Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-09-02 | Page 11 | Officials Surprised

OFFICIALS SURPRISED Tariff Returns on Goods Imported from Islands Very Small Washington Sept Surprising results re-sults have followed tho compilation of tariff returns on goods imported from the Philippine during the rtraL five months of the operation of the Philippine Philip-pine tariff act approved March S last Under that act 75 per cent of the Dingle Ding-le rates were to be collected on Phil I Ipplnc Imports Into the United Slates and tills was to he held as a trust fund In the treasury of the United States Although when the act was published pub-lished Il was realized that llu Imposition Imposi-tion of any duties of thli 1 kind would be restrictive of trade it was argued that as the returns would be some whore In the neighborhood of 5oiOooO per annum that consldnrnlion would nutwolgh the drawbacks of maintaining a tarlrt system against I the Philippines I I I I The returnn Just published In lie 1 treasury show that the total receipts for the first live months of March April May June and July were but 11191 1 1 a sum so small In the opinion of the officials of-ficials as to scarcely meet the coat ot collection Moreover the returns by I months do not show any Increase but rather a decrease In thc collections These facts will ho brought to the I attention at-tention of Congress at Us next session