New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-26

s,oncos n. xe are now paying d 70 Generai oruer
charges the price has been made itte ioNoi ,''.
within the last few months suppose tno oppo''""
made 20 tho charges influenced them to reduce then
n uho, oharces for storage and labor would In your
opinion afford those who have this Generai oiuoi
meas reasonabe compensation for their time, troupo
and caplta at this timei A. Properly conducVou'
not think 1t ought TO he over co cents a PACKAGE
O. Would that include all their advances for csrtago
beside labor and storagei A. Yea, Sir 1t Is all py COLL
blnation; the carriages ore altogether TOO hign. -
O. What, during the past year. have peeh sno 49,,
AIRY rates that you have paid for stofa6o anu
bonded yarehousca A. Twenty cents Tor stor"ko
and On or OK for labor the labor covers the checking III
and throwing out Of goods IS cents might be reRauou
as the price. ,-.
O. what havc you paid for cartagef A. Inc car,aso
has been done by our own cartneni u ~ P'i'',7o
which has been granted to certain importers vi
bonds am not sure whether We havo PAID inc cai'o
n cents or 81 per load each load contained aoou' l"
packages.
O. The charge would not be less than lC cents nor oio
than % cents pacEager A. think not
O. You ind plenty OF cartmen ready ara giau u Eoe
your workf A. At quarter Of dollar per package
can get a hundred, l think
Mr.. Hutton has repeatedly complained 70
the Collector, but ne never could get any re-
dress the matter was always under nVeSu-
" ration.n Other merchants tell the same story.
From all sides there is chorus OF complaint
That two worthless adventures may make
money. the rates have been doubled and trebled,
in direct contraventon Of the agreement orig
inaly made with Mr.. Grinncll.
Mr.. buchanan, q tobacco manufactures dong
business in Broad-st., had tale of cxt0rti0n
to tell that in some particulars was almost
grotcsdue. He imported some machinery, got
oorlv nev-s of the vessels arrival, had his en-
tries ready, paid the duties, and Immediately
sent to the pier to save his goods from gong 10
Lcet g. Stocking. Although the Custom-house
regulations provide that merchandise must
abe removed from the dock as follows 1st
"public Store goods; 3D. Warehouse goods
"3d. General Order goods" he found his ma
chinery loading directly from the vessel to tho
General Order carts, without touching the dock
at all notwithstanding that he had had
lighter lying alongside since the previous
night, waiting TO receive it. He saved some OF
it. The rest went to Leet a. Stockings, where
ten cases were left on the sidewalk i'll heavy
rain from Saturday till Monday. and twenty
were taken inside.
TIE witness further testified that Ice Stockings bill
for caIng the goods the General order store WAS 800
and that he pnid but $50 for cartng the goods
away, and that this last was an excessive charge,
and II ho had had the time TO have gone to other
carmen he could have had the goods carcd for $50
bill for carriage, labor and storage, If the goods had
remained month In the store. would have been s63 49,
whereas h was charged $3.50 25 although onehrd OF
the goods went into tho store at ALL ana tho other
two-thirds only there one day.
Il it really necessary that Col. Leet should
make money at such a rate as that