It has taken the competition of an American factory in Hongkong open the eyes of Canton ivory manufacturers to the fetters with which the Inwmakers of China have bound them. This wide-awake industrialist gels his raw ivory from India. duty free and is holding out inducements to draw skilled carvers from their Canton masters.
Tu the good old days, the raw! material carried a duty of as little '8 $0 a picul. The revised Customs, schedule was supposed to give protection to infant industries by boosting! dulles for Mnished foreign products. Instead, users of elephant tusks in China have to pay $280 for each $100) of declared value.
The ivory markers ask for a 100) per cent. exemption
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