The New York herald., 1878-09-19
CUSTOM HOUSE INVESTIGATION.

THE sACcHARINE wAR-CoSTINUATIoN AND
CONCLUSION OF THE SUGAR INvEsTIGA-
TONNE. HAvEMEYER's STATISTICS.
Lawrence N. Turnurs, oil the lrm Of Moses Taylor
Co.. sugar importers, was The first witness called
yesterday morning before Chairman Woods SUBJ
Committee OF Invsstigation:-He believed IN
moety for the better detection Of fraud and In
poarscops the best means Of testing the value
OF the imported article; $4,000 600 he regarded as
amount TO be collected on SO necessary
an article OF general consumption sugar; with one
half that amount the governments ought TO be salts
hed; there had been Improvement in the mode Of
collecting revenue In this district, and he would At
tribute It to the better administration OF tho affairs
OF the Custom House difeult to tell any thing
about adulteraton; the color standard 10 avoided by
putting in hlgher grade OF sugar at lower rate Of
duty refining be done here as cheapy as In CuDa
anywhere else witness in iavor OF reduction
OF the duty on sugar from average OF Two and
half cents per pound to three-iourths made free
Of DUTY altogether like tea ana coffee.
ExAGGERArED REPORTS OF FRAUDS.
Solon Humphreys, OF the firm OF f. d. Morgan Il
perience the Importation OF sugars from all parts
the world and his impression was that the charges
oi fraud mong sugar importers were very much ex.
aggerated; in order to protect his inte ssts as
we'll do his duty a citizen to the government,
fraud TO be immensely magnihed; the revenue for
the past lew years mas been collected with an increas
ing degree OF correcnss the classcatons last year
were very accurate indead ne thought sugar should
be made a separate revenue bureau aud some
one of large experiences placed At the head
within few years been made in manufacturing
sugar; wealthy planters now employ vacuum pans. u
make partially refined sugar; sugar numbering nile
color can bs made 0y that process 10 polar
ize to ninety.six aud ninety-eght-witbIn three or
iour points OF an absolutely pure articie-whle under
the Old process II would test only eightysx Witness
mad made calculation upon the system oil making
iukc0
that the government had lost more than 81 600
In revenue since Its Introduction into Cnoa all OF
which, he beeyed, went INTO the hands OF the Cuban
manu- cturers. Witness gave his opinion at length
in regard " The effects OF duties upon high
Su@ Wnoe 'os system Of we,s hug sugar should 90
changed; II should be made a special department
with one responsible head; he held that the buyers
anu sellers would sette the matter OF c0usion be-
weigners and importers the practice oil giving
weghers presents for duplicate returns VAS common
ana ma been recognized by every Concctor Tor
number OF years past but witnos did not approve oil
IL and nad tried TO haven't stopped.
SUGAR TARIFF.
Osgood Weisn, oil Pnnadeiphia, believed in weigh
ing sugars they 60 mo consumption; the pro-
cess OF manuiaclu NJ sugar has so much changed
longer good one. Witness did not believe 1t posi-
BILE to commit frauds to any great extent In the sugar
duties; temptations arc great IN all the walks OF
life, but no creator In fixing the tariff on sugar than
anything else; you may have corrupt samplers and
corrupt merchants he said, but 1t Is the exception
and not the rule IN the sugar trade; he believed q
uniform tariff at No. 13 would be a fair one.
j.. u,
sugar rehuers and replied TO several state
mcnts made by Mr., Dutcher, Mr.. Havemeyer and
others In rather sarcastic manner. ne asked Mr..
Havemeyer II that gentleman was correctly reported
when ne mad testified that not pound OF adultera-
tion goes into toe sugar he manufactures Mr. Have.
meyer reaflrmsd his assertion, with tho addition
that he referred 10 the sugar made Tor export. In
regard to the adulteraton Of syrups the Chair ruled
that the question a0out the sdulteratt0n Of
STARTLING ACCUSATION.
Witness declared III determined tone, "There are
ME no din
ton said to mo to-day that he would like 10
testify but he dare mott II he did II would rum his
W. T. Havemeyer-wnat is his names
Wtness-l object to being cross examined here.
The Char the witness should not be interrupted
in giving his testimony.
Witness contin ued-Ho knew OF mon In the sugar
business who had gone to Their smpoyss with threats
know there have been frauds In TINS matter, ex-
cIa med witness; 81 know The government has osen
ROBBED, know that unless this thing Is rectifed
must come TO grief than there have been
already" He wanted the Committee OF Ways aud
Means have power 10 send Tor persons and papers,
10 protect those testified behalf OF the govern.
ment and to punish those who committed perjury. Ia
bc maze thai would aston,sh the communiiy
The Chair defined tho duties OF the committee. IL
had no authority to investigate any moral question or
to 20 into the manner in winch manufacturers make
their sugars or into what rshners do 10 ascertain
in regard tho revenue and its mode OF ooliec-
ton within its legitimate sphere and the commit
tee had no authority TO go outside OF that
Witness with animation)--Fraud In the revenue il
the offspring Of this whole thing He sent around the
committee's table paper containing some Jumps OF
aduerated sugar and hold SIN all cylinder OF tin,
about the s,ze OF spirit proof glass; which ne de.
scrbed as ono oi the ingredients with which sugar Ii
aduitsrated. The various conditions AID benehts oil
tin lined stomach were humorousy described. He
said he could go bltndfoded into refinery aud place
the hand Of the chairman upon the very
spot where the aduteration Is done; be referred TO
a cargo of sugar that had been returned from Texas
on account Of Its aduiteraton TO he sold Tor What
could be obtained; witness said he spoke as q re.
former; IN tins race the worst man wins; UNIFORM
duty up No. 16 would save the refining business,
enable people TO use low grade oil sugar they chose
and refining business to the position OF an
art
The Chair announced the sugar Investigation as
closed ana that week the examination would be
confined to the Appraisers Department Adjourned
until Monday next at eleven A. NJ
MR.. HAvEMEYER's SUGAR STATISTICS.
At the opening oil the sugar investigation Mr.. Tneo
dore II. Eavemeyer handed TO the chairman the fol-
loving statement in reply to the allegations made
yesterday by Mr. Hewitt OF the nrm OF j. NJ. Cebaos
x Co -
en- ue ON sugar oil several millions OF dollars and that
this Is evidence OF fraud, but the Statistics
cirefully prepared by The government, do not con-
Grm the statoment. For The nscai year ending June
3O 1875 there was collected as revenue sugar
s t43 against s3T G2j 063 Tor tho year ending
June 80 1876 S3I. 337. $50 for the year ending
amounts returned by tho government as drawback"
renned sugars exported, when makes the follow
ing exhibit - 80
testimatcil... $4,000 100000 1850 900
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Balance. s32 $40 643 $35, ,s25. O63 So 957. $50
This leav cs an apparent difference between the years
1876 1917 OF 81 s67 7l3, but tho reports of the
Bureau oil statistics show
That there was OF sugar remaining in
bonded wareh ouse June 80, 1s75.... 504, s31, ,322