The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-27
THE INSULAR CASES.
What They Are and Questions They
Involve.

Involve.
Washington, May PA synopsis Of
the various fnsular cases decided by the
supreme court has been prepared by the
solicitor general The statement ex-
plains the various questions involved,
and is as follows:
PARTICULAR DUTIES.
All these cases are. virtually customs
cases They raise the validity under
the constitution, Of the following .exae-
tions
]. Duties on goods imported into the
United States from the Philippines after
the ratidchation Of the treaty. The four
teen diamond rings case; Pepke. claim
.. Duties on goods imported into Por-
to Rico from the United States during
the military occupation of the island
after the signing Of the protocol ana
before the ratification of the treaty of
Paris. Such We're some OF the duties
collected in the Armstrong case.
5. Duties collected on goods imported
into Porto Rico from the United States
during the military occupation, but af-
ter the cession Of Porto Rico by the rati-
hcation of the treaty and before the
passage of the Porto Rican act. Such
duties were collected in the Armstrong
case and in the first Dooley case.
4. Duties collected on goods imported
into the United States from oPrto. Rico
after the ratification of he treay and
before the taking effect of the Porto
Rican act Such were duties exacted in
the Goethe case and in the De Lima case.
3. Duties collected on goods coming
into the United States from Porto
Rico after tine Porto Rican act took
effect The validity of these exactiOns
is brought in question in the Downes
case.
6. Duties collected on goods -ceming
into Porto Rico from the United States
after the taking effect of the Porto
Rican act Such We're the duties ex-
acted in the second Dooley case.
z. Duties collected on goods imported
into the United States from Hawaii
after annexation, and before the Ha-
waiian act went into effect. Such were
the duties in the Crossman case.
MATERIAL QUESTIONS INVOLVED.
The primary question is, whether the
cession contained in the treaty Of Paris
made Porto Rico and the Philippines an
integral part of the United States,
within the meaning of the provision re-
curing ~al duties, imposts and excuses
to be uniform throughout the United
States.
The secondary question is. whether
Porto Rican act, levying duties on
goods coming from Porto Rico into the
United States, and on goods coming
from the United States into Porto Rico,
to be used for the benefit of Porto Rico,
until the insular government could pro-
vide revenue of it's own, violates the
constitutional provision that mo tax
or duty shall be laid on articles ex-
ported from any state"
Like the primary question, is the
question raised in the Hawaiian case,
namely, whether the resolution Of an
nexation made Hawaii an integral part
Of the United States, within the mean
ing of the limitation Of the taxing
clause, so that instantly our customs
laws applied there. Notwithstanding the
express provision of the resolution that
the existing customs laws of the Ea-
waiian republic should continue in
force until congress should pass an act
extending our customs laws to the ISL
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