The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-02
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Correspondence Of the Herald.1
WASHINGTON. April %. 184


WASHINGTON, April q, 1912.
COngress--New TariG-Ncw York Custom
House Report.
Time goes by rapidly in Washington-in so dull
a season as at present. the DAYS seem to whirl away
In the most astonishing rapidity. Congress drives
on from day to day in the same lisess routine The
Senate meet every Monday andl adjourn on Fri
day, and the whole week is like fash This is
the end of the fifth month of the season and but
little has been done. The Civil Appropriation Bill,
is before the Senate; but the Army and the NAVY.
and the Indian budget, has not yet been touched.
The currency question, the pivot on which the po-
itical state of the nation has been turning for SO
long, and the subject of an extra session., and for
which the commercial community are waiting. has
not been taken up, and will not be for two months
perhaps. Too much legislation is no doubt injuri-
ous but an imperious necessity exists for a regu-
lated tariff and safe currency.
The English legislators get through their time BY
dining-the French in writing-and the Americans
by talking.
The Secretary of the Treasury is now preparing,
and is about submitting to Congress the project of
new tariff, on the high pressure system The reve-
nue. TO be derived from is hypothecated on an an
nual amount OF thrtyfive millions. He proposes to
levy duty on tea, at from ten to fifteen cents per
pound, and on coffee Of three and half cents and
upwards. This question will no doubt take up a,cor-
siderable time in this Congress- and produce no lit
tie excitement among southern men, if the premises
said TO be taken by the Secretary of the Treasury
are true.
The Committee on Public Expenditures made
report this morning, which was ordered on motion
to be printed-Mr. Stanley moved 10000 additional
copies.
''What is it asked several voices "Poindexter's
report on the New York Custom House. The mo-
ton was laid over. This much talked Of report has
at length made its appearance before the House. in
an unusual way for Executive documents to be sent
to Congress- Mr. Poindcxter had duplicate copy
made, il seems, of his report one Of which he sent
TO the President on the 10th of April only: and
the other, to place the President in an equiyocal
light before the public he to be ask ed for in
a private way by the Committee on public expendi-
lures.
The report is very long; ii is written with much
skill and perspcuiy and proceeds TO dissect the EVIL
dcnce in mastery manner; but il is evident that
the conclusions formed pretty much from exparte
evidence.
The report takes up IIoyt at greatlength and great
severity; the corruptions OF the custom house. max cs
some eNravagant charges against Curtls-and gives
slap at Hoffman for some opinion about storage
&c. We shall soon see 1t imprint, and a reconsidera-
tion lhcar will be moved tomorrow on the printing
Of the Report, which will no doubt raise breeze.
"
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