AMERICAN CUSTOMS.
ENORMOUS LOSSES. New York, December 21. The Committee which is enquiring into the Amorican tariff has discovered' ■ j. that the Treasury is losing enormously through systematic undervaluation of goods, especially those from parts of Germany, Switzerland, and Japan. The Government appraiser admits that Bri- - '■ fish valuations arc the most honest in the world. The United States Government ' has asked European Governments to compel exporters to make valuations onoath. All have agreed except Ger- ;• maay. A witness before the committee declared that a New York lawyer had received a fee of .€IO,OOO and another £50,000 fqr suggesting means of evading the Customs on two individual shipments.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 307, 23 December 1908, Page 2
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107AMERICAN CUSTOMS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 307, 23 December 1908, Page 2
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