Show BUFFALO HIDES I 1 MUST PAY DUTY now new boric april IS the united instates states board of general appraisers decided in order to make a classify cation for buffalo hides rece received ivea at this port r that the live alli animals mals were not cattle but the united states court of appeals has decided that the board was in ili error and that indian buffaloes iii are cattle in ili the tariff sense at least water and cape buffaloes may come in free thousand of importations of tho the india or calcutta buffalo skins have been held up pending final decision the board will nod havo have to reverse itself and assess duties i it is said that the decision will add annually to the price paid for shoes and government the will re rc belve a million of revenue yearly the calcutta buffalo hide is used tor for sole leather in the cl cheaper aper class of shoes seven to ten million dollars worth of the hides which are valued at from 4 to C G each in crude state are arc imported yearly and are about one third less in value than the hides of the regular 0 cattle the tariff act of 1897 provides a duty of 13 per cent ad valorem valoree on aides of cattle |