The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-20
From the Cincinnati CONNIE .cial.i
The Western Demand for POFis Of
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On the 10th of January, Senator
Sherman asked leave TO bring in a
bill, which was read twice, and refer
red to the Committee on Commerce,
ard ordered TO be printed. 1t pur
ports to be bill to regulate the ap.
praisement and inspection of imports
In certain cases, and for other pur-
poses." This bill has in il the clause
with which New Workers have long
cnongh deceived Western Senator'S
and Representative in Congress.
This is the provision that, when it
appears by the invoice Of foreign mer-
chaudise that il IS destined for either
Of the ports hereinafter specified "
(say Cincinnati, ST. Louis or Chicago
the collector. at the port of GYTiVGE
Chat is to say, New York; shall pr
NIT the ol1neT, agent, or c0nSigaee to
make entry thereof for 1rar. house. and
Immediate transportation, and on the
e.rscutioa of q bond, as hereinafter pro-
rided, shall de 'iUer the sane to be I'M
mediatelg transported to such port Ot
destinatioa at the sole cost and risk Of
such owner, agent, or consiguee.
A note from Senator Sherman gives
the following information:
1.-The bill was the one reported at
the last session by the Committee OF
Finance-lcGs drafted at the Treasury
DeoarfDaenf. and contains the prOU S
ions deemed essential by them to guard
AGAINST fraud 1t is now before the
Committee on Commerce.
If the law must have the objection
L In NJ
IF the Cincinnati importer has to re
ceive information Of the arrival of the
goods in new York, and then to exc
cute and forward bond to that point,
| before he can have them transported
to this city, there is 10 advantage in
calling this a port OF entry, and we
| object to going through with farce
| of that s0It.
What we want IS to avoid the de-
tention in New York and what the
New Workers want is to embarrass
direct ilpportations By interior cities,
and they have convinced the officials
of the Treasury Department that there
will be terrible frauds If all goods are
! not detained In the yirtuous city OF
! New York, whose Custom House is
/ famous for the celebrity and honesty
with which its business Is executed
There is no difficulty and nc danger
of fraud 10 the delivery of goods 10
| responsible transportation companies,
that can give ample bond on the spot.
The Express Companies, during the
war, transported hundreds Of mil
lions of dollars for the Gov
ernment without less. They can
| transport bonded goods with
equal safety and certainty. What We
want is that the Cincinnati merchant
can get goods from Europe, as quickly
as the New York merchant can do it
with the addition of the actual TINS
Of transportation; aud that VIC vii
have. The Western merchants are
very much ia earnest ia this matter
:ad they intend that Western Sena
tors and Representatives shall show
$hem fair play; or take the cOnsequen
ees of their dispieasare. We trus
Senator Sherman will eEamipe tcl
himself, thoroughly, the excuses
made by the Treasury Department fol
attempting to continue the policy o
discrimination against the merchant
Of the interior, aud that he VIII b
able TO satisfy himself that they arr
the invention of importers on th'
sea board and then proceed to frame
a bill, or adopt one already framed
such IS is demanded by the cltiZsn
Of the West, and put it through.