, 1870-03-23
INTERIOR PORTS OF ENTRY
Review OF Secretary HoutsFcllsr Nb~
Jretlons TO the EHta ab2I.hmcnt Of E7i-
terIor Ports OF RHxry-


1erIor Ports OF Raxry-
" the Committee on Ct~.,ne,re, Houst qf prest1i
/ hEEs:
A committee Of Cineiunaa importers re-
apectfully beg leave to- submit brief review
Of Secretary Boutwen's ruporte1 objections u
ths M establishment Of Interior p"sss Of entry
FitHt objection. Government would not bt
sufficiently secured agaitsst fraud N the trans
poFtation Of goods in bond throug1r the country
Answer. Section OF House bill l36 require.
oyDer tn make entry in triTAjcate. settng fort1
the particulars in such entr5, And IT,. route b.
which sueh goods are to be transported, wheth
er by land Of by water, and ~ the soln cost ani
risk Of the owner, to be subject to ss,c!. exam
inhtion ~ the Secretary of the Treasury ma,
deem necessary to identify tho paekaers- Sec
ton te1nifts that the importer shall giro a
bond in penal sun at lsast doEtfethe 11polln.
OF inyoiee:y :ynlue, With duties added Sez.tiou !
hleo rcqu1on the tar1icr to give boud to tbe gov
eminent faE. an amnuut and with. stlth ssDEa1i-
tons as tfse'Secretaxv OF tho Treasury usaF re-
quire. Thaabovo IL certainlv al the security
any one. no matter hf7w prudent he mss7h hs,
could ask fNs st,d claim for duties lte Eovesn-
ment might have.
The sccoua obirctian- That there would bs
gools while ~ +t'ute. astt smuggling ~ snia' d
ports lie inyitHs.
Answe1 Tlal Sectian,i at IIou.e Ill ING r..
quires that m.Fshandis.4 shall 10 conSeyes1 in
cars. vessels, ne vehicles, securely fastened
with locks or %eah e1cto&isely under --e..te>}
tors shall be a'stioned aGpr,1,er points ,fone
tbs designated rottte, nrG,pnx any car. .p>,-el
Tehic1e ar trsi.ti ut thu discretion tf thu. raid
Secretary and ar the espessss nf tlso said ar
rie1s, and shall net he uuiosilaa1 or t7analunred
tetween points of nzst arrival anI ,inal
saIy, ths SECRETARY. vhen practicable,
to avoid dcsignssing any mute that Nlli
require ransh pr,eut. ,sy this section th>
government haa t',s eaHl.+ rn1ltfpl o<ar the
.gots that it would llaee If tl.es wcxr storyd in
Que Of its own wa,e1louees, and no exchange
could take place willnut the dishonesty Of its
oun oilirer, and he would NOT haSe so good an
orpertuuisy to mad >ttle exchange il. the pas-
safe. u lis would have were thu goo+is in his
possession the uauae te1Eth of hnus III wsrc-
ho,see At the fisst poTs Of arrival.
Third objection. That tho ruessrre would
AID ccst to collectila, Tho revenue, Section y
r.'luiHug that arlsaeors, weishera, etc., shall
be appointed.
Aasv er. For tic n,vnler Of officers required
to do4he business for 1he inland ports, thcse
her required At the ports OF tirsA arrival.
Wages for euch being equk, there would be no
aldlbo1xl cost.
Foarth objection. That tho quantity Of i'm
.oorted goods distributed from interior parta
!. amed is too insignificant to require legisla-
ii on.
