Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-08-12
ALDRICH DENOUNCES
BRiSTOW CHARGES
AS ABSURD


Tafi was in Washington ana cave
such ed as ! WAS able to the finance
G0mmiitte Of the seuate in the pre-
latatca OF the tariff act Of 1919.
Regarding paragraph 463.
urged that the rates Of duty specified
therein should be made thirty-five
per cent instead Of thirty per cent
as In paragraph 449. on the Dingley
cat, In support of that recommenda-
tion ! gave the following reasons to
the committee
Under the act OF 1897, there were
iu excess of five thousand cases lti'
gated before the board OF general az
praisers and the courts, due to the
fact that paragraph 449, imposed
thirty per cent advalorem on manu-
lactures of bone, chip, grass, horn,
lndia ruber, straw, ect While manu-
lactures of wood, under paragraph |
POS, paper under paragraph 407, hard
rubber and leather under paragraph |
i60. dolls under paragraph AIS; ana |
hats, bonnets and hoods untrimmed |
Tor women ana children, composed of !
chip, straw grass or pAm leaf in /
paragraph f0g were all subject 90 |
duty OF thirty-five per cent advaloren |
aud these ltgated cases involved the |
almost hopeless task to determining /
which Of the materials was the com
ponent Of the chief value.
chips. straw and grass, when
into articles unless
specially named in the tariff act, are
always combination wit5 wood.
paper or leather, hence il invariably
followed that the government con-
tended that the materials which were
subject 60 Il duty OF thirty-nve per
cent were the components OF chief
value, while the importers maintained
hat chip, grass OF straw which were
subject TO a duty Of thirty per cent
material.
"It was especially difficult to deter
nine whether the wood contained in
unumcrablo articles was In the form
VI chip or OF wood Baskets. toilets.
ind hundreds of different descriptions
lf goods were consequently claimed
iy the importers to he dutiable at
hfty per cent as chip, while the
government contended that the mat !
rial was not chip but wood--or wood /
plits very fine--and was therefore
lutiable at thlrty-fiVe per cent.
Fancy articles composed of paper '
'ardhuard oruamented more or less
with braids composed of
,rass or straw. or Of so-called chip al :
10 resulted I'm much friction and liti- !
.ation. the importers contending that
nch articles were dutiable at 80 per
ent as manufacturers of strow. grass
NJ chip respectively while the gov ,
rnment contended that they were du-
liable at So per cent as manufacturers :
Il paper.
Hard rubber was prNvided for I'm
450 at 80 per cent while
indian rubber was named in para !
raph 449 at 80 per cent Then where y
ard rubber ended and India rubber ~
egan was another prolific source of =
India rubber dolls wero y
rovided for ian paragraph AIS at SO =,
err cent while India rubber figures "
nd other TOYS we're excluded from y
hat paragraph and made dutiahle at u
o per cent under paragraph 449, !,
'rhe determination as 10 whether "
ertain figures were dolls or not. !,
lused great disturbance In the trade y
nd the question In many cases had TO
@ determined by the courts--a re- r
uirement that left importers i'm =
ouht whether they would have To
ay so or 35 per cent duty on an end
.ss variety of India rubber toys.
ITO avoid expensive htigation. de-
y and uncertainty in classification,
aiding importers urged that the duty =
q manufacturers of India rubber be %
ladc SO per cent. the same as TOYS h'
as paragraphs 40S, 407, 409 ill
ma $50 All imposed "a duty OF 35 per w
mt on substances of kindred ma .e
IRE on these which had to be COM n
Ned with those enumerated in para
raph $40. to aNoid future litigation M
nd To- accord with the wishes OF the ti'
nportcrs and the officers OF the gov h'
'nment. solely for purpose Of admin he
traiion. ] urged that the rate Of duty W.
lould Toe made 35 per cent To COR
spond with that specified in the Al
her paragraphs OF the act. Had the ~
lmerous other paragraphs Of the act /
divided a lower rate of duty than
iragmph f62. J should have recon-
ended that the rate hc ~nanged Vo
inform thereto.
After listening to the reasons I Iof
Ne Tor the proposed change the fl ~
nee ccmmittcc unanimously an ih
owed OF the recommendation and ga
e. conference committee before pe
ade the same statement did tho ID,
me both house and senate agreeing
at IL would be the part Of wisdom Ar
avoid tho continuance of the Diff of
uitics and disputes that had arisen VIZ
tween the government and the im- to
rfers, due to the slight difference Ms
the rates of duty between para leg
arh fiN tie31 and the other para-i &