Within the last few years quite a large number of citizens of the United States have been going abroad to reside in foreign cities. principally in London and Paris. where they purchase from $25.000 to $50.000 worth of furniture and go to keeping house. They reside there a year or so and then return to the United States. bringing with them this furniture. which is admitted free of duty as "personal effects." The proposed section limits the amount of personal effects to be admitted free of duty to the sum of $500. Of course it is not intended to prevent a reasonable amount of personal effects being brought in by immigrants and others who may come to the United States. but it certainly is a great abuse to allow wealthy citizens who are able to go abroad and reside there for one or two years to purchase there from $50.000 to $100.000 worth of fine furniture and import it into the United States without paying one dollar of duty upon it.
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