, 1875-02-12


iBTEMA71o SMUGGLING
The ROVE t.ations in tho New York smucn|,ns
cases sill continue. Chicago merchao.,
nigh reel .2rocato the late kind attention na;d
tllcu, by heir Now York brethren in getttna
tho ;ovt ,rnmcnt to send n specini e9tnt T.
invest iga to our Custom uouBo management
IInif-a .dt zen "spccinls would npparcnt,,
lind pm ri ng work of this sort in tho New YorS
Custom " Iouso. Wc showed, yesterday, thpI
ono co, :u,mon way Of evntling the payment d
duties at the metropolis wns to invoice silk
for inssa s'o, rs cotton goods, md aond one q
two casa H <,f tho cheaper commodity In ths
plainabl only Oh tho hypothesis Of
bribe, ,ho cases Of cotton arc awan
opened rs samples Of tile whole lo.
No do lbt this happens sometimes b.
casse !. lo drivers Of the bonded carts asu
bribcd to pick oat these particular boxes,
changi ng their numbers II need be; but itt1
scarcu credible that Government einploye,
Of hig ,or grade do not occasionally put Lus4.
none J or blind-money in their pockets.
Tlu Now York Custom.IIouse otIicials, la7.
ing u political work on hand just now, hav.
been driven into an investigation Of tas
nllegt d frauds on the revonuc One Of tia
clerk !, B1r. N. P. RICE, detected se7e7d
irreg ularities in bond submitted to lin b7
d Gel thin CHARLES s. LAWRENCE d broker Gad
hwy or. He reported this. An examination
Of t Ao bonds nlrcedy fled by this mnn Law.
REM II showed forgery and fraud in ogesy
ono :" Tho nnmeH of tho nominal importers
| wei g fictitious. This is pretty state Of
thi .gs to lavo existed under tho noses Of rev.
Ell ..e officials. Somebody Inns boen gailty
| Of gross carclessnoss or connt1nnce. Co
| I'M !. little farther, they found tilt
til ez-Chief Clerk Of The Warehouse Di.
VII sion, now Deputy Collector, Co.. DIS
At FOES, Ind shown M unfortunate partially
&c r. picking out dummy" cnscs forappraise.
| m cnt. In twelve importations Of silk, Ill Ct
" hich wcrc invoiced as cotton hosiery, heEal
e. .nt the ono caso Of cotton to The appraiser
10 is now under nrrest. 1tappears that he fss
r aade some large investments since getting
is position 1t Is simple fairness to state,
however, TINT Col DEs ANaEs has hitlelto
oorne gpot7ess reputation, Was a good sol.
Her, ard claims TINT his largo inco,le hrs
been due to gifts from bis father. LAvnrsct
has fed tho country. Ono Of the last things
lo did wns to enter seventeen cases Of silk ss
cotton goods Some Custom House emrloys
warned him that they were to be seized,
wl,ereupon lie shipped them to Slo,ltrealn in
bond. Tho ing enioua trick saved them.
A specia3 agent employed in New Yorl, has
Just seized twelve cases Of silverw arc in a
store in that city. They wore part Of IN IN.
voice Of fourteen cases entered q: shells.
Shells are ad,nitte free,-which is all TN:
kind discrimination against American, oyatrn
and CLANS Two Of the fourteen boxes
really held shells. These two wero selected
for appraisement by Col DEs ASoEs.
Tho New York G'ulktin, whiuh ia loic3
good work in this N. liter, believes that tue
amuggled goods sold in TINT city are it, COZ.
siderable part brought through Caaada. 4
mnn who walks the Canada line for 53a
!, day is offered $500 or $1,000 to look ths
!, other way while a wslgon-load Of sil.:s worth
$50, 600 {on which the duty wonl1 be go.
0oo) is driven ac'.oss the frontier. It }s
= known that more silk is imported in.o Cnnada
every year than can DO consumed There twica
over. The surplus, no doubt, finds its way
into this country. Canadn is mak.ng good
thing out Of the hit :h-tarif system.
We notice that A.. r. STEWART l. Co. saJ
that they have boe':. obliged by competition
to stop trading In he lines Of goods which
: nrc most smuggled They cannot atiorl to
import them aud 81 III them at the rates asked
by less scrupulous dealers. This las result
) ed in q heavy loss Of revenue to tho GoYera
,uent, which thus suffers directly and indi
l rectly from the dishonesty OF its employs
and its citizous
As long Ms tho tariff puts enormous pre-.
: niums upon smue e:gling by levying duties fo'
o. "protection inn tead Of for revenue, smnS'
g. Cling will go on. In tho face Of this uulesirA
bic fact, Congros II is considering the adviss
u bility Of making all these duties 10 per cent
L. higheri Does t,.ia indioate iguorant folly
y bribery mud corruption?
Il The Kalamazoo. Daily Telegraph, in comment.
O ing upon the des tn Of Judge CoMsr,og. opens
u up theme whi,h should not be allowed Dis
!, mlssal without q word. Judge CoMsEocRs dsata
was causcd direc ::ly by the unhealthy condition
. OF the court-roorn in which he waa compelled to
Il sit. To Ind bo,,n spending many hours day IN
's room tadlr ventilated and inadoquassl
10 warmed VIE sal:ed with chls, and died ip con.
!. requence. Judge BACON Of the Bscond District
Of that State. died Of paralysis, attributable 70
i tho same causa,. Judge PERRIN II. sMlrn ~aa
. another victim. Hnlf dozen other Judges 40
y. sufferers in greater Or lass Degree We lls's
=, uot to 20 much farther than our city to tud N
- illustration Ut tas same thing. Why ths
- men whose personal qualitioa aud tiItellccsha
81 astainments Hinpls them out from tho coa'
y u,untty for Judicial positions shoud 10 delI1ef'
ID ately aaostacod BY the negligence Of other oS''
in cals aud Tue Ignorance Of RUG afchite'ts, Is oa0
10 OF these problems which must remain Forever
% unsolyed All extreme romed5 ii In their osa
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