The Washington times., 1909-08-09
Decision Made Today Con
cerning Articles in the
Bonded Warehouses.
PAY RATE OF DUTY
UNDER PRESENT LAW
No Friction Results in Eastern
Ports in Enforcement of
New Act.

Hides which were imported under rhe
Dingley law but were placed in bonded
warehouses can now be taken cut with
out the payment OF duty.
It is the same with Philippine cigars
and few other articles made free in
the new law but which would have paid
duty under the Dingley law and which.
having been kept in warehouses, are
regarded technically sin as foreign
goods because they have not been taken
out for use in this country nor actually
delivered to the consiguees.
Decisions TO this effect were made to-
day by the Treasury Department in re-
sponse to kilograms Of inquiry All
goods In bonded warehouses pay the
rate Of duty prescribed in the law in
force at the time that they are removed.
Thus cargoes Of silk or wines or the
higher grades Of cotton cloths that NAV
have been imported under the Dingley
law but which have been left in bond
will have 70 pay the higher rates i'm
posed by the Payne-Aldrich law when
they are taken out for consumption.
Works Smoothly.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Reynolds, IN charge of customs matters
said today that the rev law is working
smoothly at those pUrts like New York
and others In the East where IL has
been put into effect. The friction which
usually attends the first few days of
the operation Of 8 new tariff law so
far is eonspicUously absent in this case,
and this is explained by the fact that
the new law is based upon the Ian
guage Of the Diagley law as modified to
conform 70 the various court decisions. /
In most instances. therefore, the prob
lem confronting the customs collectors
is merely a question Of a change Of the
rates. So far. no difficult questions have
been encountered apparently. for there
have been no appeals TO the Treasury
Department for advice in constituting the /
law.
Collectors on the Pacific coast have I
not yet been able 70 receive their certi- F
fed copies Of the new law and. although .
they are aware OF fits provisions in an .
unofficial way, they cannot put the new +
rates into effect until they receive in /
struetions from the department.
Generally Known.
II is expected that even the most dis
tant collector in the country viii have /
received the law and his instructions
1y today or tomorrow.
The only inquiries received today re-
lated 70 hides and Philippine cigars held .
IN bonded warehouses. The inquiries
about the latter came from Seattle and .
San Francisco. where large quantities
Of the cigars have been held, awaiting
the enactment of the new law which .
would allow their entrance free of duty.
The question was as to whether they
could be removed Immediately without
tax. and without waiting for the re-
,eipt of the official copy of the new law.
The department wired the necessary
permission. and large quantities Of the
Philippine smoking materials are now
being withdrawn and placed on sale
Regarding Hides.
From New York and Boston and New
lrk and Jersey City. where the ware
houses are numerous, came the inquiry
rs TO the treatment 10 be accorded hides
imported prior TO August 5 and since
stored The order was sent to release
hem all free of duty AS the average
Iuty on each one of the imported hides
nder the old law was from $50 TO s..
md as there are understood to be thous-
.nds Of hides IN bond, the ruling will
mean the saving Of thousands Of dollars
o the leather manufacturers.
Although Saturday was only a half
lay in the customs Offices over 81. 600 O00
IF revenue was collected there on that
lay under the new law. This fact was
pointed TO by Treasury officials as an
.ncouraging sign of what may be ex-
leCted in the way of a revival Of busi-
less under the new law.