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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 1947.

AMERICA'S SECRET TARIFFS......

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Hidden behind the United States tariff wall-thore is a vast notwork of secret, unpublicised rules and devices whereby goods from Britain and other countries aro kept out of the American market. The facts about this socrot network aro put before the international public today by FREDERICK

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COOK

was over un American sportsman drowned en a fishing trip Canada. His body, being returned home for burial, was delayed at the border while the Customs man dis custed whether it night enter duty- free.

Finally he ruled that the body was "an American product not advanced In value nor improved in condition while in Conn." The collector passed the comn tree. too. ruling that this was "the usual type of container for ach merchandise."

The case of Imported jugs is an American classle, worthy. To provide source material for Domon Runyou!

„Technically rugs brought in from overnens pay a duty of 45 per vent. But if the manufacturer is so unwise as to put the alghtest scrap fringe on his rug he finds that he in. Bo longer importing & run but an article made wholly or in pårt at fringu." And the duty on that 135 per cent,

HILE generally regard. mouth_disease or rinderpest has

ing themselves as the been determined to exist. disinterested and selfish champions of freer world trade. The authority who makes the and demanding that, as a first determination is the Secretary stop, Britain's Empire Prefer- of Agriculture. This provision system must go. the has been so intérpreted as to Americans are themselves firm- keep out almost all foreign com- stock of the petition with the U.S. ly maintaining one highest tariff walls in the world, talser.

Some of the countries from In addition, they are operat- ing an intricate

of which all enttio and pigs are "unseen tariffs" which are not totally prohibited are: Albania, Belgium, called tariffs at all, but which Arabia, Argentina,

America is a tremendous

1-Special and arbitrary class? work in exactly the same way. Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cey.

Jon, Chile, Korea, Czecho- fruit-growing land. But the deation of tariff Items:

Valuations imposed by Customs There are two main methods Slovakia, Denmark, Ecuador, American housewife has less

for duty purpošës;. whereby the commercial isola- the Federated Malay States, selection when she goes into the Legal delays, which are some tionists who still wield power Finland. France, Germany, greengrocers than the British times almost interminable,

AmThe dificulty of obtaining

A whole series of complaints here often in direct defance Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, ousewife has in normal times, of State Department policy and India, Indo-Chinn. Persia, Irak.

There are Florida and Cali- definite rulings which will not later against the US. tarif regulations White House wishes-contrive Italy, Holland, Palestine. Para- formin oranges, but no Juffas, no be set aside after costly legal pro- centres around red tape.. to keep out foreign products guay, Peru, Philippine Islands, Brazilian oranges. which they do not want with- Poland, Portugal, Rumanis, apples from Oregon, lovely to out the necessity of going to Russin, Spain, Straits Settle- look at but virtually tasteless, Congress for the enactment of menta, Sweden, Switzerland, but no crunchy pippins from a formal tariff. They are:- Syria, Siam, Turkey, Uruguay, British orchards.

1-By prevailing upon the Jugoslavia, and all countries on Department of Agriculture to the continent of Africa with rule against the importation of the exception of the Union of agricultural commodities on the South Africa.

Recent amend ground that the unwanted pro- ments to the list added Norway, ducts are unclean or unsafe by Eire and Mexico. American standards because of some discase or pest in the- country of origin.

There are ceedings, and followed by claims for many thousands of pounds more in duty.

3-Marks of origin.

All foreign competition is ruthlessly suppressed, without It is donc a formal tariff. simply by protecting American growers (who are also voters) from the machinations of for- eign fruit flies and foreign All imports barred

blights and diseases. Under this regulation, as it 2. By arbitrary, capricious

livestock imports

Portugal, as a case in point, and sometimes apparently puni- now stands. tive Interpretations by U.S. are barred from all countries in may technically export to the Vene- U.S. market the following frults Customs men, tariff rules and South America except

the and vegetables: lemons, sour Colombia and régulations

off zuela, which seal

bananas, pineapples, American markets. from over- Guianas (British, French and limes,

Dutch)-and these countries do onions, lecks, chickpeas and seas competition.

not normally export any live- cipollino (a bulb much used by cooks for Italian-American stock anyway.

soup)..

The unlimited ban Under the Tariff Acts the

The net effect is to permit U.S.A. has power to exclude all the U.S. stock raiser to sell in originating a vacuum, unvorried by any any country where foot-and- sort of competition.

BY THE WAY by Beachcomber

VOLUMINOUS the se roman or discourtesy of bus conductors shows that among the conduc- tors are Sicilian bandits, still sticking to the blood-feud, and eighteenth century beaux.

