, 1866-02-13
DEFRAUplHG THE GOVERNMENT,
The Misery OF Cheap Clothing thar Has
Not Paid Import DuIy-Seszure and
Conflkca&lUn OF Canadian
made Garments,

4 willingness to cheat the Fede,al Gorepment
IL too common amopg men who In Ill Their rela-
uope OF bu*fnc-s With individuals arc Of nnim-
peachhbae honesty. In no WBy IL this termination
greater than In Withholding the duee that belong to
the Unlted Stntes In the form Of taxes and ipostk.
There arc many persons who would shrink from an
ne penny belonging to The public tnnds passing
t,epeh Seg e,a eeF ha'ds sox as thR Rnhs sous % E
nor entertain, for the Government and
tor the canee Of common hone.ty, the same high
rewn with reference 10 fnms that should pass from
their hands to The Government. 4 would moi pol
way way f1tm b 10 ihe Federal treasury. 81. 4 i
equally careful tint sutus that saoad PISS from
h.nss!t 70 the t.me destination sre not lesseaed.
wtnIs a. OMEN as posslb,e ihe vigilance q nc tax
officials. and never oetects The fayoy Of larceny IN
euch ri!ho1din. J.. IL.
Never IL The temptation stronger, md the yield-
Ing thereto more seeminfly vtnial Than when ap-
plies 10 the erasfons Of the customs which cnt OF
Ii il tempting to :u1a oSer he Seavy weeds ed and
eassime1cs and bIosdclothe Of Canadian draper,
and compare Them with ptices IN Chicago, How
AYE, the1a IL the tab. And +eyesc rub u to
eratc the profit On :he transaction. unless it be
done the way as old a. The earliest receipt Of Gus
tonk-its 1rch enemy smuggtang Il L. not pleas
ant term, hut then The gums are 60 tucnna4detahfe.
The venture Ia made. II successful, the exploit
only li7es 70 be told Of eznltinsly The searer Of
cheap tuit informs hts friends what It cost him,
and In TOO few inttances The question Of morality
enter. inlo the mind Of neither.
Within the past few wteks the temptation to in:
dulgc In cheap Canada clothing that has not paid
duties and docs not come in under tbt rectpotity
treaty, has teen largely helped in Chicago By the
meas urez ard ordtrs from samples. The danger of
this coutte o! procedure, economical a. It might
eeen nj The sft blush reen By the fact that ~ith
in the past few dAya the Federal ta1 officials IN this
/ city have made extensive hauls Of packages By
American and United stAtes cxprefs reccieed here
nrtn Cannda In most easet the goods were On wear
ineance Of At leart TWO packages feou, the uu,led
statet Express Company, yesterday, the seizure Of
The goods followed immediately their delivery to
VICTIM. made immediate and frantic appeals to ihc
c1prtts company to get their money back bui this
wns impossible The company had ac1ed to good
feizcd wAle In the potsctsiou Of the company. The
SEIZURE. ~erc quite yesterday and created
The moial Of all thit. ia tho very old ono: Hon.
esty is the nest policy Don't ~ fo detapd the
Government you lt!e nndeE. Pay 40 the dues Q!
yop viii be hsppy- Better Is 1t to be clad IN home
spun, than TO tothe yourself With curses like iho~t
who made insane attempts st such rsima, ye.ter
policy, because II is bad morality
AnnEsr or An lHcEsp1ARI.-From certain sus
nfc1ouf circu1ns tunoea connected with the dre al
M. S. Emzic street, On Sunday evening, ALREADY
rrnosted IN the TH1nuxE, an Investigation MI
madc by Fire Mssshsl HaEris and detectives shez
man and Lansing yesterday forenoon. Ths ssrt
l broke out IN Adam 1psop't dasue1ean gallery. ao
Gated in he second stosy Of ;he bH!am: NJ. ~ r.
and though it was stsrcd 5or icw nnnes la tt ~
psonptness and eiff1epcy Of the department M
asnct were cx@tngu1ehed bY copious appl cation 2
nh1ef oeaore any considerable dauaae. was aone- =
insurance upon hi Esoek and fixtures OF $10o, IL
The Iee.aa ~ Matnal Insurance Company. whl!e 70 70
tesing the room the ot1ce11 Wcre maj by 4 etroDe
smell Of kerosene, md IN examination shoN