New-York tribune., 1872-01-30


POSSIBILITY OF OBTAINING REDRESS.
Pincus Pohalisly, cigar importer testified
that he had Suffered many losses while hs goods have
been in the General Order store" and had failed TO Cd
tain any redress at the Custom house. because inc 'o
lcctOr was willing 10 accord an interview;
could get satisfaction from any OF his deputies a
Hutton an importer testified that many losses had oo
Cured" and that his firm had been unable @
redress, aud he thought the Government should may
management entirely" Chas. Bellows CowIole to ,iio
Committee. stating that after paving S1o GENERAL
store, half Of It's contents were distracted wnc ~
Co.'S care" j. Eugene Robert mpSrer, , Msou Ntw n
imported case OF watches, and paid inc uuy on
them these watches were stolen, and noS,T recoverM
them they said to have been sioen wnI % tSc
Of the Custom-house carman VINO ME- ,ahS aS o,n
from the steamer Iapplied to the COec,o', anu woo
TO Secretary Boutwell, and made @ mtqos qd nr ohtn
any"
THE CARRIAGE swINDLE.
B. F. Midget swore that " Stocking sold
tho carriage busness bureau was gotten mp for that
purpose and lie was put at the head Of 1t; tho mer
chants had to pay 10 cents load for cartng their own
goods" Edmund II. Bissell testified to paying gratui-
ties TO Inspectors TO save goods from being cartd
into General Order and said that he found this plan
more economical than sending goods TO the General Or
der stores md slbmtng to tho outrageous carriage
and other charges" VIM. Buchanan showed that goods
"preciptaey rushed into the General Order store
by the carmen. thereby subiecng merchants unneces
sriy TO General Order extoroDs which we are power
less to avert" f. 7. Bgeow ana Is. Il. MudGet, Dotn
testified to the case OF an Inspector who demanded com
pensation for keeping the from taking lot OF
IRON into the Goneral Order store.
HOW GENERAL ORDER CHARGES DRIVE CON-
MERGE TO OTHER PORTS.
Gustav Schwab testified that "whcther the
steamship the merchant has to pay the c1ces
sive General Order charges. the consumer must pay
them In the end; freight can be reduced II our eY
penses small. but II charged with these heavy
General Order charges we must raise the price OF freight
the present system should be changed to suit the gr0w
demands OF commerce else our commerce Will suHef
John S. Williams of tho Great Western Steamship Com
be relieved OF many II different lines should
nSyS s STs w@SS % ca e. Sym Of
the Cunard line stated that the cost ana hcuty Oi
commerce to Boston and Baltimore l Know NUM-
ber of firms who import through Boston so as 70 sac
have charged much for one months storage Va IL c0bts
us TO bring goods across the Atlantic"
HOW THE STEAMSHIP COMPANIES SUFFER.
Gustav Schwab testified "that GOA packages
went into General Order, which there were S5SS
charges which the Company refundedto the consgnees
if these goods had gone into the Hoboken stores $50
would have covered tho expenditure to the Company
such expenses affect the cost Of running line as
much coal wages" Mr.. FraDckiyn OF the Cunard
ne stated tnt ne rS yy"rrSs wGTS So That % Is seriously
affecting the cost OF running our line
FRAUDS IN THE WEIGHERS' DEPARTMENT.
NEGLECT OF DUTY AND COLLISION WITH lIAR-
BOX MAolEho'
James Elliott testified flames M. Th0mp-
son United States Weigher Of District No i2 n RI
was with him last year weighing iron cotton, hemp, &c.
know OF my own knowledge that the largest part OF the
cargo of the British bark Yesta went away from Pier NO.
49, in Thompson's District, without ever being weighed
saw 100 casks OF bleaching powder takon en- awy S Sa s
put down the book paid 81 week To George l,i ~
win the man who marks weight for Mr.. Thompson, TO
Get sps to come to that District to get weighed Baldwin
gave the money to tho foreman VINO gave & ~ ,to .o
the Harbor Master: Thompson hogan TO pass over tao
weighing three months ago. ho took brbes from the city
weghcr to allow the latter to DO Weighing Ihat shon
have been done by the United States weigher: be dd
not tho tricks at FIRST but got Into Tho ring very
quick" ,, ,,N ~. .,,,o,t
stated that included on the payroll VINO never
did any work weighers. He further testnea that ne
goods and had known Doyle TO make difference OF 10
pounds in 81 against the Government James ey na a
ash taken from Pier No. 4S without weighing r,,,
ha ~ oS and
soda ash and at one tine snE were not @
weigh nothing that the weights could be taken OF rom
THE SURVEYORS CORRUPT sUB0RDINATEs.
HOW INSPECTORS ARE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! AND PERJURY.
Ex-Deputy Collector Is. +. Mudgett testified
that receiving gratuties was "Od and very chronic
disease in Custom-house officers" L. H. Bsse. Custom
house clerk for j. G. Bloomfield. swore that it was
common practice" for merchants to pay Tatutics to
Inspectors TO induce them to Keep goods on the pier 10
save them from General Order. A. j. Tiotson. All i'm
porter testified The officials generally are corrupt
| nave made arrangements with at least dozen:
and have paid them money" Gusay SchGap; ao,,an o,
Eg'fT' ToyG's steamship Company, testlned: "wo pay
these gratuites, and in some instances Know tnat
merchants do the practice OF giving giatuoeS IL DluI-
Gus aud demoralizng in compelling the Inspectors to
make false oaths as they are tDhgea 10 swear ns @ mo mo
gratuties have been received by them; We pay tho IN
ectors $40 apiece resuar we m nave h an n SpIy9 pcr tho
tnspncor can find the Inspectors also furnished
by us with their meals and three bottles OF liquor apiece
TO make the holding OF the position dependent on char
acter and capabilty and with fNed Term oi once, AZ
for life contingent ON good behavior: inc safleS ALSO
| should be largely increased
" UNIVERSAL CORRUPTION IN TIE PASSAGE OF
DUTIABLE BAGGAGE.
Charlton II. Lewis, managing editor of The
Erenino Post testified: "I have had Information from
great many sources that Inspectors are in the habit OF
exacng and receiving bribes from passengers for BRING
ing baggage into port know that they entirely open
and thoroughly shameless in their exactiOns; when
came here in 1867 the Inspector declined TO examine
baggage and insisted putting In blank entry for
me few days after he called at my Office and gave me
| 10 understand pretty clearly that he expected q
present from me; in conversation with Mr.
tS@t Jepartment might correctly be said to have
become universal" II. H. SNYDER testified 10 seeing q
Of valuable ewey passed last an 1 M
gers had his trunk new silver service which the ln'
spectOr passed, remarknR, Of course pass this ser
vice shall expcct to he remunerated for it,. John Z.
Hammer sent ettor asserting: " IL IL estimated that
hundreds of thousands Of dollars annually lest to the
practiced under the Custom-house authorities OF New
| York City" with reference to dutiabe baggage.
SPECIAL AGENTS MISDEEDS.
AN UNwARRANTABLE OUTRAGE.
! Thomas j. HOyt, of the firm OF Naylor