Succulent is, I think,

суст

But this is less liberal than it appears, for lemons and

quantities in Portugal that they are not normally for export and Pineapples are not grown there at all

penalties

6-Burdensome formalitics, and The thorny question of "health provisions",

Six years, and then-

Tho classle example here is of a Canadian businessman, who, duri the war, manufactured parachutes In a moment of friendly good will, he shipped into the U.S.A. a bandie' of waste ends and cords, addressed to the Boy Scouts.

Some value had to be put upon Tariff by Bedlam

the waste material for Customs The American people had their purposes so he entered it as Sdel. a different jussé He areaTUMIY attention drawn to some aspects But the U.S. Customs appraiser had of the position in a recent article in valued the consignment at 47hdui. the Saturday Evening Post, which and imposed a duty el 760dof. termed the DS. Customs court "The Court," The Alier-in-Vonderland article read in parl:

men.

The dane went to court and th decision was upheld. It was rt versed on appeal. Six years elapsed "The seemingly many questions

before the matter was settled. and and apparently cock-eyed answers pop up mostly because our tariff niets most of the Scouts were now grown and customs laws are, strange and

Busiuess. men are bitter about the awesome crcations.

"Congress

gives US. method of applying "marks of spasmodically

They rite

of of logrolling, clamouring

consigament bedlam birth to new tariff acts conceived in origin regulations.

The boxes in which the dice by pressure groups, pulling and dice,

and were shipped bare the name of the hauling by special interests

deals. under-the-counter

Many country of origin. But the Custome man demanded that each individual provisions of the tariff acts have less Bound economics to do with

uice must also be marked. the firmest grip gets who arts a Congressman's car.

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When it was pointed out to him that this would affect the saleability

on There

here is probably no other set of of the dice and might even affect laws so studded with inconsistencies their balance, he was adamant. omissions, contradictions and plain of note.

the

howlers." One authority Mr. Kenneth R. Wilson. of Financial Post, Toronto, has writ- How it is done

"It is believed demonstrable, thot Fruits of the types most the United States, loudest in I

ten:

Milk? Cortainly not

Another Customs man rejected

a trainload of laths from Canada beeruse each single lath in a con Bickening to likely to compete with Ameri- protestations concerning the freeing ignment of millions was not stumped

com "Mado; in Canada." correspon- They pullulate; It's

One averts the

can growers-oranges and stone of trade barriers in postwar

is by all adds the worst

Millions of peoplo Kving in S with nausea, Parle, sets In fruits like plums and grapes merce,

to using the cities near the border, would like to") because 'offender when it

Customs machinery a head-on

buy Canadian milk, but the Depart this mother take me away from are completely barred this horrid machine!

of the alleged danger of im- barrier to other people's goods.

an offender in fact that ment of Agriculture and the State rule that milk and of New York porting with them the Mediter-

unless

melling is done about ranean fruit fly.

dalries the word

produced in there seems little purpose in talking cream may not be sold to Americons It has been ruled that they ly about another 50 per cent cut unless it is

tarif rates. subject to inspection by American Among the latter I class, the con-

tariff if nspectors. ductor who, when a lady stood on T is announced that the American might be admitted if brought in the United States

long-promised over his fcot during, a tohu-boku, und turkeys and the

in specially refrigerated What's the use of a low

Canada hus her own system of But shipa.

the promptly apologised, replied (bow whale meat will arrive almost at the

authoritics Customs administration acts in shut out Imports willynilly?"

Inspections. The Americans retuse expert says that

no such ing from the waist, taking snuff, and sume time.

récognise it. "Madame, my ogling devilishly),

you will be able to distinguish one know Portugal has is that you did not stay from the other by the label on the ships. only regret

minor tin. Odette writes: Either turkey or

The US. Customs Depart- longer." Among the there

who whale, or both, can be made into bandits I place the conductor

ment in Washington has a long "What a

delicious salmi, to serve either as

or virtually - bus "Steak Viennoise or the west called list of restricted

prohibited products which do answered the Common Man. "Any Beignets Chateaubriand. What

not appear in the formal tariff schedules,

An

said to a member of

do you think this is?"

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more sauce frem you, and you off it," replied the bandit.

stay

The Strabismus Rocket

left over can be used for Laftances de Hareng. Sauce Piquante

In passing

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Tyres as 'rayon

Canada has offered to permi cross the For instance, a Canadian Govern- American inspectors to

that rubber border und operate in Canida. ment official tells me motor tyres (supposedly free under The Americans will not send the American lay to enter United States Therefore, Canadian farmers are. per cent totally barred from selling milk or have been ruled by a customs man

cream in the U.S.A, subject to a torlif of 10

Then take the celebrated Pitcalen to be not tyres at all but a consign-

ent of artificial silk.

