, 1873-05-12
nttompt. nnotl,or nacriflco to tho ambition to
Which Kano nnd Franklin gayo thoIr lives.
THE NEXT CONGRESS ss1oNA1 1NvEBr1aA.

I ~-.-..s-eeaa-e..
THE NEXT CONGRESSIONAL 1NyEBr1aA.
TION. t-.s -
Tho noxt soBglon Of ConEross will find. nB tho
laot noHuion fo,tnd,. material demanding in,mc-
| diato and uonrcl,ing investigation. Tho caso Of
Phelps, Dodge Il Go. will como before Tho Forty
third CongroHa aa Orodt-Drobilior did boforo tho
Init session Of tho Forty-aocontl Congroae It
witt proacnt crime porpolrato1 undor tho forn,a
of Inv mora vi1o and degrading tlan tho grand
combination for lofrauling tho 0ovornmont ii,
Union paciIlo. II will involve officials who woro
| ongagod I'll hugo b1ackn'aillng transaction, ant1
! Will develop tho nofarious wayn aul n1oauB
adopted by Bpioa, inforlnors, antl Vampires
WHO operate undor tho protection of Gov
| ornrnont authority. Tho don,anl for this
Investigation will como from tho ontiro mor-
oantio community of tho country, which cannot
afford to porMlt ono OF It's members to bo bled
| aftor tho faalllon In which NFossrs, Phelps,
Dodge u Co. woro rtnndore1 since tlloy may oil
10 subjected to tho uan,o procosa Iho.inyoBti-
gatlon mint bo r,ruuod with opon doors. Tho
ovldonco wlioh Hhall oxpoao tho dirty tricks to
Which Government spieB roHort must bo laid bo-
foro tho public. It mny 10 that tho Inv will pro-
| toct tho o1lcials WHO prosecuted tito firm. hut
tho investigation is necessary for two roasons.
IT Ito la'v doos protect Bucli villathy as llas
tondol tho rolpa- Dolgo caso 1t rlunt bo ,nadoi
60 oaionu in tho oyoB Of tho rooplo TINT t1oy will
| dornalnl 1ts ropoal. II 1t tuos not authorize
tho proceedings thut lnvo boon ntloptod. tho por-
rotrators OF tho outrage should DO brought to
coudien punishment.
1t laa boon shown TINT, out Of m importing
businoss amounting to about ssi0,000,000 dono
by Mcssrs. Phelps, Dodge Il Co. in tho space OF
Ryo years. tho Government lost q, ,rovonue iu tlu-
tios Of only 81 GOO. mud tint thip. loss resulted
from tic unintolligiblo and unjust character Of
tho Import law, which it is almost impossible for
| my business man to comprehend, and utterly
Impossible for overy businesa MN to'strictly OBJ
| aorvo. 1t has, moreover, boon proved TINT tito
| house Of Phelps, Dodge l. Co. Aa.l no intontion
OF thoir invoices was uniform, That it was aH apt
to be in favor of tho Goyernn,ant III in favor ct
| themselves, and TINT it resulted In their ovor-
paying ratllor than undor~paying tho duties
tint lawfully accrued during tho five yoarB.
Those facts. which havo only boon known to tho
public within tho last fow days, w,ro known to
tho npios, tho informers, tho Crrstona officials,
and the Government prosecutors oil flo ti1no,
Yet, III tho faco OF thiB knowledge Of tho inno-
CONGO Of the firm Of nll wrong doing, tho Gus
ton1-Houso gang, hided and aE ottod by the Troas-
ury Department., enforced tho payment OF
271 ,023 to cover tho loss otsal 600 to tho Gov
ornmont. This largo sum +docs not 60 to tho
Government; II it did, it'u oula mover have boon
exacted. The Government. geta comparatively
small share Of 1t, ana thoa eat is divided, accord
lug to tho law, anong fthe Customs officials,
the United states DigtEi It Attorney, and tho
informor. There III L. ID ;rong suspicion that
othcr poraonB, not e1,tit iod BY low to Bhare
tho epoils. havo como M for division for their
corporation in working!. up the caao, and their
influence In securing ;1oroatable compromise.
Hero Ia anotlor reason. why. thoro should be
Congregational invostiGnti. III. II tllero nro per-
Bona who have uacd tAeird influence, or lont thoi1
aid to&ho successfuz com plotion OF this blaok.
mailing trnnsucton, mid lo aro not entitled to
my Of tho profits underu he law, they must be
exposed, and made to dssg orgc. Tic tempting
bribos which Government offers aro infamous
enough without any cxtouo: III Of tho oystom tc
outsiders.
A Congressional inyostigaiio ion is further dc.
nandea nB Ill ack Of Justice tto Mossrs. Phelps
Dodge l. Co. Tho firm is composed Of gentle
mon who Lad built up n reputation for com.
mcrelal integrity by tile devotA,n Of lifetime tc
their business. Their comm orcal honor was
naturally dcar to them sbocauso it was tile result
Of honorable ambition rand labor; 1t algo had ar
important business va1 ho as determining tho 70
lations they could maintain with othor com
1norcial houses. Th New York Custom
House c1ique sought to destroy this rep
utation. this accu mutation Of 4 lifoi
labor at ono strok'e. Phelps, Dodge :. q
Co. wcro branded aa common swindlors. Thu
telegraph Sas busy in setalling the degradation
to which they had can brought. Busi.oa'
tors woro oven worso IT, a1n tho infortners repro
sented them to bo, anl, whom the firm paid owe
tho e271 ,02o, out Of viii III ;thoy had beon back
mailed, tho Government was>critiriscd for having
compromised tile proHocu tou for 10 small sun
when 1t waa, supposed to be ontit1od to .mucl
more. Shalln PRACTICE be fol- rated which ,na.
blackon tho. good namo md ruin tho crcdit of mn
commercial houso in which sh apies may Aut
unintentonal rogularitics undnr Il law that Ia q
onco complicated and unjust p 81 Ills ia the qucs
tion for oongroys to decide. lat common 1a'
tho clique TINT hau perscc alte,l tho Iirm 0
Phelps, Dodge l. Go. would / O ,n llctea for con
epIraoy aud visited with p1 lniall.1 sout common
surate with thoir aronso,
| It waa cprtulnly q sorlo,la jorror on tho part
Mosa1v. Phelps, Dodge l. 70. to yioill to tho OF
tortionB Of a matchmaking firing, but it was mis-
tnho which otltcr b,lsinc sa mon might malt
under tho sauae circums tnncos. Tacro is Oil