Ansrer. We fiId, upon examination OF tho
st, .tisti:a of foreign gootlA consumed and dis
tri ,uteA in Cincinnati, that they amount IN
yal ue tn over S40 000, 600, and that tho duties
upe Ii this sum would be in tho neiHhsnrhootl
Of t7,ooo, 900. This doea not appear to be
seta ~ seems to imagine Besides this,
we think tho delay: of import
ed goods, and the expense upon them, at
the mt rsEt Of entry could be avoided. For
i1,stA ace, 1o will take the estidle Of caIes- OF
this 1ticia.the1e are consumed in and -diztsib-
u,ed rom the port Of Cinciua.ti, III, ,0o0 bags,
which il one-tfM Of tho entirs amount I'M
ported into the United States. Undet the pres-
cnt las IS zzN regulations, bo1ose VIC cxa get our
cotYeo from tbs first port of-arriS1l it IL cub
jectcd to the following expenses.
urayAe, fpn vessel to goyernyuaut warehouse
aud ! rora. 1afEhouae 10 ssA.el or nltruA1
where shppeA to interior. Par bag. 11c
One HIT, 'the storage and lftcsaSc
Interest for 1ftcsn days unnecessary delay. &c
Fees thu would be avoided under tho hiit pru-
posed, ~as1a2r, Ac-, over &c
Tttal, t,r rhag........ ....--..,A. ".
which ~ 1sl ,0N t'ags would a1nout 10 S6a, HON.
This is a.n expense TO the canaumet, without
avoided ly tia proposed bill The rAme un-
necehsa. y Expenses upon euE7r Eo11d amount
To sA5, 40, An e1sminA tHNa ~ to other artl-
cles would show thAt tf-tsa. unncccssary c1-
peEnca We ID amount t., ,1cas 52tu O.N-a sum
lost ,h,.t would probably pay III thu e1pcnsaa
no Doubt but thht tho buainess,in st. Louis
sad Chicago, IN foreign goods. is equal to ou1p.
and the ssme additional -e1Iense 1ould octsr
with them Is with ua-
Firth objection. It il + depn1t,1cs from tI.s
practice authatiz.sl Ly u1istlng laa-
Answer We find, npan o1au1:iation Of tha
existing provision. thaz there is = special sax
that il in spirit precisely what fsll No. 136
proposes, II is known AZ thu - Portland
hll, and permits goods to go by railrnad
examination than TIM: ot composing the NUM-
ler oE. packages with invoice. aud that
these nay pass through Canada 70 the Eeat-
est point in the Entzl S,ates Oh the sGzrct
route of railway, and no f:utheE e1amin-
alton or ssppraisen.e 9t 70 take place u,':l it
. ritnilar regulation il regard 20 goods pa asinG
through Te1as from Mexico. Goods cr1raiply
are not any more likely to be zampercd with or
exchanged in our oNn country thai, in icnign
ouc.
Sixth objection. That thecs we're no rasaons
sufficiently ac9uAs1t4d With Tie rnarke: y7lue
OF goodB " fill tue Offices ee4uired uptsee tho
hw-
Ane~er. No oso acqnain:ca with the pens,ls
Of the West sho I'D suppose that in = ~,ts con-
doing u s,uritlesr Of oyer 10, ,D00,00D u gpods
brought from III parta OF the world. which be-
sides ships to, foreign countries r,iilons Of
home pro1uct,au. there .sc1e not the reqtls4ite
lumber Of e1perts possessed Of sufficient
knoNledgc to ill the oicrs required qp,ler Tire
I'LL 1t may not be wotth willie, koveyer, to
msfe any Effort 10 convince the Secretary Of
thse; rinre ha can easily. procure tie. men al
ready engaged on thu Eea.po1tr to ill the
Offices, and illus rolievu hs mind os. that seorc.
Ihs Seer asar, Nigh. bs folowe-;a At agEeater
lenEth. but it il not necessary to do 80. when
his objections can II no easily 1efnstI
The LIN might provide, also, t:nt tlaeee in
terror poEts Of deiiye1y should a'se t'e ports Of
distrihuti1n- II that were done, tbcte could
doubt1esrbe a reduction Of The number Of
email &c Lboard ports. witch are npY practically
unnecessary
The large INTEREST which this cn1pnit,ce rep
resenta warrants them in most earnestly urg-
ing th,t the eAuse they aivocste shall be
treated strictly on the grornl, Of. i.s absolute
merit In conclusion. the ccumitaee submits
the suggestion :hat il practical tdal Of direct
interior impoztations shall verify tho Secre-
tarJ's objecticas, it will b. ~ easy mater tc
rspcA the law.
MRyor Elty.sn mud Ess1 7*siIcc In Pos: