New-York tribune., 1905-02-05

must follow to safeguard the government from
any evasiOns of the law on the part OF the IN
terests that are TO benefit by the drawback
This letter was issued as soon as it could be
prepared by the Treasury authorities after the
receipt of Attorney General Moody's opinion.
printed in The Tribune yesterday The secre-
tary's letter follows:
Treasury Department. vas9ington; I, c
The Collector OF Customs New-York. y. Y.
mixed with domestic wheat win be allowed draw
PACK PACK under the opinion OF the ATTORNEY General
A complete and detailed record must be kept
showing the quantity OF wheat imported the date
Of manufacture and the amounts OF imported and
domestic wheat used in the manufacture OF each
Of each grade and brand produced. and the guam
ings ana yv,s( 81 - t S s-,- 80,
OF OF wheat so used. and the value az the min Of
packages containing The -four So manufactured shall
De so marked 10 render identification easy and
certain, 10 the end that the Treasury officials At
the the port Of exPqr5atioR may determine BY eanlna
insoection of @ s b pe az I an 5e Tt Dg oS s5s
treasury Department. and shan b so kept that
sworn abstract from the records OF the mill shall
De nled with The Collector Of Customs at New-York
nish extracts as needed for expectation
numbers OF the several packages and the net and
t TisnL W., tnfre2t separa{eiy ana ~ Lhe
! OF each brand grade Of -four OF hy-prOduct eX
incurred in the manufacture the total duty on
grade or brand of -four and Of each by-Product at
the place of manufacture, and that the same was
manufactured in accordance with the manutact-
In making the IiaUidation the duty paid on the
imported wheat used in the manufaeture OF the
article exported. less I per cent. shall be divided
between the several grades or brands Of -four and
the several by-produets including screenings, pro
rata in proportiGn m to the value Of each at the
W ne anu ,S paSS GI % dsc trSrevitb S on EACH
l
| Court Of Appeals in tinted states IS Dean Lin
seed Oil Company ts7 Fed. Rep, 452>. approved by
the Insd States Supreme G9uE; az = scrstsr
INCREASE OF TRADE EXPECTED.
"It is. Of course impossible to say now Just
| what effect this drawback ruling will have,
said Secretary Shaw this afternoon. "bVt 1t will
/ probably result in the consumption OF several
thousand. or perhaps several hundred thousand.
bushels OF our domestic wheat in foreign mar
| kets that would otherwise have been thrown
/ upon our own markets at a reduced price
/ not sold at all 1 think it is safe to say that
more than S1OO,O00.OO0 worth OF our foreign
! trade to-day depends upon drawbacks for its
( being. Take, for instance. the sale OF lOeon0-
! tive abroad. The American manufacturers OF
! this costly piece of mechanism do not receive
much in the way OF drawbacks on all the articles
/ that go TO make up the machine, for most OF
/ the parts are made of iron and steel and brass
! that are from our own mines. Only IA few trink-
! cts are made of imported materials and the
| drawback on that locomotive may amount
/ 5000 less. But that 500 that they are able
! to shave from their selling price abroad proba-
| bly, allows them TO make the sale of not only
that one locomotive. but hundreds Of others. as
well. A drawback Of a few dollars. therefore. on
I a single piece of mechanism may mean the sale
/ abroad of many thousands of dollars worth OF
/ manufactures. OF the $1O0OOO.OO0 worth OF
manufactured goods sold in foreign markets as
/ a result of drawbacks given by the Treasury De-
! partment at least S5OOOOOOO goes into the
I pockets of American workmen as wages. There
fore am firmly convinced that drawbacks are
a great benefit to the country and should be
/ encouraged"
| The officials OF the Treasury Department do
not believe that the drawback allowed on Cana
/ dian hard wheat will cause any reduction Of the
| customs revenue None of that cereal is being
| imported now, they say, and the only effect that
/ can be brought about VIII be the increased sale
/ of American soft wheat, which goes into the
/ manufacture of exported flour The best of the
| domestic wheat remains i'm this country and
/ will stay here drawback no drawback The
/ cheaper grades are used with the Canadian
wheat to make the -four that is demanded by
the foreign trade. Heretofore these grades have
not found ready market in this country. for
! unless they mixed with the hard wheat they
! do not produce good breadmaking -four.
/ The wheat raisers OF the Northwest are rails
| ing some objection 10 a reduction in the price
of the better grades OF grain. and il is conceded
/ that they have some grounds for this apprehen-
! sion. But the amount of hard wheat raised on
/ this side of the border is small when compared
with the output OF the soft grain felds. and the
/ interests benefited BY the allowance are be-
/ Iieved TO be tremendously larger than those in
jured The most strenuous obiectors to the
drawback ruling win be the millers of the Do
mnion of Canada Their -four which is now
shipped to Liverpool London. Glasgow and the
I other great marts OF the United Kingdom viii
soon meet vigorous rival in the product that
/ will be ground by the mills of Minncapol st.
Paul Chicago, St. Louis and other cities II the
AMERICAN milIers take away a good proportion
of the trade held by the Canadian manu-
facturers through the operation of the drawback
concession. it may have serious effect on the
labor problem of the Dominion. II these labor
interests are strong enough. il is suggested by
Treasury Department officials an effort may De
/ made 10 pass export tax law for Canada
Nothing short of such drastic measure could
interfere with the new Hour trade American
mills hope 10 acquire across the Atlantic.
Representative Lowering. Of Massachusetts
to-day introduced a bill relating to rawbacks
on goods manufactured from foreign materials
II provides for bonding of wheat imported into
the United States and manufactured into -four
SENATE GETS INFORMATION
Secretary shaw sent TO the senate to-day in
formation called for as to the amount allowed
as draw backs OF customs duties since June 80.
I 1900 The figures are as follows; In 1901 So
! a15JO2: 1902 S447,662. 1903. S5.05S. ST.. and
1qO4 ~ 500 SIS making an aggregate for ths