The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-01-18
Tn. late Treasury Circular.

New YoRK. January 49, 1850
TO ne Editors Of H. Union
The last treasury circular has fallen like bomb shell
upon our nsrchans They DO not seem to understand
preston, pFesides over the Treasury Department The
expense Of weighing, guagng. &c they perhaps do not
spseay object 70 provided / i done correctly and BY
Seepiary Is 70 destroy the warehonsng system one OF
the wssst and best Of the late or any administration
Never @ ne
wants 0l commerce wishes OF the merchants as he
does in his hostility to this system He says it has been
an oxpense to the government, during the last year. oil
va1cco Why does he not thea abolish the expensive
feature Of the system IL he ignorant OF the fact that
the late Secretary established free system of storage
than in the government stores and which has NOT been
one mill Of expense 70 the government? II merchants
collectors, &c. committed an error in recommending the
sayss have proved expensive. why has he gone on
and leased other stores, and thereby increased this
expenssi Mr. Walker early discovered. although the
leasing stores BY the government for this purpose
was wrong one. and refused to rent any out Of New
York and Boston, adopting in preference the free sys
acknowledges that the then secretary was rights for
the Tree stores are more SAFE more economical and con-
venent to the merchant and not dollars expense to
wagshouse system, or. what is sill better. TO do away
with The expense altogether, is to give up the bonded
warehouse system, far its connection with the gov
stores taken by the government for this purpose and
adopt the free system exclusively Ask any merchant in
city which system is the best one, and he will tell
you The ''free system" Let Mr. Meredith consult the
late collector Lawrence, (athough he favor
Of government stores,) the present collector, Maxwell
and they will inform him that the free system is alto
gehsr preferable and SO, doubt not will the late Sec
Rotary, Walker, should he be consulted As Tor Mr..
Meredith, be seems know little nothing OF either
system but 10 evidently hostile 10 both
There ID general desire here that Congress will take
the matter in hand and the Secretary right The plea
for The late circular Isl the necessity for reducing the
pene Tor collecting to the requirements of the
law. Why has he left this matter 10 the very last
mentg The time Tor commencing the curtaTeni
the moment he took Office. Did he do this' BY no
1.-THE matter was investigated, Congress would find
that expenses at this port have been vastly increased
that instead of reducing the number of officials they
have been greatly increased; and this assertion will
probably hold good At of the other ports Let him
keep down the number Of officers, lop of entirely the
penses Of the bonded warehouses; ooO reduce the
expense OF the service and the whole
thing is accomplished custom house officer attached
to each free bonded warehouse entails expense upon
the government; for the proprietor of the pays
the collector the salary Of said officer 1t requires then
but little common sense, and less sagacy, to reduce
these expenses without injury annoyance TO the
chant Let it be done. IMPORTER.