New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-21
NEW TARIFF RULINGS
OLIVE OIL FORMULE.
Importer Mast "Verily BelieUe" ART
Works 100 Years Old.
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made public to-day by Acting secretary ny
nolds OF the Treasury Department With view
10 carrying out the intent OF Congress the resula
tons are liberal in their application TO works OF
which have been produced more IMAM one nun
dred years prior 10 the date Of their importation
The free trade privilege applies also 10 WORKS OF
srt which are more than twenty and less than one
hundred years old, hut 10 TINS clss OF paintings
end sculptures customs officers are orecteo 10 Tn
force more stringent rules.
The detailed instructions sent TO collectors TO-DAY
advise them that the free trade privilege for works
OF art more than twenty and less than one hundred
years old include objects INTENDED or SUIT
able for purposes Of utility, such as tapestries
paper hangings, glass windows. ornamental CLOCKS
chandeliers similar household articles Import
VIII required 90 furnish convincing evidence
fhst article for which free admission is asked
has in existence more than twenty years
his evidence must include afidavis of the sellers
pr shippers. certified AT the shipment points ny
hshe American consular officers, and must give the
names OF the artists or sculptors by whom the
works were produced. The free trade privilege oil
This provision does not apply TO any article Of ul-
,ty made wholly or in part ny stencilins or any
spther mechanical process.
The PAYNE law provides that other works of art.
rxcept rugs and carpets, which are more than one
hundred wears old shall be admitted free subject
80 such proof OF their antiquity the Secretary OF
The Treasury msy prescribe. This apphes 10 COZ
sections in illustration Of the progress Of the arts
works in bronze, marble. terra Gotta, Parisn, pot
aery. porcelain antiquities and objects or
su of ornamental character or educational value.
LIBERAL MEANING OF TERMS.
The Treasury regulations set that n shall
amply 30 all works 81 art within liberal meaning
Of the term" and shall include articles suitable Tor
purposes 81 utility. such tapestries. paper hang
sings glass windows, church sltars, ornamental
xlocks. chandeliers pictures furniture. etc.
In order provide for uniform enforcement Of
rhis provision local collectors must certify 10 the
Treasury Department the facts as 10 each article
seeking free admission under this part Of the law
and the Washington office viii determine whether
she article properly he regarded as possessed
pf sufficient artistic merit entitle il 10 free entry
The importer will not no required TO prove that
she article is more than hundred years old but
De must verify believe" such 70 be the case. The
ultimate consignee VIII he required 10 furnish an
AFFIDAVIT thst re has investigated the origin and
history NJ the article The declaration Of the for
gn seller shipper certified by the United States
ronsul and giving the name Of the producer. will
MISC % required
Mr.. Reynolds also made public to-day the Treas
Nry regulations for the enforcement Of that para
graph OF the Payne law which provides for the
free admission Of olive oil which has been rendered
unfit for use as food or for any but mechanical or
manufacturing purposes. Edible olive oil is duti-
able at 20 cents a gallon, and al 80 cents gallon
when in bottles or other packages containing less
Than hve gallons each The Dingley law provided
Tor dutable edible olive oil and for free inedible
ove oil In practical administration. the Treasury
department found great difficulty in determining
Whether a duty should should he assessed in
particular cases. Large quantities Of olive are
Imported for use in the manufacture Of cloths and
eoaps, as well as for purposes OF fabrication. Much
pf this oil is II high grade and Is suitable Cor
Gse food.
OLIVE OH. REGULATIONS
Under The new regulations olive oil viii be
aoAitted free until IL has been rendered unit for
use as food by decentralization or some other
process Seven denaturants have been approved by
me Treasury Department. The importer can take
mas choice Of adding to hundred gallons OF olive
OF three gallons Of rosin OIL three gallons Of re-
nneo destructively distilled wood turpentine boiling
not lower than lsO degrees Centigrade; three gal
IONS OF mineral OIL one-fourth gallon OF pyridn.
p-hali gallon OF ereosote three gallons of aniline
pii or six gallons OF oleic acid
PROM time 10 time the Department win ,,r...-,,o
todtional formula and viii consider anv for,orIo
special Contamination that may be submitted
10y manufactures. To prevent fraud all oli,e o,l
eo 20 be inedibe or 10 have been denatured
tnroao VIII be sampled
Ahother important feature of the ree,,la,iorS g..
she decision that sulphured olive OF need NOT he
PHILIPPINE TRASssHIPMENTs
The announcement in The Tribune this rnornip
M the treasury Department had made q r,liry
nie'cnanolse originating In the Philippines
10 uahsshppeo at Hong Kong was not entitled
NO free admission 10 the United States ,,de- ~,
olrect shipment" provision of the pbu,,r,,a e.,
son' resulted In many kilograms Of protest from
Ao'A importers They insisted that II WAS
hne intent OF Congress 10 prevent tha FREE 60.
sauon OF Philippine products which prior 10 tbs,r
shipment 10 the United States had entered into ne
l""fheree o. a foreign country They rnaintainaa
Shet where the merchandise was sent ia the T-i,aa
eeh'es from Manila under bill of ladine the
0l mar ~ was transshpped Hong Kong
Or other port OF the Far East did NOT render 4, g,
kiDis 10 the Tree trade privileges Of the PAYNE
ts~. The department was aske5 % go -,
'ase ana nooify the order made yesterday Aeer
consultation with the law officers Of tbe d.nar,
sneni, MI Reynolds became satisfied that tho orae
yesterday and outlined I'm these dispatches
last night followed the plain language 90 ,be -
sno ihAt the Interpretation Of the New yorl, a.,
order viii stand ''e
AT various times during the tariff debate !, r,o,
fress II was charged by opponents % fr,. -.
VII tne fhlppnes that the only bene6ciaries ~
~ proposed legislation would the sugar ana
-, - 80, Al was asserted that the tobacco
Hust mac either In bond in this country or -
route 10 the United States practically an m. .t
'hel o'uio ne imported free Of dirty In g.. 80,
scar under the $50 ecooDo limitation "sS
ho~ utterly ridiculous this charx. mas .. -
iroh' s'anstcs now available al the -rres.
. ine"" MI Reynolds anxious 10
sno" tne total number Of Philippine cigar -.
% or released from bond since the pa,,ra 1
sn'o enect and asked the New York g.. -
cisco ana Seattle collectors 20 ADVISE - -
','i"fHs'"h Was received to-day. At Nav vi,
me number was 10000. at San Francisco 100 noo -
i"s". u is estimated that al all the
o'her ports the irnportstons of Phlinn,n. -,
vii not exceed 10000. In view Of IN. Ca, ,t es
tne remaining ten months OF this fiscal vear 40 300
!" cigars can be imported from the ISLANDS g. :,
p"s would appear that the Congress,o,.t
prophets were wide of the mark when tbev -
o'cled mat ths country would he overrun bv trus,
controlled Philippine cigars almost as soon as The
law took effect " 'he