| Show tho the tariff lead schedule washington july 20 20 the treasury of officials fit a a arc re in a luand quandary ary on the que tion ot of carrying into effect that section of tile the tarin tariff act which provides that silver load lead orrs ores imported into the united states stales shall bo be rambled and assayed at the port ot of entry ent ry aeck n lr to the commercial usages some borne months ago the department invited bids tor for doing athla work during the coming year und asid required the erection ot of the necessary building at each port the bids were opened today to day and it was found that only two propositions were made mad e both for the port of 0 L el A paso tex the el paso sampling works offered to do the necessary sampling at GO cents centa a ton or a carload and the taylor brunton sampling works at aspen colo 60 cents per ton where from one fifth to one tenth ot of the ore was sampled or 85 cents to crush and sample all ores entered As there are about fifteen points in the west est northwest ant and I 1 puget sound sections for which no bids were received the are at a loss to know what to do under the system employed under the mckinley mckenley act a large share of 0 the ores were shipped to and sampled at bonded lC sm elters melters in the interior the remainder were sampled pled in a very primitive in manner tinner nt at the border it seems clear that this requirement of the act cannot be put into operation and the result Is likely to be a return to the old methods assistant secretary hamlin will however take up the matter on his return to washington next week |
