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It is believed that these amendments will be helpful to the Federal Government as well as to our association in securing all the facts and an expeditious final settlement of such cases.

Respectfully submitted.

JOHN E. WALKER,

Attorney for American Jewelers Protective Association. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of July, 1929. [SEAL.]

REUBEN A. BAGLEY, Jr.,

Notary Public.

REPEALS
[Sec. 647]

BRIEF OF HON. JOHN J. COCHRAN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF MISSOURI

[Importation of cigars and cigarettes by parcel post]

GENTLEMEN: Buried on page 244 of the tariff bill as it passed the House will be found paragraph 4 of section 647 which provides for certain specific repeals of acts and parts of acts. This paragraph reads as follows:

"(4) Section 2804 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (relating to limitations on importation packages of cigars).”

Over 50 years ago Congress enacted this law which prohibits the importation of cigars to the United States in less than 3,000 lots. The title of the tariff act reads as follows:

"To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes."

I maintain that the repeal of section 2804 of the Revised Statutes will discourage industries and seriously affect rather than protect American labor. It will enable foreign countries to immediately inaugurate a mail-order business with the people of the United States selling cigars in small quantities, as in lots

of 25 or more.

An investigation will disclose that the Republic of Cuba has been trying for a number of years to have this law repealed. When our parcel-post treaty with Cuba expired, the Republic of Cuba declined to agree to another parcel-post treaty unless the United States would repeal section 2804 of the Revised Statutes. On the recommendation of the Postmaster General a bill was introduced in the House providing for repeal. This bill was called up by Mr. Green, then chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the House in the Sixty-ninth Congress, and was overwhelmingly defeated. In the Seventieth Congress the bill was again introduced and favorably reported by the Committee on Ways and Means. Hearings were held which should be available in the office of the Ways and Means Committee. A resolution was introduced asking the Rules Committee for a special rule to consider the legislation. The Rules Committee took the matter up but declined to report a special rule and the bill was not considered on the floor of the House in the Seventieth Congress.

The cigar industry in this country has not prospered, especially since prohibition. There is not sufficient tobacco grown in Cuba at the present time to manufacture all the cigars labeled “Habana cigars." Cuba is a large importer of tobacco, as statistics will show.

The result of the repeal of this act will not only seriously affect the tobacco industry and cigar makers but will also result in American citizens receiving inferior cigars labeled "Habana cigars." I maintain that this provision has no place in the tariff bill, but should be considered as a separate measure in both the House and the Senate.

I respectfully request that your committee give serious consideration to this question and I sincerely hope that it will not be included in the bill when it is reported to the Senate.

JULY 19, 1929.

INDEX TO SPECIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

PROVISIONS

NAMES

A

Allen, William, New Orleans, La., port of New Orleans, foreign trade zone.
Alunan, Hon. Rafael R., secretary of agriculture and natural resources of
the Philippine Islands, imports from the Philippine Islands..
American Cotton Growers' Exchange, statement in behalf of, imports
from the Philippine Islands...

American Export Millers' Protective Association, statement in behalf of,
milling in bond; drawback..........

Page

184

255

211

318

American Farm Bureau Federation, statement in behalf of, general state-
ment..

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American Mining Congress, Washington, D. C., letter, products of foreign
convict labor..

311

American Smelting & Refining Co., New York City, statement in behalf
of, smelting in bond..

403

American Steamship Owners' Association, statement in behalf of:

Equipment and repairs of vessels....

537

Lack of manifest penalties...

590

American Tariff League, statement in behalf of, general statement..

American Wage Earners' Protective Conference, statement in behalf of,
general statement..

21

153

Association of the Customs Bar, brief, additional duties..
Association of Railway Executives, statement in behalf of:

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Bevans, James W., New York City, National Council of American Im-
porters and Traders (Inc.), general statement...

72

Black Hardware Co., Galveston, Tex., letter from, drawback.

402

Bond, W. H., Boston, Mass., National Association of Customs Inspectors,
extra compensation..

481

Border brokers, statement in behalf of, general statement.

