, 1870-12-26

fplCA HAIEuoutd. MelElAHlH At kept llu-
ling to and fro, to the loss Of their time ard
,usinese, whereas, II, ~ formerly. every re-
,pectable or proximate bonded warehouse VIA
,lso General Order one, the carmen could !
sutserve the merchants convenience. But
The Collectors friends must hare their plum.
Iha merchants aliege that, under the old !
system, they never lost package Of goods |
The splendid bonded warehouses Of Canard
md OF KnnhA1dt, near the ateamship pietr,
wc1o always reliable aud responsible; but one
Of the largest merchants in New York said to
me-:
"Since tho politicians have taken to run
ming bonded warehouses 10 irresponsible quar-
te1s ard in unreliable buildings, We have lost
about 100000 in rohberies and uiscA11isgea.
II they were liable, we could sue them, but
the General Order warehouses arc not liable,
except for dntics."
"Are you Dissatisfied with the site Of the
present ediacesF"
"Yea. They are in disroputsble districts,
amongst tenement houses, and difficult Of az
eess- The whole theory Of the matter is this:
Our goods are dragged avas from out own
ca1men md made to pay income TO politicians
and lobbyuen from Nashington."
The merchants also eomplain that IN many
cares they do not want their goods ia bonded
warehouses 1T all; bat that, being forced
there, they are then mAde to find two aure-
tics qualifying to twice tha amount Of the In
voice., besidss giving bond themselves. The
government holds BOTH their properly and
their obligation.
Another charge is th7t the General Order
firm figure up such a1trayagznt carriage that
the merchant il never justified in transferring
bis goods. Ilirty.threa days storage counts
again FOR the full month.
st In fact" ea,d another merchant, whose
friendship for the Standardization Ia we'll at
tested. 1--WE submitted TO all sorts of inposi-
tions during the war, saying TO Ourselves that
NO would be relieved when peace came. But
it il positively worse than ever now. / par
eel Of persons, whom NO know nothing about,
insist upon taking care OF our goods (. us,
and then extoFting money for their pai
s1ocK1Sas cARTAnE ,oR.
haro alluded to Stocking crt.
which Collector Murphy broke up 4, 81 r..
sgo.
Tho carmen Of New York are : eiuguiariy
self-rehant, hardy, and honest claas Of men,
very unlike tho cab-3siyers. They lead ~
rough 1iseH Re fshermeD, aud nearly a.
dangerous. Up to the war tia carte, Of each
mt reliant ~ss allowed to take his goods from
the pier to the bonded warehouse, or to the
public store. Barney broke this practice by
st'.o6 toe ia1oc 7tote oastoeoa IL CERTAIN
fehso ea'nen' WHO "eio nceusea " Alm+ oy
giving bond And weltibg badges. About II
Fer cent Of importel dry goods 50 to the pab-
lic STORE.
srosthe made futile ehoFt to restrict all
eafts pnt those ne ehose, ifon caFting from
sne amp 10 tne oonoeo Warehouse. he tAlled
f'snaits IN thsH' a. Inc castefa ana merchants
mace war upon MN. .....
onae. r11aneus aaa tutoas" tao 'nnuence
o. 1ottcf men' L'noseyr y aueceas1al AZ
tempt "ss naae 10 make the cartefs pay Toll
to the politicians, And Carriage bureau waa
gotten up By certaiu intriguing mastsr-catt-
err, and Stocking WIS uado Chief OF it,
With salary Of 5000 yeas. In this
league we're John u. Stevens and his
clients, keyes, Dean 4 Co., Leet,
Williams, the Deputy Collector. probably
job WAS worth s250,0 year. No
merchant was allowed to cart his
own goods except by paying ton centa pack
age to the Ring, and giving bonds besides.
This bureau was perfectly useless, and an or
dinary clark at $1,000 year could hare At
tended to it all. No efforts Of tho merchants
Ayai1ed to ireak up this league OF lieutonAnts
for six months Finally Boutwell, sent over .
special cokumisAlop to investigate IL. This
comnIssien VIM fc.stea hv s. ,rlinr,. set
AID shown Il. the Kingdoms Of New York and
the rlc,,ea thereof hut t,,ee had not tho assur.