Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-22
TARIFF C[AR|FY TYING
SUGGESTIONS MADE
Departments of Agriculture
f, and Commerce Send Data
to House Body.

BY the Associated Press.
Four suggestions looking to clarifica-
ton of the administrative features of
the tariff law and 70 assisting domestic
export trade have been submitted to the
House ways and means committee by
the Departments of Agriculture and
Commerce.
Chairman Hawley had requested the
departments to offer any proposals
which their experience indicated should
be considered in the framing of the
new tariff bill. Replying. the Commerce
Department proposed authorization for
the local establishment Of foreign trade
zones; exemption from new duties OF
goods en- route on the date the tariff
law is enacted, and temporary duty
freD importation of samples for exam
inattDn and possible reproduction.
Establishment of foreign trade zones
In American ports by local authorities
or groups. the department said, not only
would aid in the expansion Of American
export and transshipment trade. but
also would make possible more effec-
tive use of the American merchant
marine. The foreign trade zone idea is
an extension of the present system OF
permitting goods intended for re-exp9rt
to be imported free of duty and placed
in bonded warehouses until repacked or
processed for transshipment.
Essentially" the committee was in
formed. "it is the minimizing of the
official limitations and costs involved In
the present formalties and control that
is contemplated by the proposal for the
authorization of foreign trade zones"
1922 Act Is Cited.
The application of the new duties OF
the tariff act of 1922 to shipments al
ready en- route to this country on the
date the law was passed was the sub
iect of considerable complaint, the de-
partment said. To relieve this situation,
it was proposed that the new duties to
be provided in the 1929 law shall not
take effect until 80 days after its
passage.
1T is believed that such provisions,
generally adopted by the various coun-
tries" the department said, will
minimize the unnecessary instability IN
international trading involved IN reVl-
sions of customs duties, and will allow
legitimate business the minimum time
necessary to adjust itself TO such
changes, without appreclably Affecting
either the revenue or the protective ef-
feet of tariff measures.
III QIEtI1S SRCIIIlI kAOfAoAOAA w az
thorize the temporary duty-free entry
under bond of samples intended to be
used solely for comparison and possible
reproduction, the department said it
had been approached from time to time
by manufacturers with requests for as
sistance in obtaining samples of foreign
goods which they found were offering
severe competition to their own prod
ucts in common export markets.
Provision About Cattle.
The Agriculture Department suggested
the elimination of the section which
prohibits the importation of cattle and
hides under certain conditions. The
section was unnecessary, it was held,
since the department already has ade-
ouate laws to prevent the importation
Of cattle and hides which would tend
to spread disease among domestic cattle.
Moreover" the departments oom-
munication said, "the section in the
tariff law is very confusing as worded
and only applies to neat cattle and neat
cattle hides, whereas diseases are readily
introduced by means Of other animals
than cattle"