, 1874-03-28

payment of costs. Charley, noo whit tho costs
Nro III these oaucn." "Oliarloy" estimated tho
cost Of notifying tho n,oti to como boforo tug
C;ommiaaioaor to arnount to soveFai Ntnuroa
eag Gny" @S'0, a o1ared a mop psd tos s ill.,
Tho tatnor-lloneet old eoul-lurood TO lin Gon,.
ran!on and said Of tho Commissioner "lHnt
no tho po|itoat man you cyor aaw T.! 4e mnbs
hAve beDil II rlpAHtlre to l1nY1 Settled with 30
gootl-nRtured a Commissioner?
THE c1nA1s-MASurAoTuRFnH
wore also obliged to huGfor. They had many
opportunities for fraud, particularly If tloy ro-
talcd elgers nnd doubtless many frauds wer9
tho Government wore tho onoa who woro OH
liged to Bntror, is .quoBtion not easy to annwor:
Clgar-manufactu ,ra wore dircotost to pntt
amps on ossr 0ses but ro Gy o lonaa
yovutl 4 heayy ponaty ii thoy wore
cangit |; bnt u ~ hard matter to 70 cniell ,
th.ni. III 1aoa. 1t wan. therefore, onectoa, thas'
pnr, q: onve}opo of any k.ntt containing tobacco
or sn,Ir, slnll bo alnpticd, tito stamped portion
thereof phnll 30 destroyed by tue porson ~
wlioAo handa tho sa;ne nc may TO-" The penalty
than ak months. But. whe1 tho low WAS ot'ac-
Tod, perhaps It was not considered that tho cigar
manufacturer who intends TO dofrand tho Gov
cr1lfnent uocH NOT allow na poSe5 so uecoWo
o,np,y. But, OH tho other hand, tue really l,on-
est manufacturer might NOT 10 nlways prompt to
destroy tho boz ut tao moment wt,en tho last
ctgar was Aold. It Ia doubtful whether my con-
siderable proportion cf tho Observation-Disclosures
who compromised" caHeB before tic COM
missioner evor really defrauded the Goyoinmont
ut oil though uEon this point, it is impossible
to speak With anything lska coytatnty. loyeEr-
mont spies wero sent unt. md they usually hunt
cd in pa,rs They would walk into acIgar-rnanu-
fact,rer'B shop, and, II lie rcta led cigars they
would buy different kinds ont Of various boxoa,
md WOO to tho cyar~n,an II ono OF tlsnBe boxes
Happened to he o,npty. Ttey would mash 1t up
in d tragic manner. nau servo i'otlco oil tllo
mn.iufactur0r to mako hiB appearance before tue
Commissioner.
It would ho most interesting to lnow how this
compromise law haa worsed with tho
nIBT1LLEns OF lt10tIWfNEs.
People think TINT grent deal Of money has
boot, made by distillerB aud Government oucers,
| In Il wny which would not boar tina light. Prob
ably lho diHtiliors compromised without the as-
| siHianco Ut q Commissioners.
| IL 1nay DO thought thAt people would not allow
this logallzed blackmalling, uEd. as party-feci-
| ing Ia iii aomo inoasuto broken down, probably
they will not. 4 year or two ago. il my OF tho
| mon WHO wele Obliged to appear before tha Com
found sympathy among Democrats, WHO wore
+, loud Ill donouncing Government sp,es.. But this
| served to put tho s}ioa, who wero frequently
Go7e1nn,ont ofllcels, under tho protection, ot
tho Republican patty; and tho mon who l'ad
boon blackmutlcd under color Of law woie held
up to tho community as swindlors who were
murcifn}ly allowed to compound tlscir felony.
Where III the pen OF Dickens to satlrizo this nut
tori
kept quiet; for they could seo that. howovor in
nocont thoy might be, talking only made tho
matter worsc. Neyortholess, tic feeling agalnst
tllcso yexatious taxea, Rid agunst tho numerous
officers, became 80 decided that many special
m
mont employees was diminished. But the duties
on imported articles woro not correRpondisgly
diminished, and, for tho last year or t%o, tho at-
| teution Of Gov crnmont lnformcrs haB boen pet-
ty well na1 roweu TO the eld Of c11stotns-dutles,
Their aot,ons l,ayo now become plnilor, for the
1lepublican party no longer projects them, as 1t
tst in tho harpy dnys Of yoro, whom thoir slctimf
Ncro obligodto ..,
rAy Ut AND KEEP QUIET.
Oh, thogo hnppy tAyu! they will neyer CONT
again. III thosp good old times, tllo within wlt
opened lis mouth in seif-dolcuse Was crnsllot
| by the popular belief that ho was attempting tt
I Which was to pay tho National dob:, which wa,
contracted during unloty llubollion, IN w,'lcl
400 000 men hid down their lives.
Tho days Of tho uforlncrs haye been length
oned by the compliance and tim'llty Of th
! mercantile community Of Boston and New York
| When Phelps, Dodye l. Co. aua Jordan ! |
| SIarsh fell into tho snnres OF the blacl
| a1niors, q refusal to compromise and
| determination to stana trial would hay
exposed tho wlolo game. Tho timidi.y Of IL
! Eaute1n me rcllents brought them into contemp
| [lpy wero roforrod to az o "brooa OF IN
nrtera )" and probably even those insults woul
i ot hayo aroused them, if Alr. jayne, the mos
d. wing Of black,pals's had nos strlyon to 1astif
| no irtcd to investigate the matter.
:, Tie remedy Tor this continued blacllnatling
not rt,at which is usually recommended. peoi,
SOC, to think that the evil will bc stopped I
ff4t In nt1f3t 01tltt
trap. Gt.d snares. This will no doubt be ut gios
| beno. IT, but
| THE SOURCE OF TIE EVIL
! consis, n In that pottlon OF tho law OF July i
| Nclther' ph plps, Dodge l. Co., nor Jordan
Marsh, nor u thousand others, would lavo Hu
fcred If thci, cases mud boon tried indeed, b.
for this Inv, hoy would hardly have boon tlnen
oucd by black mai!ors at aa. The existence
tic olict III Of the Goyoru;nont to engage In
WIen fl uiizou has made Il technical violation
tho law, 10 is nj. my times unable to judge Of i
extout, II to l., low how deeply ho la lnvolse
and il It subject for tho oFetatlona .! lni91a 'a
il lie ca 10 cauno. DO compromised, lntorme
will not hreatou him, for they will then knc
that flley cannot oil tuin thoir moiesy. unless it
given to hem by my: ., =. xto.t;,
and black mailing brea Rs down ono Of the ma IA
oyils wiIc Il havo teon long protected oytho le1
ing which has resulted from the War PeoI
rniuaeI a reayou or consider tue Dropricty
doing avn With those lnformers, because Q. t t
luttcr wer,s thought to be necessary part OF
syaton for raising reyol a,e to provide ior
nasionnl d .bt ami I,ny tho pensions o. wlaoP
The one ratous Of these infor1ners have ee
protoctod iby tllo gratitude Of tho American p,t
plo for tho courage anl dovt tion OF sol!liers t
iiag at tho Union, which has bee, carried On
many BATH s-lelds and hailosted ny 10 many '
.rnrl f If lila, .hmaiIe,n. ). D. B
A THREN0DX-
| From the minneapolis If t6nne.
[ lilo ,,oatr- f.ftanH IL AllINul i'll TIC laf1u. .