| Show SAMPLING OF LEAD 1190 ORES treasury officials cannot enia en forca the law ONLY BIDS RECEIVED both were for el paso mud imd on WM was from taylor erinton 33 runton and unsatisfactory method cju bo be continued as agi the officials can not tut rut the new kew law into opera octra tion battleship battle ship plana washington july 20 the treasury Trea aura surA offic officials lais are in a quandary on the tion of carta earning ing into effect that section of ft tile the tariff net act which provides that thag lead ores imported into tile the unit led states shall be sampled and aa alls bayed at the rort part of entry according to la tile the commercial usages some rome months ago the department invited ald bids 5 for delnia thin work during tile the coming yeat yea and required the eare crp lion of the necessary building bull dine at each port part the bids were opened today to day and it mas lias found that only two proposition were made both for far tile the poi t of r jl 1 I paso tex the IA ai rase paso sampling works borks offered to do the necessary eBsary sam pleng at st go 60 cents a ton or tam a carload and the taylor Ss brunton am pling works borka at aspen colo go 60 conta cents per ton where from one fifth to one tenth of the ore was ivaa sampled or sl cents ceina to chubla and sample all ores oren en ell As there are arc about fifteen points I 1 it the weli northwest and puget ekuni sections isec tlona for which no bids mere rw roi reined the officials are at a loss lor tit t linow what to do under the septen employed under tho the net act a larke large share of tho the ores were to t and sampled at bonded smelters sm eltera elters lit in thi interior tito the remainder were in a nery ery manner at the border it seema clear that alila requirement of the act cannot be put into operation oper Atlon I 1 and the result Is likely to be b it return to 0 o the old methot li assistant secre tary hamlin will ill lie lion ever take up fh I 1 matter on his 11 return to washington next week |