He based this astonishing ruling case, involving British chinaware. on the fact that a small proportion mported into the United States, of artificial silk was used in the tyre

Customs appraiser the

An American rate of and carcass. The lining

high ruled that for duty purposes the duty on artificial silt was so Hore is a partial list of food and that U.S. tyre manufacturers were British purchase tax of 100 per cent

thus saved from competition.

Many commodities are excluded under the santsary regulations of which I have even an examplc. Others are covered by rulings of the

of Commerce or

prohibition

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the TT is said, with an a'r of pride, MANY people are asking if M4500

the that the new taxi-caus can ne- recket bomb, m.p.h.

model which Dr celerate from rest to 30 miles per Stooge, is the Strabismus (Whom God Preserve), hour in 12 seconds. Anything,

make cars of Utrecht, will use In his next at- course, that helps to tempt on the moon. Certainly not more lethoi will be cheered to the other articles coming under singie.

nent double or treble The Stooge has only two gulding ccho. This, niso, is the very moment!

The Strabismus has eight for such news, when the trame in obstruction if and when_the_Gov-

has the main streets is almost fossilised, ernment so decide:

Milk, cream aru milk products. has and the only way to move at all is Strabismus

Mcot and meat products. a plastic fin. The

copper-sheathed to pretend to be a Cabinet Minis-

Insectleides. no fins, but only

Chesterion Bold: Spacton rollers, clamped to the Tog- ter. Years ago

bus is a form of genburg Syrospashels. Finally, the "Now that every

whereas architecture, it ought to have its Stooge has no Chootbore, the Strabismus is a mass of them. cwn garden."

Bares controlled), The Stooge

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Caustics,

Pants and plant products, Agricultural and vegetable seeds. Viruses, sera and toxins. Feed for animals.

Wild birds

Demale animals and animal pro

ducts.

Plumage and eggs of wild birds, Whales and whale products. Bees.

Tea (unless It conforms to re

standards).

Narcotics and drugs.

서 joke

too

inust be added to the declared value In There is

the or the chinaware it was desired to covering anport, interpretation of ine law syntetic 13 res, though the point of the joke may escape manufacturers who would like to do some busincas, wie the there.

More than four years went by case dragged its way througti the courts. It was finally fow weeks ago in the British importer

These tyres have been solemnly decided only a ruled to be "articles made wholly or savour of

in part of carbon back, or graphite a ruling of immense importance to and have therefore been subjected Britain and to hundreds of different: to far higher duty than they would industries.

But the Pitcairn ruling has not.

have been in their original guise us motor-car tyres. Heavy-duty lorry tyres have been classified as "articles stopped US. Customs men on the mkde of racon."

Freeze it, he said

ta

by

ustute a sufficiently

Canadian border from adding to Gecured value the Canadian taxes, the local Nales taxes that would have been charged had the goods

But "there have been occasious Deen offered for sale in Canadian when the capriciousness of the US, shops, But powerful as are the rulings of Customs man has been turned the Department of Agriculture in account keeping out competing goods, for lawyer. more damage is done by Individual Customs men,

Wilful obstruction

Words v. deeds

scattered

Issue is now being Joined in There is on record the case of a Geneva in the Uttle publicised but American who bought a mineral vitai baltic against the "dead hand" spring in Canada, Intending to bottle

of America's Invisible tariffs. the water and sell it in the U.S.

Then he learned to his conster- Millions of jobs are at stake, perhaps Connda. long a leader in the Ash nation that there is a duty or 90 throughout the world.

hundreds of.. mililans, får, Siberalizason of U.S. Custom gallon on water imported into the trou

being made to Every effort is procedure, because of her, special USA. position as America's no ghbour, hus

He. sought out a Customs lawyer Induce América to match her grand. estime ed that trade worth scorra of who, thumbing through the rule words about "learing down the millions' is lost to her every-year boolt for a few minutes, suddenly barriers against world trade" with because of capriciousness or wilful suglied and said briefly: "Freeze reeds and to give some sign that that foreign trade is cbstructionism on the part of US, i te had discovered that ice is she realists Customs men..

admitted into the U.S.A. dutý, free. - two-way street, along which

move as well as One of the raro euses in which a imports "must" Chlef complaints fall under one or other of the following heads: Customs man proved, 'co-operative exports.

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