The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-21
No NSIQAR OPINION YET
UNITED STATES SUPREME COTrRT
HAS ADJOURNED TILL MON
DAY NEXT
SUGAR DUTY CASE DECIDED.
Several Other Decisions and Orders
Were Handed Down by the
Court at Yesterday's
Session

WASHINGTON, May 2O.-The United
States supreme court today adjourned
until next Monday without announcing
an opinion in the insular cases. The
court will adjourn Monday until next
October.
The court today decided the case of the
American Sugar Refining company
versus the United States to the conten-
ton of the Sugar company The case
was a proceeding to determine whether
duty should be collected upon the value
of sugar when 1t Is shipped or when it
is landed. the value having increased
when the weight decreased by virtue Of
its drying out while . in transit. The
court affirmed the decision of the circuit
| court of appeals for the Second circuit
which held that the tariff assessment
! must be upon the base of value at arri-
val
Kansas will be allowed to file It's suit
| in the United States supreme court to en-
join the state of Colorado from DETECTING
for irrigation purposes the water of tho
Arkansas river to the injury of the for
mer state. The decision of the court
| to this effect was announced today by
| Chief Justice Fuller, who said that tho
court had concluded to permit the filing
of the suit. The chief justice also an
nounced that the state of Colorado would
have leave to plead, answer or to demur
to the Kansas bin. Colorado has sought
to prevent the filing of the suit because
of its effect on the irrigation interests OF
the Arkansas valley in thai state.
The court today denied the petition CT
x-Congressman S. " White in his case
involving the validity Of the tax upon
stock exchange calls" under the wGr
revenue act.
The court granted the petition Of ne
Connecticut Life Insurance company fol-
a writ of certiorari to the United States
court of appeals for the eighth circuit
TO bring the celebrated suit against that
company by Mrs. Sallic HilIman to this
court for review. 1t involves the pay
ment of an insurance policy eff 5000 upon
the life of the husband of Mrs. Hnlman,
the payment of which the insurance com
pany has resisted for number OF years
on tho ground that the man is not dead
The case has been in the supreme court
two or three times.
The court today decided that bottles
and colks used in the manufacture OF
beer for export are subject TO tho i'm
position Of a tariff tax. The decision
was handed down by Justice Brown in
the case of the Joseph SchlitZ Brewing
company versus the United States, com
ing to this court from the court Of
claims The claim originally was made
lOT d OIdW OdCh Oil uullCS dttt Oil ilOp7
and barley as well as on bottles and
corks used in the manufacture of bottled
beer to be exported. The court of claims
allowed the first item of the claim and
denied the second. Justice Brown, in
handing down the decision of the SUI
preme court said the case turned on the
question as to whether corks and bottles
are ingredients of beer. Plainly they-were
not he said, and added
1T may be entirely true that If this
drawback be not allowed the duties upon
bottles and corks will preclude the mani
facturer from competing in foreign mar
kets with foreign brewers, since he ncccs-
sariiy must export his beer in imported
bottles and, while his foreign competitor
may use bottles manufactured in his own
country. Yet this APPARENT hardship WIZ
not authorize us to do violence to the
clear language of the statute. II the law
affords him an imperfect relief his remedy
IS by application to congress"