The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-24

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Advertising in Daily ana Wectiy 7eearGpi ~ W
for proposals to sell State loans ...,..... 10000
Advertising in same, notice to holders OF
loans due after July 2, 1860. ......:...., $1,000
Advertising in Daily Telegraph, notice to
holders of loans due after July 1, 1885,
Advertising in Daily and weekly Ielc1raph ''' W
for proposals for the redemption of
Advertising in same, notice to holders Of
Advertising fI in Daiv IeieGraph prociama. 0OiSO
tion Of Sinking Fund Commissioners 80 5000
Advertising same In Weekly telegraph. 81 90
Advertising dyer us Elm In Da5Iy Telegraph for extern
Advertising in Daily Telegraph certain let
Advertising aif in pSilS and WecI iScGraph
notice to holders OF loans due July 1,
leoo. zooizO
Total for year. SIS, ,OsO19
Thus St soiH be seen that BergRer receioed
from tile State Government, 9o5th51 o. single
gear, Oger $4,000 for Ser0ices eohich aoere
practically aoOrthleSS About $500 alone
were received by him for certain advertising
in his paper, which, in consequence of its
meagre circulation, was equivalent to an
actual throwing away of the money! and full
$32, 745 for garbling the debates of the Legis-
lature in the manner we have set forth above.
Our readers can now see the nature of the
source from which springs the above assault
upon the loyalty and Republicanism of The
EVENING TELEGRAPH. The rings and cliques
for whom Bergner acts as the mouthpiece
have nothing to say in the management of
this journal, and it is quite natural that they
should endeavor to make it appear that we
have sold out to Asa Packer and the Demo-
cratic party, and are no better than the
pirates Semmes and Moffit. But those who
have been steady readers of this journal since
its foundation have not mistaken the
colors under which we have always sailed,
are still sailing, and intend to continue to
sail. With the true principles of the great
war party of the Union we are still, as we
have always been, in hearty sympathy. Above
all things, we desire to witness the triumphant
success of the Republican party, and to con-
tribute to it's success in every possible way.
For this reason aoe are not disposed to UphOId
0ny of tie Incompetent, intriguing, and un-
scrupulous pOlstical hicksters aoh0 are
e,adeagoatng to .render tie Republican
party Of this city and State a mere stepping
stone through 9OhOse agency they can raise
themselves high enough to get their fingers
into the public treasury and tile pockets Of tile
people. If they succeed in the future as
they have succeeded in the past, the party is
| doomed, and if the honest and respectable
members of the party permit such to be its
fate, it's fate will be just what it deserves.
We have been endeavoring to contribute our
share towards its publication conscious that
we have the sympathy and support of the best
elements which enter into it, and we shall
continue in our present course, confident that
honesty and capacity will prevail in the end.
THE WAREHO USING SYSTEM
AT late meeting of the Board of Trade a
report attacking the warehousing system was
presented. 1t wound up, however, with a
''lame and impotent conclusion, for, instead
of recommending the abolition of a system
denounced as injurious to American interests,
it merely proposed the passage of law pro-
viding that, upon the withdrawal of merchan-
disc for consumption, the importers should
be charged with ''interest at the rate of six
per cent per annum upon the whole amount
of the duties upon such goods, wares, or
merchandise from the time of the entry of
such goods for warehousing until the with
drawal of the same for consumption"
| This proposition was justly denounced by
one speaker as a petty and irritating exac-
| ton, while several others defended the ware
| housing system, and the consideration of the
subject was finally postponed until the next
meeting.
The pretext for the proposed new measure
is that the Government, by failing to charge
interest on imported goods from the moment
they are warehoused, gives a donation equal
to the amount of the proposed charge to
foreign manufacturers and producers. This
idea is wholly fallacious, for the Government
simply abstains from small-potato warfare
on its own declared policy and from imposing
an additional burthen, in a contemplate
form, upon American consumers
Goods in warehouse are properly made to
pay all the expenses of storage and supervi-
sion, and the owners or importers of mer-
chandise necessarily lose the interest on the
value of their goods during the period that
they remain in warehouse; but there is no
plausible reason for adding to these
charges an additional government
tai exaction equivalent to the
interest of the declared value of the articles
imported, from the time of importation to
the date of the withdrawal. While they re-
main in warehouse they are not legitimate
object OF taxation, for their final destination
is uncertain, and they are constantly liable to
re-exportation to foreign countries. After
this uncertainty is terminated by their with
orawal Tor consumption, they are riehtfully