New-York tribune., 1874-03-11


pay any other duties which may be foand due on ona
settlement Of the account
TUE METHODS op APPRk1EMsNr.
There for tho first time he gets permssion 10 sec MS
goods Up to that time. he knows no more soou' 'nc
than you do He has never them The hatohes arc
not open To be sure, he has sworn pretty strong o"
He has sworn to good many things OF whioh he can
know very little. Perhaps the goods are new 10 tno
market Perhaps they sort OF goods tna' ho n"'
never seen yet he has made Oaths which am no'
here to justify and not here to justify the Govern
ment in exacting unreasonable oaths' L am e'a''ne
things thev UP to this moment, that mercnan'
has his goods. He takes his permit goes
the ship, and says "Gve me my goods nave pau
my duties, have given the bonds aud here Is ho per
nit" On that permit there will be Indicated certain
cases that are to be sent public stores for appae
ment Cargoes arc OF three general classes in 'no
FIRST class which consists Of tho bulky things are hides
fustic railroad and all sorts OF things open tanu
exposed. Perhaps such goods amount 70 one'hHu Va
the entire importation into the country The next caSs
will consist Of such things as are susceptible or eAan
tnation at the dock, sugar Coffee tea ana goou
MANY things OF that that be sampled on the
dock When these goods landed therefore they are
sampled Then the third class, to which VIII aiuuo
generally comes in steamers and is in boxes and bales
consists of much finer articles that cannot Do openod
and subjected to inspection on the DOCK ana therefore,
is the custom Collector to mark the numbers OF he
which he desires to have sent the public stores
III there are ten cases he generally indicates one OF
them II there SIX or only one, no inoi-
Gates one He has the right absolutely TO SEND the whoe
of them, and when goods are unknown. or when they
have not got a welknOwB market value, or wheh the
person to which they consigned is not well known
the Collector is apt and rightly so to send them oil to
the public stores am not now entering into the queS
ton as to whether sends too or too few nave
heard all sorts nsinuaons that in dull times the Col
ector Is apt to send many to the public stores in
order to favor some storekeepcr 1 do not know now
that s do not participate in that feeling 1t Ia his
right and duty TO protect the Government and TO send
mnny few to the public store as he peases
He exercises that right, and complains
Now We Jhave our duties paid and fare ready TO re-
ceive the cargo The goods sent to the public store
not by my but the Governmencars 80 That there
is collusion. The Government never allows those
sample leave Its possession 1t has sworn cart
men, whom Government pays aud controls The goods
are sent TO the public stores for examination Now we
have the Appraisers department., and believe there
are there men in all the branches of trade II
you have not got petent there submit that 1t
the fault Of the merchant If you have got imDe
Giles there incompetent the merchant ought not to
be punished for that. The merchants do not appoint
them These kept there by no authority of the
merchants and submit right here principle which it
ia well 10 carry with you all through as TO this question
OF responsibility
IHB GOVERNMENT, NOT THE MERCHANT, RESPONSIBLE
FOR ITS EMPLOYEES.
II has a clerk who steals from him and who Is
dishonest what would you think Of the morality OF that
merchants taxing tho whole OF that upon his custom
ers That would not DO considered reasonable. Not
merchant in the country would think of such sugges
ton. lie pockets the loss discharges the man. and says
! "this is my loss"
Now, Is the Government poorer. meaner or moro dis
| honest or more honest than the merchant Why may
the Government to the conclusion finally that
that is the umatethat it must be responsible for it's
own agents IL you Will comprehend this without fur
ther argument you will how disposes OF all these
questions about colusioD bribery and all that sort OF
thing. The Government TO be consistent must be
sponsble for the acts Of Its own agents. But when
man to me and tells me that he has bribed this
man, and done that thing, say ohmSA you in Gov
ernment employment 2" "Yes." :" Are you in good
standing Z" Yes" Then hold the Government re-
sponsibe for his acts think that that would be a
luton of much OF the difficulty you have on hand.
While was not present the Government agent OK
planned to you satisfied you, presume. how 1t was
possible for somebody TO cheat tho Government in
glove matter do not quito understand, and no mer-
chant can understand exactly how that thing can be
DONE When Mr. Jayne comes upon the stand again
hope he will explain in detailed how tho fraudu
lent merchant to get possession OF the invoice
and TO make these aerrtiOns which his plan contem-
plates. know of no such In the first place you
must understand that the Consul, the Governments
own agent has sent invoice TO tho Collector OF
the Port which is in the Collectors possession Then
this merchant has TO another invoice. III under
stand the explanation OF this Government detective,
the merchant when he finds out what box case is
consigned to the public store must slip out in some
ator the figures his entry so as that they will
correspond with fact. He must put figure before
the figures 5O TO make the figures 25O" in order
entry may correspond with the case sent for
examination Now II the Government has agent Who
IA tha fact In hia from
the other side. and If that agent allows merchant to
tamper with the invoices he ought to be dismissed.
shall not go into particulars TO show you how absurd
the thing s because these entries 20 through different
departments and checked in every department.
When an invoice gets through the Custohouse is 50
besmeared with and covered with dots and spots
and figures you hardly reooguzs 1t as the same
thing 1t when it started And yet this fraudulent
merchant Is kong to manage in some way or other to
get the figures altered in the Customhouse so that the
case sent inspection is to bo exactly In accordance
with the entry am certain the thing Is au absurdity
And that 1t should have entered into the head Of
anybody at all familiar with CustomhOuse business is
thing that none of US can understand.
INJUSTICE THE LAWS RATHER THAN IN THE OFFICERS
Now wo have landed these goods. We have taken
them to store. But II my proposition Is night. the
Collector may send for these goods again and he does
send them The very instant that any rreguarty is
suspected sends order TO the store to send
back those goods or III the goods are out ana usboueu
90 the shelves sends inspector TO examine them
remember within few weeks an occurrence OF that
Sort where goods Of such a nature that the
officer did not like to take the responsi
bty of opening them the rough way that goods are
opened for fear Of damage. merchant of New'York
recently purchased picture in Europe worth $4,000
He desired not to have 1t opened in the Customhouse
and he asked the Custom house officer TO come to his
house and see the case opened The Custom house of
Ger did so and found tho picture ruined Tho officer. Of
course felt very greatly relieved that had not been