149

Boston Steamship Freight and Customs Brokers Association, statement
in behalf of, general statement.-

138

Brandon, Stuart K., New York City, National Customs Service Associa-
tion, extra compensation. -

500

C

California Walnut Growers' Association, statement in behalf of, marking
and labeling___

Campbell, Ira A., New York City, American Steamship Owners' Associa-
tion, Pacific-American Steamship Owners' Association and Ship Owners'
Association of the Pacific Coast, equipment and repairs of vessels.
Carson Pirie Scott & Co., Chicago, Ill., brief, finality of appraiser's
decisions__

299

537

476

176

Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, Calif., statement in behalf of,
foreign trade zones..

Chamber of Commerce of the United States, memorandum..
Chicago Association of Commerce, brief, finality of appraiser's decisions_
Cochran, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from Missouri, repeals.
Curie, Lane & Wallace, New York City, brief, remission or mitigation
of penalties..

D

Detroit and Windsor Ferry Co., statement in behalf of, extra compensa-

tion_

De Vries, Hon. Marion, Washington, D. C.:

Page

169

479

612

610

516

Self, United States Customs Court-

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Dodd, C. B., Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, Calif., foreign
trade zones_

176

Doherty, Walter E., Boston, Mass., Boston Steamship Freight and Cus-
toms Brokers Association, general statement_ __

138

E

Eaton, Hon. Charles A., a Representative in Congress from New Jersey,
flexible tariff_

447

Edgerton, John E., New York City, National Association of Manufac-
turers, flexible tariff.

462

Edmonds, George W., Philadelphia, Pa., Port of Philadelphia Ocean Traffic
Bureau, foreign trade zones.

176

Emery, James A., Washington, D. C., National Association of Manu-
facturers, United States Tariff Commission..

407

F

Fix, Otto, New York City, National Council of American Importers and
Traders (Inc.), general statement...

65

Fletcher, Hon. Duncan U., a Senator from Florida, memorandum:

Equipment and repairs of vessels...
General statement..

564

134

G

Gerry, James L., New York City:

Border brokers, general statement.

American Smelting & Refining Co., smelting in bond...

Gray, Chester H., Washington, D. C., American Farm Bureau Federation
general statement..

403

149

1

Guevara, Hon. Pedro, a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine
Islands, imports from the Philippine Islands____

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Harrington, A. B., Republic Storage Co., New York City, and Ware-
housemen's Association of the Port of New York, proceeds of sale...
Harvey, W. L., International Mill Co., Minneapolis, Minn., milling in
bond; drawback..

1

585

402

602

577

348

Hedden, W. B., New York City, Port of New York, foreign trade zones..
Helm, Russell-Miller Milling Co., Minneapolis, Minn., milling in bond;

188

drawback..

312

Henry, Frank S., Washburn-Crosby Co. (Inc.), Buffalo N. Y., milling in
bond; drawback..

354

Hogueland, E. H., Kansas City, Mo., Southwestern Millers' League and
Southwest Cooperative Wheat Growers' Association of Kansas, milling
in bond; drawback...

Holman, Charles W., Washington, D. C., National Cooperative Milk
Producers' Federation, American Cotton Growers' Exchange and
National Livestock Producers' Association, imports from the Philip-
pine islands.

Page

374

211

Huffer, Hayden, Merritt, Summers & Bucey, Seattle, Wash., letters from,
lack of manifest penalties..

603

Hunter, Henry C., New York City, National Council of American Ship-
builders, equipment and repairs of vessels..

550

I

International Mill Co., Minneapolis, Minn., statement in behalf of, mill-
ing in bond; drawback..

348

International Railway Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., statement in behalf of,
extra compensation...

520

K

Kraemer, F. L., New York City, New York Custom House Brokers'
Association, general statement__

134

L

Lerch, John G., New York City, American Tariff League, general state-
ment__

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Lingham, Fred J., Lockport, N. Y., American Export Millers' Protective
Association, milling in bond; drawback...

