New-York tribune., 1874-03-14


,h ,oods wares and merchandise therein contained
and who hereupon declared In his presence that II was
his intention TO mako the entry OF such goods "'o'
and merchandise in the port Of New-fork Andthe eo
on "And do further certify that am satisfied 'h'
the person making this declaration IA the person no
represents himself to be- ana that 'he market ''
and Wholesale prices OF the goods wares and merohah
in said invoice In the principal markets
~ the country at the tme Of expectation arc correct
and true" 49, M,
Now, when my partner In Lverpool went 10 MI. D"'
lev T. & Consul, he said Mr.. Dudley. how can laAo
sueh an oath as thsl Here is an Invoice OF goods t'
cost 30 shings and have nvoced them al 20 shl"s
70 meet market values; II invoice them at 30 shnS'
and export them to NewYor shall be liable there
90 M. IN forfeiture at least to have the price so a
vapoed IA TO cover SIMPLY the difference, Dut tne
| penalty of undertaking tue goods " Now s"u "o
have added shings to the cost, ana You ASK iDc 10
swear that IL Is the absolute cost MI Duue' 7'iu
Mr. James, all mean by that H. that II Is correct
and that it is the fair market value' Then
the invoice comes TO New-York' ana 20 10
the Custom house and am presented WIN
the oath that the invoice which have now brought
coptans lust and faithful account OF the actual cost O
such goods, wares, and merchandise say 10 the
Deputy Collector "we have added IN Liverpool sh'i-
ngs to the price OF these goods to make market Vae
and since they here such has been the raphlp VI
the advance of value in Liverpool (and which we nave
known by telegraph, that we have added shiilinSs
more to the value making it 80 shlings and now you
want me to swear that ia the actual cost oi these
| roodsi" "Oh Mr Dodge" said lie, You simply swear
| that II Is correct
Now Sir without swearing Ia Liverpool to the IN
voices in the form msto out by the Treasury Depart
ment the goods could not be shipped there lhey
would have to lie in the warehouse, and II we dd not
swear In New-York according 10 the form laid down IN
the Treasury Department, the goods would go 10 inc
| nd liza tnerp rOttPd.
by merchants that the intention OF the Gus
tom-house oath SIMPLY that the thing Is right ii you
gentlemen, suppose that In the CusoH-house al Ne"-
| York when a man mp to make BIS entry he goes
and stands up the desk, and the Deputy Coiector
reads ont 10 him what he sOemny swears you are very
much mistaken Perhaps it ought to be So Dut II mas no'
been so for quarter of century; neither do believe
that # is 40 In any " the large importing ports OF the
| country have been at the CustOm-house many ana
many day with half dozen invoices Tine Bble stahds
ON the edge of the desk, just like that odlng up
paper to the Committee). The Deputy Collector says
''You swear to these invoices, Mr.. DOdge! " Yes
Well that is the end of it, And to you, gentlemen
that with six OF seven great steamships In single day.
and with every merchant hurrylng TO get his invoices
through the CusomhOuse. If the Deputy Collector stops
TO read all TINS formal Of oath TO every man
for every invoice, you would require custom mouse
four times as big you have and would require ~
,imos IA many Deputy Collectors. do say that the
custom adopted is right; but that is the practice
THE STORY OF "DUPLIcATE INVOICES"
| shall now 20 back and say something about these
terrible invoices these duplicate invoices in the same
handwriting las you told yesterday OF the man
who made out the original Liverpool. You were told
that these were duplicate invoices sent to Phelps
Dodge Co. to enable them the more easily to defraud
the Government. But Mr. Chairman, Phelps DOdse q"
Co cannot 60 into the market OF Liverpool or INTO any
other market in the world, and buy at any time ready
manufactured, oneeighth part OF the TIN whch they
keen actually in stock We cannot into Liverpool and
buy ten twenty thirty forty or fifty thousand boxes OF
tin and ship them IN week. We make our contracts
with ten twenty thirty forty large manufacturers OF
| tinplate, and contract TO take so many boxes
month for the year round, or so many
boxes week. In some cases we n1 the
prices on the first OF January that shall govern the
rate during the year In other cases we make con-
tract and the price be fixed at quarter day The
manufacturers ship us the all along, and when quar-
| ter day comes the prGo is fixed. few years ago all
the tin plate that was manufactured was but llttle
larger than sheet of paper In process OF time the
size was doubled First the size was lOxl then IL was
increased to then came 2Ox4O and 80 the variety
o different sizes and the different thicknesses has gone
ON increasing When the law was enacted under when
of these regulations were made tthe law OF l99
5O boxes of tin plate would all the importations
INTO all the ports Of the United States There are now
imported between and half and Two millions Oh
boxes annually and tin enters into all the varieties OF
domestic and manufacturing goods, used all over the
country We now import tu plate as broad as this
table 30 10 30 inches width. We import 1t for thetpur
nose of supplying the immense cheese establishments
throughout the country They want it TO line their Vats
40 as To have no In them There are no regular
manufacturers OF these tins. They are not merchahl
able sizes like X Xxx, xxx, and xxx, each X repre-
senting 2s pounds additional weight; ana when the
price of c." tin IS given 1t the price OF all
| siZ de To
There has sprung up in this country within the last
few wears an enormous manufacture OF tin vessels
that are stamped largo tin pals. holding three
or five gallons and pans OF all Sizes with not
seam In them all made by taking these large sheets OF
| tin, and. with heavy press dropping mold on them
until they rise up into shape. Manufacturers must
have tin plates OF particular sizes to meet their particu-
lar orders and when make a contract with manu-
acurer in England running for six twelve months,
we also make contracts with manufacturers in Chicago,
Philadelphia Pittsburgh, and all over this country to
furnish them with certain number OF boxes OF tin per
MONTH the particular size they want, 50 that they
will be sure to have the sizes that are necessary to
make the OF goods that they have TO sell 10
their customers We sometimes make our contracts
with them for so many a month at fixed price.
or sometimes price predcated upon the price IN Lv
erpoo at time OF shipment or at the price In New
| York at the time of arrival Now, when we make a
contract in England for en twenty, or thirty thousand
boxes OF ordinary Sizes We give at inc samo hihc dH
order for one, two three thousand boxes OF extra
sizes The manufacturers do not like to make them.
Eneshmen do not ike to be thrown out OF their usual
mode of doing business but they will make so many boxes
OF extra size time with so many other boxes
Of the regular size, and when they ship along 1000
or 1000 boxes OF the regular size they Will also send
90 or 80 OF these extra sizes The latter come along
IN dblets and for particular orders Now, In the
hurry Of doing business in Liverpool with five or six
in dav lasf We II
wears almost all shipments have been by steamer,
tbinoa have to DO done very hurredly. These ships