New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-09

From the above statement It appears tha', ~
ih. year 1910. the goods remaining n store over
nae msnlhs unclaimed accumulated, from aoont
an average Of ; 100 IN the Two preceding yesrs,
- he sum # SlI.67l 69--an increase when
can only be accounted for bya knowledge, on the
part 81 he importers, that any tempt to en,et
.aeir goods a, he custom house would, under
tn genera practice OF Nj tloyt, subject them
10 seizgre either before or alter the duties hsd
been PAID ia many instances the Invoices were
rot al Sufficient amount IN vaire To Justiy 'ne
enorm. Us expense attending tt;al OF me .oods
IN court. and 10 al. such cases Judgment OF con
d.mn ,tioa has usually gone by default, and TO-
,al loss TO the clalmlut, however innocent oi any
sgu to d.(rluj the revenue, has been Lac CON
SEQUENCE Such claimants. therefore, have pre-
erred to take the rlsA al IiHe months sale'
.aher than incur tie expense Of claiming their
goods after seizure. or forfeiture tor the want
II defence The sales Of the 'hrce year. ncind'
ID in the above esiim &c resulted IA loss TO the
owners Of he goods, uklng lh' nm ct the apprals'
"a value, with the addition OF the duties, OF $lo,-
1873 g. Ii these goods had pas cd the custom
house Ia IN. usual way, they would nave Dtoukn'
n the New York marhet, AZ least 10 per cent.
allows their appraised value, including tbs duties.
which, being added 10 the loss On the sales al
auction, would bring The amount ot actual lossto
the owners up To- IN. sum If sls.OgY9 10 The
bills paid by the collector Tor expenses charged
on these goods are cx'rAy2eant m Il degree which
lmparis to them the idt If fiction rather than OF
'act. Take, for example, the rem tor adyetils-
ing, which Is fixed in the account At -, 100 IS,
icing above II per cent on the appraised value
OF the goods for advertising alone Mr.. Hoyt,
it seems, did no, neglect himself in the charges
IN these goods, having received for his own
= O36 81, being per cent. Oh the appraised
value of the goods, for storage The other items
charged on the goods being OF less amount, are
not deemed worthy Of paulculdr notice bu, they
are pro rata equally extrayagant II may be
useful TO explainlh manner in which these sales
are conducted
BY the act of 1893, section So, 1t was provided
hat all goods admitted 10 entry shall be kept
With due and reasonable care, at the charge and
risk ofihc owneror owners thereof, Tor the term
# nine months and II within that time no claim
be made Tor the same, the collector shall procure
N inventory Of said goods, and an appraIsement
thereof, to be made, and to be verified on oath
or affirmation by two or more reputable mer-
chants. before the .aid collector, and TO remain
with him I"
The custom-house officers " no assist IN the az
prdisemeHt are alone informed on these points.
The auclioneer Is furnished with general state
llifui ol ilt dllIdl~tu Ndih' ~ fdtl b'A VI th'h
age, but no description Of their contents l. gwen,
and no special examination Of goods, by persons
attending the sale for the purpose Of purchaslas'
Is permitted
In one instance, winch Is gwen in the testl-
mony OF John u. Phillips, clerk m the store OF
Ncssrs. Mills X Co. Ohe cu,tom-house auction
-crs,) at a salary OF five hundred dollars per an
num, awaiting himself Of the opportunity OF Prl-
yate examination of large quantity of silk goods
and Genoa velyets, became the purchaser, IN the
name OF another person, OF the whole or nearly
the whole, of the valuable goods. These goods
were arranged and the sale conducted IN the slmo
manner a. at the other nine months sales. The
witness testiiies that this clerk realized n small
fortune at this single sale, arising ont Of the
knowledge he had acquired Of the value and the
quality of the goods. These fraudulent sales have
been Tor long time made at the custom-hOuse IN
New York, TO the great injury OF the individual =.
owners, as will be- seen by the preceding table;
md II wonld seem that, on every principle Of JUS
tie" and fair dealing, they ought Ia be reformed.
The same system OF advertising, without "A caia-
lcgue Of goods for the inspection Of the purchase6,
has been adopted by the present collector, and Il
presumed will be in a respects continued,
without some special legislation to prevent IT,