' - "poH
T-rir.,7 S.. - ~ -,'eO IiOiii 'He
~. ,t,,+i-,- - p'- IN ~
e5, -,,.. 7l-.-7 ~ ~ - ~ ioi'
- -, - - r.. -, - a. 'i u
.e,,.r+ 60, - - -
por,l ~, .. -s 80 ,U mo
from tho T-n;teJ g. IT,.
tbie .,,...,,.;,... "a
coffea poirr, f-t, r1r., -
a dut, fb,I,,b iT,,,,.-,s, -, -
States.
..-Thus the 1av, ,,-,s o., ,.r,,,;,, ,,...., .,.-
legislative Aese-,tI, - r..,-, r,,-.-
eb,,,I7 r.-y,-:,,.. =, -
70 M, ,b,. ,,.l..s-f-fl - -
,,,v,.- - ,,--1--...-.5.--- -
t ~. -
..T. g. -.
''-' "''N N'C"
- ~''' '--V -'S ''7' ii'
'--F'' ILLS rum lvlelsH
- - a. .''''V0' 10 l-il'ui ID Ilolls
--oi' 'Ie i..'eN S'a'es uuIiHs lhe eAlsI-
- "a ''S 10 ps' S''.' uu'S system Iil-iI
--s ~ oollsl IS ~ Ieoos-
Pi0C,O' 'ne eoLee iiiDLS'ly iH
- 81
- = - - F-'i 'oe '-'-u i'-
- - ''-1'' = ~" 49, 'ioii
-.,I-., - -, 'iis - =, 'l--u ~
''1li oi d --o'i p 'ei- "l 'Si>' ,io" IA
-, -
po,'l-u on oolIee vas 'iIiiiA' uiS 'ii'e''S
-. 70 -, - 49,.
- ~ nc
e"pe i''Iii 'ie Coiioi io7.'- 'li0t 'He 'i'a1
To ui.i '9'i = '0u lIo iSlo" % See'ioi o
'lii ''i III NU'l's %. HI'i lIa-'-
--9e o--u 81 49, suns ''''o oi'' ~
ii'ii- ''-' ''''VN 0'''''9 eP'4 ''l' N'41O'
'l'l' u d l'o@1 , stem ol . N' 'ioH' &c
tlli"i deoS 'lc uu'S Oh oo-lee iS tH a.
Iiie uu'S uA any o'iei aI'le'e Oi Hiel-
SIdN.lse-
ma. 'g,o "','i ii''',il anu
'7i'S' ,''g @''e anu l.-et '-lo'.o 80 pi
- "a. N -
- - - "
- ,,,t..f,.e - =, - .-,-r,--,eel,
D.. a.. -, .,.-ift ,t,,i.s- - ~. -.
-I.,.Tf-ti,,., ,.-t,, 80, -, -,,,,.,,,,,..l.
- - -. - - -,
So. 49,, - =, - -
i-,+,r--.,.t,[., 81 r5,.o ,,-,--Js ,r,,, -, ,ts
,If.,f-,,-,fl,, ,,,n,,b b. 80, -, -
taIin duty ana d special protection