New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-20


O. Are You not willing to leave 1t to the mercnan's
themselves 10 say what - best for tler own ro as
Mr. stewart testifed here that his GOODS Werc, 2or
Understood IT, selected out and speclhcahy hanuo' WV
O. Repeatedi A. should think the GoyeTn n ,be
ought to control that; the Collector Snouuu 'up''
O. Again repeatedly A. have no opinion as 20 o oS
O. Are all the charges of Leet and sIog binF thew are
O. You think the General Order abuses coia DO
rectedl A. Yes, think the whole w0nu w the Tolec
Inv n systematic charge, regulated by law, ny ino o
tors fiat that the merchant importer anu % hoax
eso Interested go to the office ana oVh nd Of The
and at their BILL and II they agroe that Is 'ho en Vi ~"
O DO You think the rates too high a. sa go Id
Ycs Sir because the per cent was adued "on ,a
was high; think there should be some slah nse se must
,Irmount that difficulty the General Order stoIeo rnt
have higher charge than the bonded warehouses; Dut
the rates should he reduced somewhat. ,,, higber
O. We're not the rates OF the former u"a'' e
than those Of the latter A. Yes. Sir. .,,, ,,,,or
of sha d9 Gen s9efe o @ss rates a. Yss
TESTIMONY OF CHARLES SQUIRE.
Charles Squire was ne examined In reference 70 M
article in The Yec York Times OF Jan Is written by himself
and which he sworc substantially true, 80 Tar az he
knew
| O. How long have you boon employed In the ware
house busnessi A. Twenty-fOur years the ls OF FeD
ruary.
O. Have you taken any pains to ascertain what pro
portion OF the consgnees OF the different crgoes tha
are landed from foreign steamers In this port are the
consignees OF single PACKAGES A. AS matter OF cur
osity have looked over the vessels anu iouii tnsc
very large proportion are tho owners OF sige PaoA t
O. Is there any law regulating the charge I9r tCt s
load or n fnIl load eitheri A. There is law that
know Of; they regulated by corporation oroiUo'
which does not apply to carts sent beyond inc corpoi"
Senator Cassery-Are rates for bonded warehon3tes
| ever as high as In the General Orderf a. icS' on'
| sometimes higher and sometimes lower ~ ..,,,o
O. TO what do you attribute that fact A. 10 copipe-
O. When within the five years have the rates IN
bonded warehouses been higher than IN general Orasr
warehouses; A. cannot eyensay they nave ooon WIN
| out reference to my books. , ~ H.. . -, ,,o,r
Q. Have you ever had General Order store OF y9nr
own A. Yea, Sir, under Collector Draper, anu httie
'iGo WHere was IL 4 One at Washngtonst and
another at the corner OF Leroy and West-sts.
O. Have the rates been higher or lower IN the Gehera
Order stores than in the bonded warehouses dung the
Q. What have been the charges at Lect Stockings
General order sSresd A. ate "a good bargain with
| Leet Stocking as anybody eset A. cannot ahS"e'
O. Have You heard Of complaints against Leet stock
ngs chargesl A; No. Sir have heard OF cases whero
o. What rs the rates OF carriage paid by merchants
IN this city from point to any other point here A.
know nothing of the rates for carriage IN this city
O. Do the General Order charges for the same class or
packages exceed the charges In the bonded warehouses;
Q. How muchi A. think not moro than Is to 50
cents per package, probably during the last TWO
q. Generally speaking, for tho past two years the
charges of Lect stocking have not exceeded tn 20
| centsf A. That Is what mean to says
Senator BayardHaye you ever seen the bills OF Leet
@. Have you ever had any business connection with
| Stewart Coz a. | have stored their goods
O. Is he not able to make as good terms as any one
| eloe A. Yes, Sir; have already stated that.
| A. 7. STEWARDS GENERAL ORDER BUSINESS.
Senator Bayard referred to the article in The Times
written by the witness and sworn to as substantially
re and asked: observe here you state in an argu-
ment which is meant TO be an answer to Mr. Stewards
statements before this Committee, and Mr. Stewart
says, I'VE not allowed five minutes to enter our
goods and you go an to answer his statements ana an,
General order charges don't believe they pay one
paid by his house not by the merchants OF the CITY
O. What you mean is that Of the General Order charges
hall OF tbe steamship companies charges and pays tho
other half hmself A. That's it, don't believe he pays
O. do You think you or Mr. Stewart knows the most
hare are parts Of it that know better than he
does himself; that was when bed General Ordcr ana
storage OF unclaimed goods under Ar. GrnneL
LEFT co.'s CHARGES COMPARED WITH OTHERS
O. You speak Of the charges of Leet Co in their Cen
o1n compared n,h those OF ordinary
bonded warehouses; do you know the firm OF Livingston
& Co. who have bonded warehouses in the city, A.
o. IA their store a good onei A. I believe 1t is.
q. Is 1t used considerably 4. 40 not know .,,
bill of Livingston Co. produced here and paid
bill Leet Co.'s for the same description Of goods and
the rates charged and paid TO Leet Co. after the Sur
yeyor and Collector had interviewed 20 obtain reduction
IN the ratio Of the rate OF tofsEf OF S9q Sdt cTsd
BY Livingston Co. and the rate charged for labor is
That Ia ynesion Co. charged ess than current
OF warehousemeni A. do not know what their motive
q / suppose they carried the business on the usual
teIinsi A; I suppose 80 IA. ,,ou o,o.,,o,
but onefourth much Leet Co. a: cannot tell
what pressure was brought to bear upon them; ,o,,
than the usual ratos A. Until within two years never
knew of coil of wire being stored for less than scents
Senator Pra-Do you know the rate Of General Order
pease state how those of Leet Co. compare with those
of five or ten years ago A. Within the last ten years tho
g Of o cos
| am told. are 81 rs for the same packages;
man viii take particular class invoice of goods
very with the intention OF obtaining other and
| more important stOragei A 1t Is quite customary.
Senator rde nov SpS r PeSa o were Gre, tnS
nsgs that Won any Let Co charge 81 2 ori A. Dur
ing last years with the exception OF two or three
| years, they have been 81 so, think.
O. What are the years you except A. cannot spe-
city the years without reference to books which have
O. Can you specify any General Order stores In which
80 vas charged for pae1ageS for Which the charges OF
E ISSS o ATWOOD Co., Geyer & smiSh
O. In what years were, the charges not 81 90 In these
O. Do you not know that the rates in General Order
raised or twice during tho last 10 years,
O. Is it perfectly certain in your mind that 1t Is
just statement Of the comparative rates to select period
Of 10 years during which the rates much higher at
one time than another as standard of comparison
A 1t would he unfair to take 10 years as period in
senator Pratt-would charges for coils OF telegraph
WIRE weighing $50 pounds EACH at 10 cents for labor
| Order warehouse A. When had the General Order
generally charged 10 cents for Storage and 10
senator Casserly-How long had you charge OF tho
General Order business under Collector Grinnells A.
O. Did you charge them 81 50 for such packages as Ieot
Go; charge 81 IS A. never charged over 81 26 and
| that included carriage.
! INFLUENCING MERCHANTS AGAINST THEIR WILL