Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-12-24
vi. Miscellaneous suJj,et..

proceeds 81 each u>aimeni.
vi. Miscellaneous snJj. IT..
In ii. course offhe pa,l year, tic Department
las at ,alion, porr>, Discontinued, A. bot necc>,a-
~, fourteen cu,tun.-hrlst oiliccrs and Al ofhrr>
rcdroed tic compensation OF lev. / hi,
ha, enabled it 10 augment the number and
comp, n,aiion at some oii,r puints, phrr,
tie increase Of fr.utss arp'ar.d 10 dr-
mand H. though not, IN all ilur.S, to tie e,trnt
desired. From the diminished temptation to
smuggling, under our reduced ihrh, this Depart
uclt Los i,ll Justified in lass.niur tie number Of
revenue cutters two, or oIte-lerth Of lie ~beic :;
the number Of losts tirtr, aid tie number q ~
hCcfs md mcG over lilf, akirR hoffail + dn
annual >a,iug ia these respects, OF ahou $4,000.
After full inquiry, all la, ben eff ct,d ths ,ub
lcet which tie public interests appear nov IL iu,-
lily, tie e,Iansc, of coileei in III, and olL,,
particulars SHOULD BE- oorsit cred 10 fefeItuce 10
the gross, and not is is .amctiu,. Inadvertently
done, the NIT revenue the toru,r l"ug In
amount which the ou>tom-hou>c establishment
must actually assess, and the difference hrturrn
them being IN part paid out for otter objects than
the rnero expenses OF collection such Is bounrir,
on The fshcrH.s, and feiundng Of dan, ;. II de-
cdinr on tllc rcaNonaLl.Gtss ot those expenses, II
must b. manifest Lat certain number Of OF
ccs, cutter, oats, e.. equal To the collection 81
=
place, II any lc>, nue., however small is 10 be
collect Il r'se there would to no adequate
curirN against Illicit trade aud no means Of fur
uishing proper entries, ,caranccS, ard other pa
pcre, 10 those engaged IN navigation, though hen
trade nav be almost exclusively ia the present
amount oi ice goods, OF in our wide y EXTENDED
coa.ling business.
In computing the rate per rom. Tor collecting
tlcre1cnre, i mus, also be remembered that the
rae Is afe,i as he amount collected dimin'sh"s,
and smaller rs II increases, though the whole actr-
/ al expenses oil collection per aunum remains tie
>an'c. furthermore, Tie necessary cost u col
'CcrF thiny millions OF dollars AT the same ports
obviously ned lr tut hnle n.orc than to coil,c;
lalt rial sein. i Ugh tie per ,cntarc, III oneta,c
VIII he double What 1t Is in the other. Ills De
partn cnt, sncr the reduction oil The whole duties
10 L. collected in 1888, and the CORE ,ponding de-
crease IN tie Inducements to ,nugglr, has cn!ca-
rorcd II reduce tie whole actual expenses, and
has, IN some degree, been Successful, though the
Whole cost oil collection may still constitute lar
Ger per eeniaec lNan al son' former periods, as
the Whole anuLnt of rc,rnur is 50 much leS.ened.
Thus, from l7GO to 1901. that cost, thonrh
small IN Itself rose, in some OF those years, TO more
| than > Il Irr cent. Oh 4 small revenue, or 10
| about the saiac 4, ia 1888 and 81 and which is
quite per cent lower than the avcraec in Eng
! lata, aud / ror cent han in France. Bnl, IN
most iaern odiatc Years, fol reasons before ,ta-
/ cd, and oilers too Obvious ior recital tic cost
Of collecting our revenue from CUSTOMS ~ vel ~
ands, LIS seldom exceeded , - per eeht. and
from the lattel IA no" probably not hdi 4 al rate.
g. >id,s tic explanations a'rcatIy given az tins
1lhtet, II Is h"prd thai the new expense, will enc
/ Ion rease, which have recently been imposed On
,be collection Of tie revenue, by TIE necessary
preparations for making, and the actual mantta.-