, 1874-03-14

AAAA AA~ADONE: .SAlUkD.
deaa1" :" Well Judge, yon DO damned, dsunod
! dannod." And 90 this unuu1.ttvo awearin
; dunibfounda almost any son Of John Bull, an
fnakoa johnny Crapoau ahrug hls shoulder
80 emphatloally % to cAuso his head to 40 dow,
into hts stomach. Quo Trcnchman, who mad
only Single oath, In prosecuting his claim 70
tho "sgoa OF BOD killed In our army In tn
hobouion. when the said oath had bcon trans
lated back into English again, was made Il
s"oar ooforc tho Consul that ho waB only Il
yosra Old, but Ind son Is who was the fatl,o
OF hia grandfather. There Gail hardly bo
doubt that ho had his claim allowed forthwith.
The goods imported Lave their invoices ycri
hed under t"o divisions goods purchased by al
agent Tor tho ownor, or manufactured for til,
purchaser. All goods that can 10 identified =.
manufactured goods, such as rai1uay-lron
sna@ls' BLK goods, prints, wooion cloths, guns
etc., or whero tho goods can bo traced to ths
manufacturers, require to DO verified In tho Con
suihr distriot whore manufactured. This WAS .
regulation worked into law for tho special bone.
III OF the inland Consu!atos, and made Man.
ohoator Consulate second only to Liverpool
maae the fee oifico Of Leeds, which had hardly
enough Income to givo bread to d moderate.
sl2ed family to be worth in single ycar moro
than was paid as Ralary to tho President bofose
tue salary Hteal. Tho other kind OF invoice ia
Tor goods purchaacd in the open market and they
l hNpA fnfhAthnna Iva, f1u--
amount Of goods imported belong to tho manu-
faotured class.
Tho oath taken for manufactures declares thom
to DO tho goods actually manufactured at their
coat, and tho price stated that which naa aotu.
ally paid. and also tho charges thereon, such as
freight to tho port Of shipment, boxing, oartago
storage, commissiuns, etc., and also e2.60 for
the Conaufa fees to tho invoice. Tho invoice to
tue purchased goods sayn: Tho actual price for
which they oere purchased, With the oxpeuBes as
above stated. And both styles Of invoice state
that it contains trus and faithful account of
mo actual cost, etc.. Also the actual quantity of
tho goods, waKcs, merchandise etc
failure III any one OF these particulars makes
tho invoice pti,na facie fraud, and subjects
the goods to forfeiture. Yot tho invoice NAV bo
made out by some anob, or beor-muddled pro-
pr1etor, or party that never sought to know
what was paid to tho draymnn, II suythine,-
and Who might very conaclontiously pay tho half-
guinea fec to tho Consul rs q porquiaito, and
would not think Of charging such an tom to q
respectable firm with whom. he ia dealing.
or put 1t in the invoice. Furthermore. tho
certificate is required to bo mado by the
principal OF the firm. or Chief clork
or an authorized agent by power Of attorney.
consuls rather ohoose to deal with tho princi-
pals. Now tho principals in all manufacturing
tirms are either too great numbakuls to know apy.
thing about their business, or too great men 10
care for such matter1, and arc otherwise engaged
in more important matters,-as serving in psrllu-
ment, hunting. or travelling On tue Continent,
Thia rule would require John Bright to leaye his
scat in Parliament for goods sold by his firm at
Rochdale, and go before a aaven-by-nine Consul
and 9D1m, In Quaker styls to the truth Of ali the
nonsense contained in the certificate to tho in.
voice.
These are understood TO ho Yankee laws to bo
enforced in Hor Majea.y's Jurisdiction, and
they are submitted to with tho broadcast grin
as 1t they 1oro quite proper for suoh grump-
tious aort Of people as they set US down to bo.
These blundois, the jokes. OF the indifference.
and moro commonly tho seH-important stupidity
Of these people With whom our great importers
deal. may work any quantity Of mischiof, and
al the goods, because Of tho inevitable Irregular
ity, will be declared forfeited to Jayno and his.
pimps and spies.
Aud while 80, it iB almost Impossible for the
officials themselves to keep the law they arc try
ing to enforce upon all creation. It ia harlly
possible under tho System which Ia countsnauced
by the Treasury Department to get legal oath
administered in Consulate, or any tormality Of
an oath, which the majority who make thom do
not regard a. stupondous joke or 2n egreg,ous
imposition. Tho law says tho goods shall DO
verified in tho Conaular district whore mapufao-
Eurod. There Is whore Phelps, Dodge T. Co. |
we're caught,-nos caught in q trip Of iniquity Of
their own setting,-but in trap OF our own
legal qualification abroad, for which they paid |
The blackmail penalty Of nearly s900,0o0. Their
was On tho invoices pertaining
% sheet tin. OF which they arc large !
Importers. The expenses Of boxes or ttaus-
oortation to port Of shipment mas not in Ill |
,ases stated. This should not have been stated I
+ the tin were purchased in the open market in
Liverpool, becauao the actual price paid would
,ave embraced all the cost Of getting 1t to mar
set by tho seller. Now, tho officials know that
In was not manufactured at Liverpool. Tho
aw required tho yeriAcation Of tho invoice to
20 in the Consular district where tho article was
this .yeriacation ia the official
lot Of tho Consul It WAS violation of
aw on the part Of tho Oonaul at
liverpool to verify any single one
i those invoices. For there is not sheet Of tin
,oithia The limits Of dat Consular
istsict, and the Consul knew It, and he ought
d haYa known tim law and phelra Nod,o /,