The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1875-06-18
Replies and Decisions on Questions Of
tgfg Practical Nature. rr--.


Question-Win you please state
through your columns at what time
s'Protection to Home Industry" became
the policy of the Government, the at
tendant circumstances, and some idea of
the extent that American manufactured
goods were then in usel
Reply Protection to home industry.
if by that our correspondent means
tariff designed wholly t protect home
manufactures, has never been adopted
as the policy or the United States. Tar
ifs more or less protective have been
enacted and changed from time to time,
but the industries themselves have
thriven best under the system deemed
to be the least protective.
Question. Will you please ,enlighten
us upon the following point:
To what extent are we committed by
acts of our travelling salesman Are we
compelled to make deliveries of goods |
he may have sold, but which we do not
have in stock, and which can not be pro-
dueed at price named to buyer And /
does declination to deliver, except at
raised figure, subject us to claim for
damages2
Reply.-You are bound by the sales
mans acts, if he is authorized to act for
You, and if you do not deliver the goods
he sells you are liable to damages pre-
cisely as if the contract of sale had been
made at your own store by yourself.
Question.-A sells bill of goods to Bl
and takes BIS note for go days, indorses
and sells said note to G. Before matu-
rity Of note B fails. B is protected asI
maker of note. A receives no protest.
What protest is necessary in protecting
note to make A tablet A has an Office
in city.
Reply.-In this State the notice is
regulated by law. II the note is paya-
BILE in this city and is protested here,
the mailing of q copy of the. notice to
the address Of the indorser, with twoI
cent stamp thereon, is all that is legally
required. If the notary can certify that
such a notice was deposited in the Post
Office. A is holden. II the note was
payable elsewhere. then notice mailed
to AS address, or to the place where he
is supposed to reside, is all that is re-
quired.
Question.-Will you state the law re-
garding the rights or privileges of prop
erty owners to territory under our streetsl
You no doubt have noticed land not a.
few, to their inconvenience, who ride
up or down Broadway that the Evening
Post Company have extended their ex-
cavations fully IL feet beyond the curb
stone under the street, and it may inter
est the pnblic, as well as the writer, if
you will inform him what remuneration
tho Citv Taoaivaa fharafrOm2
Reply.-The owner of the front may
excavate to any depth out to the middle
of the street upon obtaining The permis-
sion of the city authorities, and his we
suppose has been granted to in the case
referred to.
Question. In settlement for sundry
purchases made during the month, an
average is made of time, and a note is
issued bearing the average date. Sub
sequently it appears that said note is
dated on Sunday. Is the note valid or
otherwisel
Reply. The note, being valid in
other respects, is not affected by the
date. ,
Question! "A friend employed in the
Lighthouse Department, when leaving
for cruise on the coast for three months
left three checks on the Treasury with
his Endorsement for his three months
pay.
As they were due, the paymaster sign
ed and mailed them by his instructions
to brother of the one to whom they
were due. One of the checks was stolen
from the mail. It has been traced to
the person who deposited in New York
City bank, he (the depository having re-
ceived it in payment for goods, of which
he gave $50 worth and $50 cash for the
balance, which made the whole amount
He says, being Government check,
he supposed it was all right, and so itI
was, except that it had been stolen, and
it is likely the thief received the goods
and change for it. Is there any relief
for the rightful Owner7
Reply. The rightful owner has no re-
dress unless he can catch the rogue who
purloined the checks.
[Oopy Of material partof sale note
Question Sold to A for account of B,
100 tons iron for arrival by steamer in
one lot, due about July 10th, delivered
on steamers wharf, payable by three
months note, from June LIST, without
interest, note TO be given on delivery of
weiRhter's returns. O. d, BRoKER.
B orders iron from Scotland, buying
and shipping after date of sale, to supply
this sale bya steamer not named that
would be due at New York, July 10th,
but the steamer puts in at an interme-
diate port in distress, is detained over al
month, discharges cargo, but finally ar
rives at New York August 18th. Buyer
A declines to receive the iron, and claims
the contract should be cancelled July
10Th. Does this contract hold the buyer
Alto receive the iron on arrival or in refus-
ing to receive it on arrival (and before,
is A liable to B for damages, If any2
Reply.-We think that A is bound to
receive the iron if in good order and an
swe ring the description Of the contract,
Notwithstanding its late arrival. All that
B understood was TO ship the iron on o.
steamer due in New York about July
10th. and A was to receive that on RrTi-
va lby that steamer. Her detention is
at his risk.