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clfic ports) which-' you -will obserre
permits vessels built for the foreign
trade, -with free imported materials,
to engage in the coastwise trade for
a certain portion of the year. The
'section of the bill to which you take
oxception reads as follows:
How Drawback is Determined
" 'That where imported materials
on which duties have been paid are
used in the manufacture of articles
manufactured or produced in the
United States there shall be allowed
on such articles when consumed on
vessels clearing for foreign countries,
or when used in the construction and
equipment of vessels built for foreign
account and ownership, a drawback
equal in amount to the duties paid
on materials used; provided that
such drawback shall be determined
and paid in manner provided for de
termination and payment of draw
back on exportation of articles of do
mestic manufacture and production
made wholly or in part from import
ed duty-paid materials under section
30 of an act, entitled "An act to pro-
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"The chief purpose of this section
is to place American manufacturers
on an equal footing with foreign
manufacturers in selling their pro
ducts to American ship builders for
foreign account and ownership and
for foreign trade. The principle
which underlies all our tariff laws,
i. e., that materials used in the man
ufacture of articles not intended for
domestic consumption should be free
of tax, has been applied by congress
in legislation for the sliip building
industry, so as to provide that, since
American ship builders enter into
competition with the ship builders of
the world in constructing ships for
foreign account and for the foreign
trade, thev must be nermitted to pur
chase materials in the cheapest mar
ket and to import such materials ab
solutely free of duty. Permit me,
then, to ask if this principle is not
grossly violated when our manufac
turers, finding It impossible to pur
chase materials at home at the same
price as similar materials can be
purchased abroad, are denied a draw
back when their finished articles
made from imported duty-paid ma
terials, intended for use in the con
struction of vessels for foreign ac
count or for the foreign trade, are
sold to American ship builders in
competition with like articles offered
by foreign manufacturers, who can
deliver their goods to American ship
builders absolutely free f duty un
der section 12 of the Dlhgley law.
Farmers and Revision
"In connection with this branch of
the subject, my attention has been
called to several cases presented to
the treasury department by American
manufacturers who had imported
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and paid duty on materials to be used
in the manufacture of articles which
they had contracted to sell to Amer
ican ship builders on a duty-free
basis, and who wore denied the
drawback on the ground, first, that
the delivery of the "vessels to the for
eign owners did not constitute an
export within the meaning of the
drawback law, and second, that jho
law of 1884 (referred to above) had
been suspended by the enactment of
the twelfth section of the Dingley
law.
"With reference to your comment
on tnat portion of my letter wherein
I referred to the demand for tariff
revision on the part of the farmers
of the west, I would state that the
idea which I intended to convey was
that, as the sentiment in favor of
tariff revision is alBO increasing
among manufacturers in the eastern
states, and especially among those
who have built up a, foreign trade,
the enactment of a. liberal drawback
law would, by granting such manu
facturers absolute freedom from
duties in coinnetimr in forelen mar-
kets deprive the movement of the
farmers of much of. Its force.
"I d6 nbt agree with you, however,
that the farmer would not be bene
fited by the increased export of
goods manufactured from foreign
material. The farmer has just as
much interest in the extension of
our export trade as he has in our
protective tariff system. The real
benefit to the farmer from a protec
tive tariff is that it creates a boom
market for his products, and the
wages paid to American workmen
engaged in manufacturing articles
for the export trade have exactly the
same" purchasing power aB a like
amount of wages paid to workmen
employed in manufacturing articles
for home consumption.
Loss of Markets
"If the American manufacturer
having an export trade can not im
port foreign materials, when domes
tic materials are too high in price
to allow of his selling goods made
from them in neutral markets In
competition with foreign manufac
turers, and use them in making goods
for export, with benefit of drawbacks,
he can not secure the foreign orders,
and the result js that, instead of
American workmen being employed,
the order goes to a foreign manufac
turer and the goods are made by for
eign wprkmen. This means the loss
to the farmers of the market of their
products that would have been af
forded by the employment of Amer
ican labor in making goods for the
export trade.
"I do not wish, however, to ask
you to enter into a detailed discus
sion of these minor points. The es
sential feature of my drawback bill
is that it is intended to give our man
ufacturers in reality what the pres
ent' drawback law purports to give
and was intended to give. And I
think that it is decidedly In the In
terests of by far the greater number
pf manufacturers and exporters of
the country. Yours very truly,
"(Signed)
"WILLIAM CLOVERING."
, In view of the facts submitted in
my letter to Mr. Gayley, I am per
fectly willing to leave to the judg
ment of the people of Massachusetts
who are interested in the drawback
measures advocated by me the
questions whether this legislation is,
as alleged by you, unnecessary and
utterly impracticable, and whether
the defeat of these measures was not
due-, to the influence of the United
States Steel corporation.
As you have deemed it expedient
to send a copy of your letter to the
Boston Herald, I am sending a copy
of this reply to that newspaper.
I have the honor to remain,- yours
very truly,
WILLIAM ,C. LOVERING.
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