Show 11t t I SUGAR AN0 TOBACCO 1t 1 j i Dealers Withdrawing Goods from I New York Warehouses Tinder I I Tariff Reduction I i i New York Dec 2D Customs officials at 1 I this port arc busy making collections on i sugar nml tobacco stored in the bonded I warehouses under tho Cuban reciprocity i treaty which has just become effective Under the new regulations there in i it reduction re-duction of CO per cent in the duty on sugar su-gar tobacco and other Cuban staples con Jag Into the United States The withdrawals of cigars In bond after I I the new duty has been paid were particularly 1 I I partic-ularly heavy as most of the dealers had been carrying light stocks In anticipation J of the change and were pretty thoroughly cleaned out by the Christmas trade They are now restocking for the New Years I sale with 20 per cent advantage Tho sugar withdrawals amounted to about J5000 tons Thoro vas comparatively t compara-tively little sugar stored in the bonded warehouses as the importers did not know previously that the sugar could be I b withdrawn at the lower rate 1i01 huts I hut-s reason ho I great bulk of raw sugar nat na-t been held back In Cuba pending a decision ic I I Tho lower duties probably will not result I s in cheaper sugar until spring |