Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1897-10-06 | Page 3 | Tapioca Flour Dutiable

TAPIOCA FLOUR DUTIABLE United States Court Decision Takes It Prom the Free List San Francisco Oct 5The United States circuit court of appeals has handed down a decision of great importance Im-portance as by It the revenues of the government wIlt b increased many hundreds of thousands of dollars dolar p ar annum The case was to determine the dispute point as to whether tapK > cci flour should be admitted free of duty as such under the MciKinl y bill or whether it should be required to pay a duty of 2 cents per pound as starch This flour is used almost exclusively in all the Chinese laundries in the United States because of its cheapness as starch and it has been the most formidable for-midable obstacle to the starch manufacturing manu-facturing industry in the United States By the decision of the court that it must pay a duty that obstacle I will be removedChinese