, 1875-04-10

How Excessive Duties for Protection
Pronluto Frauds.
Tho following; article is from tho Phi'adelpha
1in.ca high Protection, organ, and Is, Ia c1ccs,
acoufession Of HON o1ceasiye dntio. lovicd for
Protection defraud not ouir tbs Government,
hut mechanics out Of husluesa:
For number Of years past tn mercbant-tat-
io,H OF Philadelphia have complained at n i.nl-
form decroSss i'll tho patronage Of tllolr most
wealthy customers. lilo Ho!u:i0u Of this nlsttcr
waH and ~ simply ths, Inn: they l.a ssanstaried
TO English tnura itlo trhdn which formerly "hn
hnhtoweA at hone. 1'y sludtne t}'e st:.anso o.
clothing At about 20 rcr cont leaa IN Epaiand
than phladclph,a taiorA cau afford to se!iit. Tho
duties on roaLy-,nado clothing, together viii,
worry nearly equal those upou tho raw material,
50 that II would be Impossible for rrvhtn citl-
zen to purchaso hin clothing from an English
tailor by order to aay aisasltHgs. Hut Tho
gools Of this character ars humorous aud easy
Of adoption. 4 prominent Chostnu: streot NOR
chant states this oiie Of Liz customeis-n gem
ticnlau widely known il, tta ciss mud stata. a'1
generally csteomed-wag tho Recipient RECENTLY
or All offcr from famous Lendon llonse to tilt
hi. orders and deliver clo.hiu In this city pro-
caely tho sauls ratcs which thcs charged III En-
gland, and similar proposal fgotn II Montreal
(Canada) firm. To 10 this recourBo mist ta mad
10 amuaging. Thia, Us ne bavc Haitl, mag 10 nc
coulp1fahed in nlauy ways; but the nlodt fash
ionable is TINT pracsced BY tho Euro Joan toarlat.
wto, returning from the Continent, brings with
aud without tho slightest tninro of consricnco
Inns them passed by tho Custonl-uou oitcol ns
his own. Thousand OF dollars worth cf iino
clothing map thus bo nont frce Of duty IN tho
cunraa OF tie year to tho fashionable srnugelor1
OF Philadelphia, WHO taso tho eround-rsnts aud
lntorcBt- moneys OF Fhiaaelpltia taifors 20 pay
tloir bills to London ta,lors. But scarcely lcaH
guilty H lo 1rho bargains with foreign houses for
hiv clothing cousciuus tint thsy Will DO Bout him
unnyo'cod and bv tho way Of Canada. Dogus
cmig.an.a' trunks dishouoBs appraisers, lying
sotllata-a1 conBplo, not merely to chaAt tue
Government Of itn legal duct. but to ruin tbs
dspresBson iu b',siness;:, From s''e uost careful
estimates Of our leading tsiiors tho direct ioes
to tho trnde In this citr through these Auueglsng
operations may bo safety stated Ut a200, QUO year
mud nearly that In Boston and baltimore TO-
gather. The Merchant Ta!lors' Exchange, which
includes nearly a!l tho principal firms 10 tho
trade, numbers now about nixty houses, knd rep
resontB capital of hhput 81, 100000. Inquiry
among tho Iaamboss Of this organization ellc!!s
tue fact that noary all llavo suffered from Tho
syatem Of smuggling which wo have exposed,
and TINT this crippling procesa II steadily on tho
increase. Tie easo then Ii briefly this:
Amount sont by Thiadclphia gentleuaen 10 for
A,uoans Of u:.paa :oSoo
LosS 10 It's Oovrrnment. :oomY
It IL uaelesB In tbs faco of theE0 facts to char
actsri.e the acttou which re have descrlbed aa 1t
tIegerres. What Ia truo OF this Hingle mercnn-
tile iuterest 10 true Of ali tile reAt. Our most
fashionable tcasns nre deckod out iu smugElcd
hnrEcss cur ladies' nre arrnyed In slnucgtett cilkb
md laccs and jewclry, Some Of our 9tateiiest
tlrawinS.rooms alllue with s,nuSg1ne caepotH sud
ssnMgg;od furniture; tic costlteAt sdeooards are
furnished with sn,uggied winrs and nmngglcd
! cigars. Everything serves, for tho Atlantic
| Occan ia almost bsitlsel with atenmers. as,ti
acruss It mora people 20 in tho course OF year
than fifty years ago crossed the Al!eghenes.
Fitteou 4terncrs sail from our ports weekly,
carrying iii twolvo urouths nearly Il, 700 cabln
phpacngcrB, aud draining this country yearly Of
940 Gao 900 in gold for WHICH thero IL no roluru
to our mechanics, olr manufacturers, or our
trcdesmen. And philsdelphia Ia at tAo mercy Of
this smuggling and thoso smugglers. who, hay-
ing exhausted their city Of her productive powor,
aro we'll contout to leave her starile.