The Acting Secretary of State to the Swiss Minister .
Washington , January 27, 1906 .
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 16th instant, in which you inquire whether absinthe, kirschwasser, and bitters imported from Switzerland into the United States are entitled to the advantages accorded by the President’s proclamation of reciprocity with Switzerland, under section 3 of the tariff act of 1897.
In reply I have the honor to inform you that I am advised by the Secretary of the Treasury, under date of January 24, 1906, that “absinthe, kirschwasser, and other merchandise specified in paragraph 292 of the tariff act of 1897 will be entitled to the benefits of the said proclamation as spirits manufactured or distilled from grain or other materials, under the decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Wile Bro. & Co. (130 Fed. Rep., 331).”
Accept, etc.,