, 1876-02-16

could make lig gtn.,. lhs abuses will ba
found to grow out 0f temptations to mako t,,o
most ot lists opportunities to cAo Oil a' tns'i''i.
The ilrst.claRs Consula Of Liverpool, London,
and Paris ara not too veil paid for tha poatiun.
II they Moro not permitted TO srfott tficn,.
Glass Conculatos-suol! Al Lyons. III Franco
J Mauchester, I.oeha, birmingham. otc.. In En-
gland--haso only iair oompcnaati0n. from
F2oO0 to s3,00o. Iut lhero arc many Consu1sr
whore tho compensation is very inadequate tor
tho support Of any oompotont ma,l. S,ma OF
theao arc yrtstol Nowcaatlc. E1tnburg U.oitlI),
Dublin, Belfast. etc. Dublin " tho Capital Of
1reland,-au important and iuT1ue.ltlal city It
Iolates to tha country; but It farptallcs little
] Consular hustnesH from which, foes oah t,o de-
rivod; yet theto is, aud should be. 1nucL, moro
Consular soryice rendered. A. Consul, with
be OF Ereot service to tue country. by looking
attoe the five subjects Of Tho uay, aud from
| which no tncolno can bo derived. II Cnnali
abroad gains tho reputation Of bping nssfnj
man in his position, and willing to conmuni-
cato, thero will be no end TO his col tcsronacnco.
! and tie means OF promoting tho public good
4 botwocn tho two Countries: coheuls ato In
a.ructod In the Manual 10 look vol! to MI Hucl,
thiugs, aud mako pislhegs aud reputation for
alo Office; but not Que out Of hundred eve
puye any attention to tliese gcaerai instructions.
sec what m entcrprisiug, educated pnhlic-
api'1tod Consul in Egypt. or Greece, or Pales-
tins might do. II fe had Ills work tn lita ftears
aud improved hls opporsunilca| But o,,r Consuls
play .Su part III any thtercats thas move Tue world
excopiA connected With fees and homo-poltfce.
Tho Z u,.llsh Consu!a al! over tho world aro
noticed in tho currout nows OF t1o day having
had eon 10 thing to do with explorations, mud
tho davei vtment Of learning. arts aua scionccs:
The EuRtlA4l EotiBuls haTc Letred largely to Ill
tho DritAh .i'tusounl witt, it's wonderful coec.
tDn Of cur 0aities and antiquities from all parts
Of tho Garth. II is doubtful srhetler any Consul
of tl,sa count ~ ever Bont home tho value nf
h@9 lSrf ri
Il Is a worry I. 70 lish notion thst tho importance
Of \ Consulate ,.h onld be grad led by tho amount
Of foos sakou tu..' The coasu'sso Of Sheffield.
isr varos, With Afho United States. Tho
Consulate at 'Dri Ntol is not pnytuE Ono,
though tho Consul usust subsist from It's fees.
With this country; tl u former ia Inland. and the
place OF export Of raz. 7iB and 3eck-sntvcs. Yos.
for tho general public g.ood bristol ih place OF
three tmos te mpotts nSo .d0 aGn . - Fl 81 ta
dirocs compensation tho q 1nsui Is euro Of. Bat,
If reasonable compons. hion wero paid to sup.
port scbo}ar md gnptl anan ht that point 1t
wouid prove to bo Con aalssS asS Of gtsas, ,m
othors, to look up NO ltt!o atea!s
'fs st most has st'' can sont 70 s,es sio,sn
70 sS'o e1amino into ae0''a tho l,uportance oi
Consulatcs from social, sci s's'Gc, ona otiti-
catonni, AZ vol Ra commercial point of Wow.
aafdc from tho eimpo question: oi 1eea; ana
thon recommend the amount Of a 1ary adequate
poHte, great good might be dono IL A,evat1nH t!a
standaFd OF: tho Consular aosvictt Iho state
Department haa not Bpent too mucis monoy 1t
Government; but lilo ipcome Of tho oonsulatos
is not properly distributed. Tue as4sos of
porquisitos neru vory much corrected IA dor Mr.
soward's administration Of the State pepa,rt- p,..
upon tho woaker Conauiates do sndIng
upon fees. For this e. reason, VIII. Va tho
department grow to bo self-support!ng, thefc
are now moro important CoaH,,'ates than ever
boforo whero tho consuls live on starving "A ses;
Vory mfay Of them haye to derond upon aid
from thsir private rssourcos or upon som,s .tr-
regular busresB, that wouid bo far better II Il TO
The coosaiases aro distinguished by alnerc p.>
claasos,-A. u, Q, ota..-aud gradol by Ito
amount Of compensation. from s7,50u down Il.
ooG-parhsps ia tev Instances, log. An
engaging In business. Tho larger portion of
Ccnsuls arc supported by foes. They are por-
mit,od to .retan Mi .teos collected below
.te sum Of $500. Al fso, both from
accounted for to ths, Treasury Department, All
surplus foes aboyo tho amount OF salary and tho |
foe-Iinit arc deposited quarterly with the Gov |
ornucnt banher. sotno of tho fec-oaicos fortnor-
holder But latte1ly thiH haa boon corrected,
and no excessive foea arc allowed.
All Consulatos, By ruic. II not by law, arc filled
by citizens Of tho ua,tod statoH. Adopted citi.
Hllates are a.tached what aro callod Dopondcn-
clos, or Consular Agencies, THO Agents are ap~
pointed by tho Cousn', and arc amenablo To hin
as are clerks: The Agoncios arc usuallv
they aro located. Tho foes are llyidol with lin !
Consul. Formerly the entire amount above
what ho voluntarily allowed sle Agont was re-
taiaed By The oonssi ~ pG,faasits II tho
have, some Years, run up to many thousands Of
do1lara. Under the law iu force In 1870, tho
Consular Agent was not permitted to retasn
the aggregate. with his own foes, would make
tiA compensation more than s2,50o. This
is tho limit Of sal honest incouas to
an oflcer not paid by salary. Tho SAL
tho sum fixed by law as his Balasy, perQuisito
from Dependencies OF not moro tAan u 900.
Those are tho limits fixed by law. and there ta
really hut Buall opportunity for the Consuls to
g. uop nuy largo l,aus for their foos mostly
do lived from inyoce-certltiratoa tnl foos On
shipping. Rll Of Witch aro Bcnt to tho Custom.
Houses in the United atateb IN duplicate, 10
thas 1t Ia in the power Of the Treasury Depart
mort nt my tlnle to post up ntue-tent!se Of the
Cnneul's account, and compare IL with tia re-
turns. II s ovitlonk that tho largo share Of the
crookodness in the Consular service has iss roots
Il, tLo policy pursued at home. Reform must
co,nnlejno lu tho character OF tho appointments
msde, ard in abandoning tho practice OF removals
Grounds uhaugo from prcsont lncumbents
would loug,tloBA, in many iuHtancea, DO for tho
better. No .uan can make good conBnl v!.b-
out expcriouce+ and The mora experience Tho
bottor. Thoxe who hava been proyod faithful
and profitable should be retained, and, by adopt
inE tAo policy 1T promotion, tho business may
grow into profsssion, tiko that OF TIM army:
would do ua credit at home or abroad. z.
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