New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-04
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smuggledi A. only iudgo from WHIT have heen tod
by experts in the Custom House with regard TO the bust
ness done there when they had IT. there were erea'
g. Are t6eTe not the opportunities to snqggls
that there are from me General order Wafes9a'e IN
Those General order stores in Jersey City are tho
docks. and IL easy to get around them IN the water
They would always BIO under the surveillance OF Tho
| police, here.
pointed by tie ColectOri A. I presume they were.
O. Would It be possible 70 have goods struggled out of
those warehouses except by collision with the oneeIst
A. IL is possible but IL strikes me that - much easier
TO get into collision with the officers there than would
De on TINS de for the farther you get away the greater
Q: How many men have been designated as General
Order Warehouse Keepersl A. have never designated
| anybody. on the North River Leet Stocking have
O. VINO gave It to them A. presume IT was given to
them by Dir GTnnelI am rot P9sy,e found them
the North River when became Collector. There were
business After had been in the cGtomIIouso some.
time-a month or two-rumors came 10 me that goods
tltiously on which the duties had not been paid on
learning that Immediately ordered the store 70 DO
and no goods be permitted TO 60 In there. After
considerable time think the deputy IN that department
reported that they could not get at the goods lost
great Of goods lad or and f h hS,
go the goods mark by mark, and az they found
them to transfer them to the adjoining store and
in that way they got &C correct report Which they
failed to do in trying to get at it with the goods IN the
| suppose II is impossible to find out. . -. a., -
Q. Is it known at the CustomHOuset A. no, SIR we
DO not know what the goods were ana 40 HOT KID" "'
@ Did you yourself aferward give to Leet & stock
inc the entire business at the North Rverf ~ trans
ferred the goods from this store to Leet stockings
store and they having the only Gnsa Dr. c there
One OF the principal why never did designate
Ry qtRfF a sSFs p %a is cnera order
that had given It to any Of those parties no Tsso
rest and so long felt these people were able to 90
as wen any persons could designate, gave ITO
O What do you think the business IS worth year,
A. To- o best 81 my 5e Ss are oen en down.
have been told by persons who had charge OF the Cone
men as Baldwin Of baldwin, Rice & Co., who knew all
about IT, aud whom believe 70 pc man OF veraelty,
that the whole General Order business was not worth
g Who has the General order business Of the East
RiYerl A. Col Wood Of Brooklyn3a Mr.. Miller, ana ono
other man. whose name do not know.
by MI shela99EQ Is not the Genera orq y
have heard various Of the value Of it, running
f BT s sSf 70 faIeTso Would u differ
ent method OF conducting the Gen9ra order business
A. 1t would not require any daerelt method Ehaeyer;
The present system would work spfnddy Il the policy
OF allowing A. hours before the discharge OF Vessel va
enforced The trouble with the pHsent system Is tho
great rush Of goods 10 the General Order store - ~
posed to them positively and decidedly, ON TIE gronnh
that they inconsistent with the Interests VI INC re'e-
O. DO You think that the efficiency Of the various de-
partments in the Custom House could be improyedf A.
@ In what wayi A. In the lTst place, BY having having
greater facilities for doing the business OF the Cugtom-
House That, think is the important or ALL L
will say this: think that the Public Store Is not SUM
GENTLY large 70 DO the business that Is required Dy tne
merchant and importers to be done there Ia other WORDS
from the number OF goods gong there, ana tho
amount of labor performed, the facilities for doing
By By MI shcdOnGo Could facilities be given in the
present buildings A. think not. 1 think to open
| another receiving store would materially help. 49,
Senator Patterson All Of the I ,s NTH
have testified under oath that they were in the habit OK
receiving brides for the discharge of every steamer that
arrives here lave these practices ever come to your
knowledge A. In one or two cases they have In one
his trunk wa opened went to it and took handful OF
cigars from box aud put them In his pocket ana aer
ward went back again and got some more. The gentle"
man forbade him taking them; he reported that to me,
and disc harged the Inspector without any eAl h
ton whatever. There may have been one OF Two Other
instances, IN which did the same thing. viii say,
What tho pay of an Inspector is Task him salts
fed with that pay and say g. want you to ANSWER N f me
you had better Jet some other employment for DO nos
want you here"
O. When our examination closed before were speak
ing about the drawbacks and damaged goods and you
suggested that the Government was defrauded OF ts
Just reyenuei A. That is opinion from the best In
formation can get. think said before that had
been so informed. heard remark made by gentleman
In the trade large commission merchant In NewIork
He told me that he had heard Of case where damage
had been allowed on cargo OF pepper, one.half II
recoect right he said nc the time that the idea OF
pepper could not be damaged by water. am not an
expert in that but this was SAID to Ie by an expert
O. IL can he damaged by marine-water directly and
NAV it not heat after being wet A. Pepper is very
hard. Until IL is ground up or crushed It cannot DO
O. II water gets the pepper whore it lies in large
piles, it heats and burns by internal combusuont Al
do not believe that from mere information am simply
giving what has been told me by those whom KNOW 10
Be experts Mr. Grinnen told me another reason why
this should be abolished entirely was that whle
he was President s toO OF an ema9 s m as
on that Company for damage by persons wh9 ;, had
anime the cargo, aud lie made REPORT, - no damage
amount 10 5 Per cent And Mr.. Grinne said that the
smount afterward allowed by the Governments was over
40 per cent that cargo. Now, In England under
stand they do not allow anything for damage. wish
that plan adopted IN this country. And W strte as
result Of its practice that in March, lsC9 the duties col
lected on goods that aftcrward rc-appraisod
for damage amounted 70 little oyeg sl3ooO, and on
an order Cor re-appraisement for DAMAGE, S33Iooo
was allowed and abated by the Government
for damage. That was in one month That
under Ter sS s Typn ron aw 10 se n we easnSt
az to have it like The English law. | haye a.ked great
many importer "Why cannot you unders and what the
a auSup &, S he he nS Wv Won insure the duty
as We'll as The 0i na goods and the fre htP They all
answer, We can, OF course that Is e way J, ~ uoo
when goods shipped into England" "at %sh' 20
damage to the goods 1 90 not see any
principle that takes it out ~ the rule showing w"t s
goods are WORTH but IL opens the door to Inaun. %
English Government, who Lave lrODapy core , ii
regard TO perectilg the taiils than W. Tor damage
will state another fact 10 the Committee sClne'
year and half ago an nIor,l G G year II would
GET the appointment OF the Appraiser no apPiSSu
gra teas end eoaees Sent under hn. II tho
damage than per cent the INSURANCE 0"npa"e'
pH M Won know of any other OF absolute abuse
o his Jaw allowing drawbacks on damaged goods a.
NJ impression Is that the Jaw - are not tsrow2
around examination where an allowance ~ ley i'
| damage think any merchant would Insist upon tn't,
l,,fras hafo