Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-10-07 | Page 3 | President's View of Tariff Rebate

RESIDENT'S VIEW OF TARIFF REBATE j Discount Will Not Be Oper-i Oper-i ative in Cases Where Treaties Are in Force. WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.Varloua Interpretations Inter-pretations of the 5 per cent rebate provided pro-vided by the tariff law for Imports In American bottoms aro being taken up by President Wilson and the experts of the state und treasury departments. The president told callers today that the Intent In-tent of tho framcrs of the provision mer.oly was lo give a 5 per cent discount to imports coming In American ships from countries with which thc United States had no special treaty nrrange-i nrrange-i meuiK. Offliand, thc president Inclined to thc opinion that In cases where treaties were Jn forc the discount would not be operative. op-erative. Customs receipts at New York on Saturday, Sat-urday, tho first day of the operation of tho new tariff law, reached tho record figures of SD23.374. Thc usual collections at Now York amount to ?700,000. Collector Collec-tor Mitchell made most of the assessments assess-ments under tho now law and the big lncreoso Is believed to be duo in largo mcamiro to the heavy withdrawals from bonded warehouses. Seventy per cent of tho importations of the country are brought In at Now York and theso figures received by Secretary McAdoo today gave j tho first Index to thc results of the new j law. j NEW YORK, Oct. 6. The only seizure of nn aigrette since thc now tariff law went Into effect that has come to tho attention of tho local customs officials was from a woman steamship passenger's trunk and not from her hat. It was said at the customs house today. Instructions from Washington regarding the Interpretation Interpre-tation of this and other features of the tariff net nrn being awaited. "While awaiting thc receipt of regulations regula-tions from tho treasury department." said an official, "the public can rest assured that customs inspectors will not pull aigrettes from women's hats. It appears that on Saturday a woman passenger, pas-senger, who arrived hero from abroad, hnd not only an aigrette In the hat he wore, but also another tn hor trunk. Tho one In her hat was not seized. The other wns sent to the appraisers' stores. This woman, like a great many more who will nrrlvo here In a short time, believed that the now tariff act In no way Interfered Inter-fered with thc bringing In of these articles ar-ticles of adornment. "Naturally, there must bo a lino drawn, and we expect that the treasury department depart-ment will, within a short tlmo, Inform us Just how to proceed in such cases. It will be our aim to enforce thc law with as little inconvenience to the public as possible."