The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-29
EXTRA SESSION MAY BE
CALLED BY PRESIDENT
lcoallnued from Fage -

Construed from Fase lt)
from the United states to Porto Rico
were $f36.231.
Ut is believed that the var depart
uent win prcmuIgate a tariff for the
philippines soon. The Philippine com
mission. together with officers in
charge 0E the customs Of the islands
prepared provisional draft FOR q new
Philippine tariff. which was published
I'm March. That draft has been under
going number OF notifications az the
war department.. and is still receiving
consideration Secretary Root has been
h"tding back this tariff. awaiting the
decision Of the supreme court in the
iuSular cases, and it IS now probable
that Sc viii not Doe promulgated until
he has had time TO examine the opin-
sons OF the court with care The fol-
lowing statement is made concerning
the proposed tariff. and what is being
done ~ the war department,
lhe tariff. as prepared at Manila,
was based entirely upon the specific
charges according TO weight or uumber
Of rhe imported articles rather than ac-
cord ng 20 value. This principle has
the approval OF secretary Root, but
81 IS Thought desirable to apply an ad
VaI0rem limit to certain cases where
values OF articles classified under the
same paragra oh. The specific duties
wiz be retained iu most of these cases.
bat 10 VIII be provided that the arti-
cls5 shan pay not less than a certain
ard valOrem rate.
Necessaries Of Life.
"'rhe ad vaIorern rate on the neces-
aries of life and articles essential to
the development of the islands will
upon articles less necessary it VIII rise
90 20 per cent and in the case of lux
uries TO higher proportions. In such
cases the specific duty wiz first be
assessed the value of the article VIII
then l- estimated AID DC VIII be deter
mined whether the amount OF the spe-
cine duty is as much as the ad wall
orem Hmif. III the amount Of the spe-
chic duty rails below the ad vaIOrem
imi- q sufficient amount VIII be added
o. bring the net duties up 10 the limit
-t me SPECIFIC duty IFS higher than
the aI valorem limit 1T ggiIi DE coll
lected W ful without reference to,such
att IS believed that this method Of
assessing the duties viii Obviate the
objections made by the Philippine COM
Til@SloI % any 2d Falurem duties. gfpn
the ground that they would an0rd
temptation to underValuation and be
dttIcut 10 fix in The absence OF COM
Tatent experts in the custom house at
Mauila- The effect OF anv Drartfcsfllf
system proposed would be triGing upon
the net duties paid and not worth the
risk Of seeking 10 defraud the rev.
eHue. Absolute accuracy i'm valuation
VIII be less Important, moreover, than
under the american tariff and the pro-
posed system in she nature of the case
VIII tend to eQualize differences arfs-
ing under the system of purely specific
duties. even If the equalization is not
perfect.
.Tle limit of Is per cent wHl apply
to great variety of articles under
the metal schedule. Which &c was found
impossible to distribute unde- specific
duties. Tools and irlplements. cutlery.
needles pens. miscellaneous manufac-
lures Of iron and steei and Of zinc. cop-
per and nickel viii be required to ray
duties Of not less than Is per cent Ia
ak these cases the specific dpty VII
he collected sghether it amounts 20
Is per cent OF nCre but where it fails
heiow - per cent I'D valoren. an es-
irnats Of the value Of the articles
uiH Toe made and tie an1ouht Of duty