New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-25


General Order st0reG3 A. Upon vacious occasions.
G Have your grievances been redressod in any way
Q. You ahlo to get reduction from what youca
an ex1rSyagant rate Of charGesi A. No s,r .,
former yearsi A. think thoy about six times as
much; they have been ten times as much.
@. What are the charges A. They charge 50 cents for
storage 90 cents for labor and from 20 to 70 cents ana Il
Senator Pratt-What kind Of goods do You import
A. French, English, and Continental dry goods $780,,
Order Since I Lee stocking have had that business
a. cannot say many we mako an cnOrt TO get mem
ont before thoy are subject to that we have paid those
q Have you any bills Of Lect Stocking here show,
ing the amounts you paidi A. Yes, SIR lMr. Hutton
produced package Of Leet & Co.'s bills OF various
O. What were the General Order charges 10 years agof
A. About oncthird, II my memory serves me- Vi ""a'
Q. What are they now upon an nyeragef A. ABOUT
81 so per for storage, cartagc and labor anvil,
O. That would be about so cents each Tor cart
tho goods remain in the General Order store moro thah
month they make an extra charge
CARRIAGE EXCURSIONS
O. Do they charge for carriage anything more than
what they actually paid the cartman for bringing the
goods to their storei A. I have no doubt of 1t.
@ What evidence have you Of that facti A. The TACT
of what we pay to others for carriage.
Q. Have you in any particular instance investigated
their charges against you ascertain II they charge
moro for carriage than they actually pay A. IL would
be impossible TO ascertain think from the nature OF
the carriage arrangement may put upon cart ono
whereas the Charges for the whole load regulated
by the Collector Of the Port; tho simple TACT inSt
age. when the regular charge is 50 cents don
than tRcy are Authorized to charge there instance
in those bills, nor in any Others where we are not
e. vents are per nd P9cf paSg t 81 60 Order
charges the price has been made tlo lower recently
made to the charges influenced them reduce them.
@ When did this change occuri A. think during the
o. How great notification A. About so cents for
package In some circumstances / understand dstinc-
ton is made between the goods that came from the
side of river and those which are landed on this
sde they charge Of 80 cents per case more for
those which the other side. ,o-,.,..
O. You think ten the General Order charges
were not more than 80 cents packages when dd tae
later, in 1862 think under Mr. Barneys administration,
they got to be worry exorbitant,
O. when did they obtain their maximum A. Prior 70
the administration Of Mr. Draper no diminished them.
O. What were they before Mr.. Diapers timei A. They
very exorbant; they got up to g. and 81 TO- ana IS
package; they got for bghteragc, for every case 81
O. Has there been gradual reduction since that time
A. After the remonsrsnee there has been reducton ~
various periods. -.
time becarse OF tho greatly increased prices OF labor
&c A. 1t was charged at that time that was owing
that time was not as high as 1t Is to-day and rents were
not 50 high either.
opinion afford those who have General Order bust
ness a reasonable compensation for their time trouble.
mot think it ought to be over co cents a package.
q. Would that include all their ADVANCES for eartago'
bnation; the carriages are altogether too high.
O. Have the keepers Of the General Order stores any
Q. What do you pay In your own business, now. for
meni A. think we pay from jersey CITY 81 load
nna we ses Te %Se the packages are very large
that the price cartman charges us he Las always
ally than IAN we Should carman that knew less Of.
II. Did you protest against any OF these bills a. You
will find 1t there Oh the bill OF March 8, 1871
USELESS COMPLAINTs
O. To whom did you carry your complaints OF extor-
ton A. To the Collector.
O. What answer did tho Collector make A. lie said
he would investigate 1t.
O. Was the investigation ever hadi A. o, yes; under
various Collectors; think the last investigation
What Was the result of that investigation A.
Nothing came Of 1t, as far as could ascertain
@ Did he approve Of the bis, or disapprove Of them
O. Didn't you call for an answers A. Ibid
q. What reply did he make to youf A. 1t was always
70 G asc @ y
State whether the average Of charges is the same as
the first bni A. 1t is greater the charges usually
q per these bills usually copies the Cen
O. Did you make complaint in each case 10 the Col
lectori A. No, Sir; did not consider it necessary:
by suit A. That was the object Of protesting them.
O. Have you instituted any such sutsi A. We have not
ing 1.-THE of counsel and everything else-are
enormous that merchants generally dislike to pay them
1864 these bills that you complain OF nowi A. don't
Of the YEAR find bin there Of q, and there bills
OF 81 5 1t matter of caprice entirely at that me
en Lees stoRng It &
creased he 81 20 and 81 2 when the present
sorckeepers took the business they began by charging
81 IS on remOnstranee, sometimes they would put it
down to o. So then 1t would 90 up again TO "; 1t ap-
peared TO be matter OF caprice more than anything
else.
at its highest premium A In ilS6i 1t was very
Senator Pratt-Have you any knowledge that Leet &
Co. do carmen the carriage they charge A.
| have not
@ What the character Of this package which 50
| charged A. That where two small packages
fastened together with band forming one pack
age; have considered that bill exorbtant more than
the law allows or ushes IL could not have been the
only package on the cart that would be very unlikely;
If carmen had taken 1t he would not have charged
more than 30 cents
LEET q co.'s DUTY.
O. When packages brought to their store by cart
men, with charges for carriages have Leet Co. any
power to decide upon the reasODabeness of these
chargesi A. think they Indifferent In regard to
that; think they pay generally what Is charged them
O. Can they dispute the cartman's billi A. think
they ought to; think they ought to know what the reg
them to pay moro than that charge for It, and
have demonstrated and refused TO pay and have given
for bonded warehouse particularly than for Gene
raj order, because think we have no power with the
General Order business; 4e cannot prevent them from
paying price which may be charged for General Or
der or that they may see At to pay ycr,o,,
Leet Co should sit In Judgment upon the carriage
charges which are made by the cartmen bringing the
General Order goods TO their stOres IL they think them
excessive they should them down and pay according
their Views and not according TO the views of the
cartmenS A. Well. Sir don't think expressed any
such opinion; but my opinion Is that Leet Co should
have power In the matter either for charging for
paying carriages except under the authority OF the law
the charge should be regulated by the Collector by
the Chamber OF Commerce, as IL was formerly.
O. My inquiry is, who should pay the charges' A.
Leet & Co.
Senator Bayard-You understand that Leet & Co. I'M.
dertake public duty for the merchants and that they
should see that the MERCHANTS are not imposed upon by
rnf A hat IL wv
taken OF the duty OF General Order storekeeperf
O. What during the past year, have been the custom
that have paid for storage and labor in the