Salt Lake Herald | 1909-08-11 | Page 1 | Filipinos to Reap Harvest

TO TORUP RUP Tobacco Sugar and Cigars Will Be Admitted Free In ln Into Into to This Country Washington Aug 10 sent to all customs officers for the ad administration administration ministration ministration of the Philippine section of the he new tariff were made public today by Acting Secretary of ot the Treasury Reynolds The regulations ls are re in th the usual form except as they h y relate to t shipments of tobacco cigars and sugar which re admitted free up to a certain ertain prescribed amount for each fiscal year To avoid abuse of the free entry pro provision provision provision vision collectors of customs are re required required required to report promptly to the secre secretary secretary secretary tary of the treasury each free entry of ol sugar tobacco and cigars granted giving givIng ing ng detailed marks and numbers and other facts needed for lor the identification Id tion ion of the shipments What Free Entry eans When the maximum quantity of ot ci cigars cigars cigars gars tobacco ad and sugar sugarS admitted to toree free ree entry in IR any fiscal year ar i has been reached reech d all collectors will wUl be informed ned by y telegraph The fact also will wUl be ca cabled cabled cabled bled to representatives in the Philip Philippines Philippines Philippines pines Many shipments en route when the he maximum has been reached and I which arrive thereafter will have to pay the full duty or be b returned to the coun country country try ry of origin or diverted to some other country For a IL number of years it is believed there Is no danger of the Philippines furnishing for export to the United States the full amount of the sugar tobacco and cigars which the new law prescribes shall haVe hae ha free entry As these hese industries grow glow however the urn limi limitation limitation tation is likely to nr ny iy con controversies 10 n That there will be much rivalry between consignees is 18 certain and some Interesting races between large arge shipments can be anticipated