New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-16
ANA P,aud. ON the Rsven"e-oara
fr.m Gedfrey, raitison a. &c.

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-. .,..,,i,, N be An attack on the Al Faio'
ran, a. stem Of LevyiDg Dates on I"pOr'',
o,p,ion Of the article, in ooDjunct'on "i'n '"'
c,a ,,.eN reflects seriously on or ohar.0'e ".1
,hboush we were told by you On 0S""S 800
tb., ntbere Vas 10 impOlshon Oh Us -O.' '"A'
nn. wbola ,8 vsIcrem system was hAad we
-, - :. HE TO show in the Transaction
- ,I,, onr hands were clean from corruption
,La f.c.. furnished 10 the Commissioner OF
-. f.Dti,,ly ex.psrte as they ne,l when
,,hAs only 1how exactly what was slated oy Mr..
S,Kbbin. viz that il Little, Aden Co. paid
the proes they quote for the same quality OF shaTs
imported by Us they paid more than tho market
price at the lime Of oar shipment. The New'York
praIerE are lot 30 unskilled as to ian in diicov-
ng whether shawl is worth It's. or 2ss.-
Taking for granted, though notwithstanding, that
the shAwls were the same aud that the prices dill
fered a. stated-it seems strange that the Report
omi,s mention Of the date Of Little, Alden Co
frat purchase. The time, a. will hereafter sho7'
10 most important owing 10 the rapid fall oil the
article. Our shAws were shipped from Gissgo"
about 9Th September l54s. and arrived too late OF
courGe tor the best silk trsde-and We suPpo'e
some weeks after Little, Alden & Co.'S first ship
York as implied in the Report They were aP-
praised In Boston with al care, regularly passed
and forwarded 10 Us by the Custom House authori-
ses tbers IN due coQrse. Our next shipment was
b. NeyYork, and the result Of its aPPraisement
here was a. stated 10 the Report, viz that the
goods were fairly invoiced. Now a shawl is an
article the value Of which depends 80 much on the
fashion and demand Of the DAY that its market
value nuctuates ore than almost any other article
imported. Independent o. this, however, 1t VIII
be difficult for the Commissioner Of Customs win
such bare statement and without some ehou 70
get at the truth 10 convince the merchants Of the
United States that Cooley, PattisOn Co. have
ever defrsuded the revenue any more than dessrs
Little Alden q Co. We have done business with
most Of them 70 heavy extent Tor tue iaat thirty
wears aud we are proud ~ record that during all
that time-with very large imports every year
we have never had but one invoice charged oy tDe
appraisers az being under invoced JhsI invoice
was consigned and on our bringing the mater De
foTo Congress a bill was passed through tue mouse
of Repre- sentatiyes RENTING the pena ty-we nav
ing proved TO the Committee that the appraisers
were mistaken.
We repeat again that, taking the vam2ed-up
statement made by the Commissioner or Ltsle,
Alden q Co az correct, there gems 10 be gooo
deal wanting; and We think the Commis.onet
should have Insisted on extracting the tniormaton
we mean the date Of Little, Alden 20 . hrsI
purchase or contract, and without tina we Gao ar
rive az no conclusion. The Commissioners should
ALSO in courtesy, have called on ut tor Information
previous to publishing our Dames We never heard
OF the gentleman, or bis " vipit, until We ga" the
Eecretsry OF the Treasurys Report. We would
notice further that the Commissioner does not IN
quire into the facts Of Little Alden q Go " sec
ond shipment or the same shswis" IL does not
appear from the Report that the same prices were
paid by them for the second as were paid TOR the
frat shipment. What are the facts Oar impress
sion is, that the second lot was iovo!csd and aP'
praised at less than the frat shipments although
this would drive Little, Alden a co. into the d.
lemma OF either coofessing that the statement that
"they were both desirous and obligaet TO tahe IN
any qusntity a. the same prices was untrue or
that this second shipment OF theirs was fraudulent
" under invoced The former seems the moro
likely horn Of the dilemma for the public to place
them on. inssmuch az it is diff 'ult to conceive
Eessrs ROsburghs motive in giving us snawls az
30 per cent less than " Little, Alden Co were
both DESTROYS and obligated to take in any quaint
IT," Whatever wore the facts, however, the
Commissioner should have investigated the Point
searchingly Il was evidently inconveneni to IN
quire publish the actual prices OF the second
shipment. 80, -,
csree.sness that renders tie Report quite useless
Tor the establishment Of any fact save the trdsm
tbstabawls as well AZ other merchandise iluctuate
In value. If the ad valorem system 10 % DC over,
thrown so soon as il is proved that goods rise enu
fall in value in the foreign market we may con
sider IL, downfall certain. Its wsrmest advocates
admit the fact; aud 10 order to prove IT, mere is no
need to direct public attention to particular Names
either to ]. G. Howe x Co. or ourselves
All that We require now to DO, Is 70 suomH evil
dence TO prove
m question and that market value was the price
entered and passed at the Boston and New YORK
Custom houses after full examination 10y both Bos-
ton and New-YOrk Appraisers
To prove this we submit affidavit married Al oy
one OF the firm Of Messrs. RoXbursh oil Paisley,
most rerpe ctable merchants, corroboratet by tae
affidavit marked b. Of Robert DaSe, who packed
the shAvls In two cases marked l. Nos aud -
Second: That go far from desiring conce Alnent,
we cOurted, both IN Boston ana new ofhi TIC
most rigid inquiry.
OEths p int see our letter marked W addressed
10 Hon. Collector Morton At Boston, At the time oil
these occurrences. Mr.. Morton promptly per
formed his duty 20 our ample gretHcaa}n. Inc
shawls in question, no gever were before collector
Lawrence the Deputy Collectors and were han
died by three or four appraisers aud II Mr.. nc
Kibbin asserted that the sha vas too deas a. 49,
we are the more convinced OF his sEil IN valnlaS
zcolens Mr. Chattefton has been an appraiser
for years and has handled mapy wooden shsws
Third We shall prove that ongshsws declined
rapidly and very greatly In vA1e IN Great bIlsaln
during the Fall ofls4s
We submit the affidavit of Mr.. Henry Smart,
marked d. referring to these Identical shaws OF
hoxburshs make, who proves that he purchased
the 35s Ihawls for us in London at Us Toe hrtory
Of this purchase is given below. We call stten-
tion slso % the affidavit tE, Of Mr. Andrew Win
gate, of the highly respectable ftm OF WiGgate,
Son x Co. Glasgow, house wei known ana uni
versslly esteemed by ali Respectable innPof'efsVs'
This would seem to close our duty For the 10
formation, however Of all concerned, aud 10 Sso~
the rroundlessness Of tie assertion In the report
that the NewY York appraisers are less strict tnao
those in Boston, we annex the history oi 'uo
n ID n NJ, co,foipirg 40 inpukhl NlS as clntatucu
In the letter marked F. addressed by us to Peter
7. Homer. ESQ Boston. AID described In Mr.
smsrss affidavit Us being R1xburgh's Sjs. and 2Ss
shawls. They were bought ior LIS. and were I'M
Il Il ~ A. nrIca