Revenue for the Philippine Islands: Hearings Before the Committee on the Philippines of the United States Senate |
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... matter of commercialism , is it wise for us to close the door in the Philippines in order to obtain the monopoly in the trade of 7.000.000 people , and to inaugurate a policy which may result in the closing of the door in the Orient ...
... matter of commercialism , is it wise for us to close the door in the Philippines in order to obtain the monopoly in the trade of 7.000.000 people , and to inaugurate a policy which may result in the closing of the door in the Orient ...
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... matter , because we are both endeavoring to throw some light upon the subject - you have thrown a great deal already . My point is this : The Philip- pines are territory belonging to the United States , regardless of future policy - let ...
... matter , because we are both endeavoring to throw some light upon the subject - you have thrown a great deal already . My point is this : The Philip- pines are territory belonging to the United States , regardless of future policy - let ...
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... matter is that sugar from Hawaii shall not only come in free , but that the United States will keep the duty up on sugar from any other island . Is that not , in a nut shell , your proposition ? Mr. HATCH . I am coming to that a little ...
... matter is that sugar from Hawaii shall not only come in free , but that the United States will keep the duty up on sugar from any other island . Is that not , in a nut shell , your proposition ? Mr. HATCH . I am coming to that a little ...
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... matter of hand labor , which has to be kept up for nine or ten months throughout the year . Senator LONG . With all that labor and expense , how many tons of sugar do you produce to the acre ? Mr. HATCH . The average of the whole crop ...
... matter of hand labor , which has to be kept up for nine or ten months throughout the year . Senator LONG . With all that labor and expense , how many tons of sugar do you produce to the acre ? Mr. HATCH . The average of the whole crop ...
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... matter . Senator CULBERSON . The question I was about to propound is this : It is frequently stated that since annexation the admission of sugar from Hawaii to the United States free of duty not having lowered the price to the consumer ...
... matter . Senator CULBERSON . The question I was about to propound is this : It is frequently stated that since annexation the admission of sugar from Hawaii to the United States free of duty not having lowered the price to the consumer ...
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Page 2 - ... transportation, or any other purpose, for which no permit of delivery to the importer or his agent has been issued, shall be subjected to the duties imposed by this Act and to no other duty, upon the entry or the withdrawal thereof: Provided, That when duties are based upon the weight of merchandise deposited in any public or private bonded warehouse, said duties shall be levied and collected upon the weight of such merchandise at the time of its entry. SEC. 34. That sections one to twenty-four,...
Page 894 - By sensible trade arrangements which will not interrupt our home production we shall extend the outlets for our increasing surplus.
Page 20 - However, the managers of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China...
Page 2 - That on and after the day when this act shall go into effect all goods, wares, and merchandise previously imported from Porto Rico, for which no entry has been made, and all goods, wares, and merchandise previously entered without payment of duty and under bond for warehousing, transportation, or any other purpose...
Page 2 - ... in the Philippine Islands upon articles, goods, wares, or merchandise going into the Philippine Islands from the United States a tax equal to the internalrevenue tax imposed in the Philippine Islands upon the like articles, goods, wares, or merchandise of Philippine Islands manufacture...
Page 104 - That in consideration of the exemptions aforesaid all articles, the growth, product, or manufacture of the United States, upon which no drawback of customs duties has been allowed therein, shall be admitted to the Philippine Islands from the United States free of duty...
Page 380 - States remittance covering cost of return transportation must be made to the chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, Washington, District of Columbia, with a statement of the date on which the applicant desires to leave the United States. All subsequent communications regarding return transportation and prompt report of any changes occurring in the applicant's post-office address must also be directed to the chief of the Bureau...
Page 2 - States shall be exempt from the payment of any tax imposed by the internal-revenue laws of the United States...
Page 2 - That on and after the day when this Act shall go into effect all goods, wares, and merchandise previously imported, for which no entry has been made, and all goods, wares, and merchandise previously entered without payment of duty and under bond for warehousing, transportation, or any other purpose, for which no permit of delivery to the importer or his agent has been issued, shall be subjected to the...
Page 467 - With the permission of the committee I would like to insert in the record the best information we can gather in a reasonable time in response to Mr.