The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-05-07
MR.. j. y. MOORE ENPL.iINs.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: / ask
permission TO correct some missiatcmcnts pub
l-hcd about myself. / am no sinecurist My
duties are to gather statistics which are mad
public in the annual reports from the Bureau
of Statistics. II You viii turn to pngcs lup to
113 inclusive " the official book called " Gus
TOMS" Tariff "Lcgislation," YOU will find.
perhaps, that sinecursts are not apt to furnish
such work
was not appointed Ivy Mr. Grnnrll. but by
the late Secretary. Hugh McCuloch to assist
Mr.. Wells. and have been retained In office
since the lu,tcr's term Of on - expired for the
work Of gathering statistics.
The late Secretary Bristow. far from assign
ing me to- the position Of gathering statistics
for newspapers employed me in May. 1875. in
quite another and somewhat more responsible
direction. Tho following letter from Secretary
Bristow will perhaps explain matters better
than can.
TREASURY Drr'HrNSt orrIcr or ynF S,g,cT,rMr
san You ar instructed Co proceed 1T tic earliest pos
ali ayMs1ic .su.uts q the eic Il Kat portwih III
me- Japan and s.nih Amcfc n counties II VIII hc u-c
which tea ani opium af brought Ia tc pori o S'n Fan
can tr,do. and Go n- uu- department mg,c Il, tailed
.' vel ''count g inc rrod.c inpor'cd ~ nil,r
d. -ir"hr t"Hsc rmn am Nact sii.uga return of ir i
,isn mr -ch. huci gtoycr Stand. anl th,ir lroloi
, , ,t ,,,,,i %, ,i Liii ., t, , , ,,.te c0r
Which nave il.,d throrrh the sin FRAN SEQ tu.,on
ifou.,. the nin.cr gallon. oi ou that ha- n,cn r.
usiu pa orna,on with regard to these h-heno' that
.iounay a.s .ucn uidnation Won de.ir. on an, or
frnn,i.,o rom Gle "iYcai. o the GOV, inrnt oi all
ca..e. sni from DO, contractors of the Alaska CONNER
nar ~ ,ii. leir nj, IT, I o ,l1,n .ndi n ai'iior
d
.Douc-t {" hand To ga. dc nr'm'ul uvh Your return
from tue Pacific coas, Ner IL cG,g ,,,.. s.,,,r,
! $ Noom, E-q. Sew YORK.
Investigated the Alaska Commercial Com
pany and mud" report, which report was lnid
before the Committee oi WAYS amt Means an I
the Iou~spf n pr s'ntHtvrs in the first session
of tn" Furty-ionrth Congress. and was tod
/ have Drrtninlv spent my winters Of utc in
Washington: but cons lcrinE. that | was r.
uu std hv the late speaker. Mr.. Kerr. md Mr..
Norr. son. Chairman oi the WAYS and Means
which would alter all al vulorum to specific du-
tics and generally simplify tn" tnrlif. the result
uf which WIS the so-calcd Morrison TarifI bill.
my frcuu. Mt visits 10 Washington may perhaps
stnm Ineligible.
The statement that gave Mr.. Boutwell, ma
the Int senator sumner stat - on the san
would indscd be- good Iol" were IL not for IN"
iart that. without reference 10 mys III the state
iurnt ~ Islander upon an honor'd Senator
now dead. ana up' n another cas- nator stu.
LIVING. ! never wrote u single line. PRO or on.
IN a." San Domingo job. never spok" or WIS
introduced Ia either tn. late senator sumner or
To MIR Boutw',Lunl nnv'r turn shot stat -tir-
10 either unless Mr.. Boutwell,. in his capacity of
Secretary of flr Treasury. nude use of my
pr nird statistics. which We're open 10 every
body.
I'm now engaged IN making tnhes 70 u"
putt she'd in the next report. which ar" Ia show
In possibility of changing the nj Vaiorcm sy--
tenn of tine tariff 90 spreltlO duties.
| have not the honor tu hr AN Austrian Nv
hirth. tut | am a native of Germany. | ranle g.
I'll + country Ut tho nge OF II. when Martin Van
Buren, wis Pr, ~id"nt.
NAYS j. :. MOoRE.