318

Lithographers National Association (Inc.), brief, marking and labeling--
Lockett, Joseph F., Boston, Mass., general statement.

303

170

Loomis, A. M., Washington, D. C., Tariff Defense Committee, brief, im-
ports from the Philippine Islands...

286

Loos, Karl D., Washington, D. C., California Walnut Growers' Associa-
tion, marking and labeling.

299

Lucking, Dean, Walkerville & Detroit Ferry Co., Detroit, Mich., extra
compensation..

515

Mc

McMahon, Thomas F., New York City, United Textile Workers of
America, marking and labeling.

293

M

Marshall, F. R., Salt Lake City, Utah, National Wool Growers' Asso-
ciation, appeal or protest by American producers..

584

Mason, L. R., New York City, phosphate industry, products of foreign
convict labor.

307

Merchants' Association of New York, statement in behalf of, general
statement__.

55

Metz, Herman A., New York City, Merchants' Association of New York,
general statement_

55

Meyercord, George R., Lithographers National Association (Inc.), brief,
marking and labeling..

303

Miller, John D., National Cooperative Milk Producers Association, flexible
tariff

455

Mills, Wilson W., Detroit, Mich., Detroit and Windsor Ferry Co., extra
compensation...

516

N

National Association of Customs Inspectors, statement in behalf of,
extra compensatipn...

481

National Association of Finance Companies, statement in behalf of, re-
mission or mitigation of penalties..

606

National Association of Manufacturers, statement in behalf of:

Flexible tariff....

United States Tariff Commission..

Imports from the Philippine Islands..

National Cooperative Milk Producers Association, statement in behalf of:
Flexible tariff.

National Council of American Importers and Traders (Inc.), statement in
behalf of, general statement..

Page

462

407

455

211

65, 72, 126

National Council of American Shipbuilders, statement in behalf of,
equipment and repairs of vessels.

550, 563

National Customs Service Association, statement in behalf of, extra
compensation..........

National Livestock Producers' Association, statement in behalf of,
imports from the Philippine Islands-

500

211

National Retail Dry Goods Association, brief, finality of appraiser's
decision...

465

National Wool Growers' Association, statement in behalf of, appeal or
protest by American producers...

584

New York Custom House Brokers' Association, statement in behalf of,
general statement_ ___

126, 134

Niagara Falls International Bridge Co., Albion, N. Y., extra compen-
sation__

536

Nicholson, John, United States Shipping Board, equipment and repairs of
vessels.

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Osias, Hon. Camilo, resident commissioner from the Philippine Islands,
imports from the Philippine Islands..
Osmena, Hon. Sergio, president pro tempore of the Philippine senate,
imports from the Philippine Islands..

262

252

P

Pacific-American Steamship Association, statement in behalf of, lack of
manifest penalties.--

590

Pacific-American Steamship Owners' Association, statement in behalf of,
equipment and repairs of vessels...

537

Philippine-American Chamber of Commerce, statement in behalf of,
imports from the Philippine Islands.

217

Philippine interests, statement in behalf of, imports from the Philippine
Islands..

279

Phosphate industry, statement in behalf of, products of foreign convict
labor..

307

Pillsbury, John, Pillsbury Flour Mills Co., Minneapolis, Minn., milling
in bond; drawback...

333

Port of New Orleans, statement in behalf of, foreign trade zones..
Port of New York, statement in behalf of, foreign trade zones..
Port of Philadelphia Ocean Traffic Bureau, statement in behalf of, foreign
trade zones.

184

188

176

R

Reading, E. J., New York City, Silk Association of America, marking and
labeling.

295

Republic Storage Co., New York City, statement in behalf of, proceeds of
sale_

577

Research Institute, statement in behalf of, flexible tariff.

193

Robillard, Basil, International Railway Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., extra
compensation

520

Rogers, S. H., Washington, D. C., milling in bond, drawback.

396

Roxas, Hon. Manuel, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Philip-
pine Islands, imports from the Philippine Islands___

226

Russell-Miller Milling Co., Minneapolis, Minn., statement in behalf of,
milling in bond; drawback..

312

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