New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-15
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.


CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The Chamber Of Commerce held special meeting
vest. rday afternOon-PELETIAH PERIT President, in
lie Chair
The CHAIRMAN stated that the object of the meeting
was TO take action upon the report of tie Committee
10 whom were referred a preamble and resolu-
lutons for refurding the duties upon certain goods
destroyed by the fire in New-York City in lsi5.
Mr.. BARsTOw presented the following
REPORT.
The Comm ittee to whom were referred the pre-
amble and resolution in relation to the bill now
pending in the Congress of the United States to pro-
vide foi the refundiDg of duties goods destroyed by
fire. report that they have examined the subject AZ tar
a. means of information have been within their re ich
That they find a unanimous concurrence of judicial
and legislative OpibOu in favor Of the bill That the
merchants for whose relief the bill is framed, who are
the original sufferers by the fire of lS45, have not
parted with their Claims but remain the parties to be
benefited by the passage OF the bill That exag-
gtraed statements of the amount involved have been
made; and although the sum is not important to the
principle it is deemed proper to state tnat the vada
tiOn under the bill in question will not exceed
100000. That the provisions OF the bill are general
and its passage will relieve future sufferers from ted
Ous and expensive application to Congress for relief
They, therefore, recommend the adoption of the fol
lowing pre- amble and resolutions:
Who.a; appear. by recent Poceedns. and dsb's' in the
remit duties paid on goods destroyed BY he Ia he Original
have male peudca to the b and therefore eidanser
ing is passsee; AID ,,,,,u
enure BUSH community Of tbs cyhe large majority
Of claimants bers sufferers By the FIRE which occurred in
aid prop ity Il every desc,ipcn about oo0
Hhea From the lad before and S Ssta,nsSe
OF the duties on goods SO destroyed IN their ORIGINAL and un
WSeyea. he aims stii remain hands of tbs
chants the sufferers and the original claimants or the
ke.Olrtd by the Chamber Of Commerce Of he ehy Of Se.o
York That the deesson in Cor sIe. from % the State Of New
hereby respectfully requested to use their efforts 70 secu;e
900, as before ecited epe incorrect any
statement COZ fictng with the facts as set orth IN the preamble
Resided That copy Of the foregoing f transmitted to each
Of the in Cong,sss thus city, and 10 ean
The report was accepted and the resolution adopted
Appended TO the report the following statement
of argument tnd References submitted by the Chair.
Inan to the House of Representatives:
In the Of Marriott VS.. Bruen tvol 9, page ~,
Howard Repors), Mr. Justice Woodbury., in delivering
the opinion Of the Court, the following emphatic
language:
be an snomsy when portion of sbipmOnt slre
neh Tf ,be case Of portion being
or when DAuIa decay nata. 0, sIte.
the burden Of the duty would be sedins cru
ely AID rot o. whs py any 9ue ioSas I ~Oa
into the of the community But as Congress
no e. than 10 obtain revenue neither the policy nor
.h Of the department or of CoI nor is 1t % 70 os
by fraud to throw doubt or difficulties over
s nv & .; se Gs.
this liberal and reasonable course 1T has our full
sppIobauop' =,
Such construction invariably has been rocognizedby
Cengrts IS as its rule Of action when appealed TO- as IS
shown by the numerous special enactments IRON lI9o
to the present time (see citations annexedl: ana hnauy
the general law of 2sh March, 1884 adopted such as
the fx.d policy of the Government, and authorizes re
mission in fuu without the urtaer interposition oil
Congress Duplicate importations were made IN almost
all cases, and duties again paid thus operating as
double duty. "a
eff cts TO the date of our present Warehouse laws,
namely 1876; and therefore, this ID IN fact tue only
case not provided for. Favorable report have been
made in this case by the House Committees OF Com
m, rec of the 30th 3lst and 32d Congresses in addition
that of the present Congress- as also py the riuce
Committee of the Senate.
Kills for relief have passed both Houses but failed in
concurrent action only iiom want 81 tune. Inc
Treasury Department has iDdOrsed the JdStice OF THIS
claim, and long advocated the general enactment em
b,aced by the act of 2sh March, 1884, Mr.. Secretary
Walker lin closing page IL Of the Repor; on Ware
housing ystem) recommending 10 cancer au o9uu7 T
"for duties where goods destroyed by fre Inis
dis the case in Great Britain. Here Congress gener'
"sl refunds the duties in su IN cases.
1t has been satisfactorily shown to the Committee
that oil commercial nations inva1a6ly pursue such
po,cy Many of the gOoos in question have only Deeh
inpult.d dsy, and many were an trd"sttu, aud en-
iii, to return of the duties under the then existing
" draw back" laws. .
TIE claimants ask the return ofthe duties paid upon
sncb poocs only as were d. sroyed in their o'goal aud
unh,ok. ps, kases as imported Such did not enter
TO the sumption Of the country and Jusnce anu
equily o.mand that the Outies thereon sho7d be re-
funded. A.,
The destruction of the goods is onerous upon TIE
claimants without their being compelled 10 pay the du
ties in addition. The bill is based upon that OF 1850
RENTING the Cuies upon gOOcs destroy I'd III Ne" oik
in 1885 AID the stringent safeguards are e'nooa
led in il for the prevention OF iroud'