The Hawaiian star., 1902-01-16
is IT LEATHER
OR RAW HIDES2
FIFTEEN MONTHS WORK LEAVES
A SIMPLE QUESTION
UNSETTLED.
ESTEE SENDS HAMANO CASE
BACK TO NEW YORK.
Fitch Wants an Appraiser From the
Board in New York Ordered to Come
Here


tee had a discussion again this morn
ing over pair of japanese shoes, inn
ported into this country a year and
three months ago, and discussed and
argued over ever since in the Homo
lulu custom house and court and be-
fore the New York board of general
appraisers. The deep problem Of
whether there is any leather in the
composition of the shoes is no farther
| from settlement now than when an APP
| peal was first taken from Stackable's
| assessment of duties. All that was
done this morning, following many
months Of work, was to send the pro-
! position back second time to New
/ York.
The shoes were brought into court,
| and Fitch invited Judge Estee to look
at them and decide the case, but. the
! judge wasn't disposed to take such
! proceedings. They arrived in Hawaii
with a large shipment, on the City of
! Peking, in October 1900. The importer,
| H. HamanO, by his custom house agent
J. II. Johnson, claimed that the shoes
! were dutiable as a manufacture Of
! leather at % per cent ad valorem. The
| collector assessed them as leather IN.
! S. p. F." assessable at 35 per cent
! what is N. S. p F. " asked Judge
| Estee this morning.
mot specially provided for" replied
/ IOlh lIOu' anu IlS COui CHSChCu oA
| the abbreviations and concluded that
the Interpretation was all right.
i After Stackable's assessment a pro-
test was made, and an appeal taken to
lne ooaru Oh general appraisers at New
YORK. The board saw Stackable ana
raised him. 1t was held that the shoes
were composed Of raw hide, cotton,
straw SILK IRON etc and that there
was no leather in them at all, raw hide
not being leather The board therefore
assessed the shoes as manufacture
OF raw hlde' under an entirely diner
ent secuon' at 40 per cent al Valorem.
The board went to the trouble of hav-
ing the shoes ahalyzed, ana round that
thelr makeup was as follows:
Raw hlde '..'....--. &c 4O.5z Z
Straw .......,..........,.... 70. 4OI3o
Cotton .'.''..'.....'..y e. l6.0S9fo
SIX '''..'''.''.'..''... II. 5000
IRON ,,'.',.,'i z'izzIo
OLher MaIeIlals '''''.,' $500 4'lo'fo
Wheh Ihe appeal 10 Eslee came up
To-Day Duhhe OBJECTED TO any teStl-
lIlony pelns taken at an, declaring ina
the IesIlInohy taken at New YORK must
De used Dy EsJee. Inc Doard, IN re-
sPohse TO an oruer made Dy Estee
months ago sent lts rulings ana other
pIocrluiIlss' poItss' DuI no leSIlliohy' ana Ine
Iha.let was at deadlock
GiIch produced the statutes on the
suDJeCI holdlhs Jhat the testimony
usI must De PIouuceu on appeal ana thal
IurIner Iesllmohy might De taken Dy d
member OF the Doard OF general aP-
pIalseIs' he asked the court 10 make
an ofdef calling member from Ne"
oLK TO near Ihe IesIlhoIy'
Inc court can oruef man 10
IIaNel LoOO mics 10 take IesIlnlohS
ABOUT InIS Ptir Oh shoes' salu hsIee
An An oruer wiz De ilaue ulr5cIlIs Ih'
podru az Ne" loIh 10 senu lIs eNI'
dence' Dut the court VIII not order any
Oh Ihe poaru 10 come 10 ha"alI u
near TINS case
> tllCh cohIenueu InaI Ihe ne" i loIf oIf
/ Doaru was III error anu Ihe govern
, HlehJ ought TO suiLeI' Ior not naNiht
sent the evidence II was nnaly ue'
clueu lhaI lhe matter shouiu De reIGr
Ieu 10 IueIIiDeI Oh me poaIu, Wh'
p can come TO HaWali 10 near IT, OF slal
3 III New orh' GU petter senu Lhos,
SuoGS noes pFch' salu Eslee' as e~NIuellce, ~
Ihey We got enough LoL lhe "hoU
/ The shoes are japanese slippers
- Iudue largely OL straw Win Il M terra