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Show ORE DUTIES PROTEST HEARING IS BEGUN Protest against certain duties on ores Imposed by the Kovernment on shlpmentH from BY Utah Columbia Is being made, by the Entomatlona smelting a KcfiniuK company and the American Bmoltlng at KeflnlnK company In a special huarltig Whloh begun yesterday In the federal building before Judge Byron S. Waite of New York, BpOOlsJ United States 'tistoui nppraist r. Thousands of dollars are involved in-volved In the controversy concerning; oro already ahtppod and ores that are Htlll te-Ing te-Ing brought Into the United State. The decision In the present hearing probably will settle the matter. The duties protested were set by Thomas K. Thomas, United States collector col-lector of customs for this dlatrb-t, and were based upon the established regulations regula-tions of the department. They Include an Impost on slue tn the ores In question, ques-tion, but the defendant companies contend con-tend that, since the xlnc values are not recovered, the duty should not be Imposed. Im-posed. Charles D. laawrence. special counsel for the customs department, la . conducting the government's case. |