Bisbee daily review., 1904-02-13
Don't Be in
 Error on Subject
WHAT YOU CAN DO UNDER THE
 CUSTOM LAWS.
To Obtain Certain Customs Privileges You Must Be "Tourist"-Not a
 Make Believe Tourist" But the
 Real Thing.

Recently newspapers .publishel along the border have been printing articles about the importation in pas sengers' baggage of Mexican made goo6s- In speaking about these arti- cles the custom house men say that they are correct in ore way. but are very misleading and gives the passep. gers coming in from Mexico an impress sion about what he can, import free of euty that is very incorrect.
 In the first place the law plainly says tha. person, to setSehese rights must be tourist According to the ruling of the department tourist is anyone who travels in a foreign coun- try and las no fixed abode in that country. custom house about mining men, who owned properties in Sonora and were constantly going and coming in and out of Sonora. These men. every time they come out. brought articles of Mexican make with them, and had them passed duty free under the tour ist laws. The collector decided. and was sustained in his decision by the department. that these men were not tourists and had no right to bring in the goods without payment cf duty - Tie custom house men at Naco co not allow anything 10 come out through that support from Cananea duty free as it is not considered that parties coming from Cananea are tour. ists. The same is done here in, con nection with passengers from Naco- zari or points on the road from Naco- zari.
 The tariff law about allowing a re- turning tourist s100 worth of foreign made goods is very much misconstrued by most of the people who come into this country from Mexico. The cus- tom house men say that while 8 tour ist is allowed to bring in $100 worth of goods the articles that may be thus imported are named in the law, and they must be for the use of the pas senger him or herself Wearing ap-
  parel, articles of personal adornment, toilet articles. etc, come under this clause. A bolt of dress goods is not considered clothing and must pay duty. -.'
 Anything that is for a present or for sale must be duty paid.
 All drawn work in, the baggage of a male passenger must pay duty, and all drawn work with the exception of baggage of a woman passenger must pay duty. All zarapies, except those that show considerable use, must be duty paid. All unused clothes for women wound in the baggage of 2 male passenger must be duty paid
 Fifty cigars or less in the baggage of tourist are admitted free. or in place of cigars three hundred or less cigarettes are admitted free.
 In the case where a passenger has an article on which there is an adva- lorem tax and it does not reach one dollar the article is passed. and in the case where the specific duty on an ar ticle 6oes not reach twenty-five cents it is passed.
 The inspector. in many cases must use his own judgment regarding the passing of imported articles in the baggage ,f a passenger. However. he is strictly ordered to always pro tect the revenue of the government. and in any and all cases where the passenger ehows an inclination to i'm pose on .he tariff laws the inspector must seize the articles and collect duty on the same.