Clipped from US, Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, May 12, 1900
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DECISION AS TO CROP ENDSMr. Gave Holds That They Are MotEntitled To Drawback.The United States Treasury Department has Just made a decision which will affect every manufacturer of steel In the United States. It was made In response to an application by the Maryland Steel Company of Sparrows Point In regard to the allowance of drawback on so-called “crop ends. The department has decided that no drawback can be allowed and the application for it by the Maryland Steel Company has been denied. - V -Upon the exportation of steel rails manufactured in whole or in part from Imported materials a drawback equal to the duty paid, less 1 per centum, is allowed upon the imported material used, and an additional allowance for the Imported material that Is represented by the waste or scrap which is incidental to the manufacture of the exported article Is also allowed, according to the relative value of the scrap as compared with the exported rails.This full allowance of drawback the Ma-’ ryland Steel Company has desired to obtain upon exported steel crop ends, which are the pieces of steel cut off from the ends of rails to reduce the rail* to a certain length and are included in the general designation of scrap.
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