The New York herald., 1878-10-12
KID GLOVES.
End of the Governments Reap
praisement of Values.
INVOICE RATES ADVANCED.
Of Importers and
Merchant Appraisers.

The long contested kid glove war has last been
decided by Collector Merritt after prolonged in
vestigation. appraisement and rsappraisement II
had been arranged between the importers and the
that three should form the basis OF
test and that tho decision Of them be accepted by
all dna The invoices Of Msssrs. T. Stewart, lss-
lin. Nseser Co.. and wilmcrding Hoguc. 4 Aumoert
were selected for reap Messrs Constable,
OF Arnold, Constable Il Co, Dunham; OF Durham,
Buckley Il Co. and Hugh Auchincloss were ap-
pointed merchant appraisers. The goods IN question
were hne two-button kid gloves The invoice price
OF these was iorty-two francs which Mr.. butcher.
the appraiser OF the port, advanced to fftv-four
francs per dozen. The merchant appraisers
invariably sustained tho involce price, Gen.
eral Ketchnm. the general appraiser, de-
cdcd the question by reducing the ap-
praiser's figures 10 forty-seven francs. In this
condition all the documents bearing upon the cases
were forwarded TO Collector Merritt whose decision is
nnaI. Yesterday the Collector sustained General
Ketchum's valuations, and hereafter all gloves OF
similar texture will have be enlored at forty
francs per dozen.
The advance these goods is sixteen per cent and
carries with il penalty OF twenty per cent No re-
course taken by these merchants to the courts
because they agreed to abide by the merchant ap-
praissment. 1t is estimated that several thousand
dollars win be gained by the government by the Col
4 Co. c. A. AuGmordt Co. ana other large hrms
whose importation OF kid gloves has becn advanced
by the appraiser. viii now DO released tho pay
mont OF the advanced values ana penalties incurred.
WHAT MR.. DuNHAM SAY
Mr. Dunham last evening was visited BY HERALD
reporter, 10 whom he asserted that he more
than ever convinced that the importers in the
right, and that the course pursued by tho Customs
auth most arbitrary unjust and harsh. He
thing 10 do with the OF tho Customs officials,
but he declared most empbatcaly that the action OF
Secretary Sherman in refusing to permit the porters
to withdraw their importations by giving bonds in
double the amount OF the Invoices was arbitrary as
might only expected from Secretary OF the
Treasury who Is lawyer and In NJ way identified
with mercantile business. The effect Of this
was that all the glove importatons of last spring
were locked up In the Custom House, involving
serious loss to the importers, as also the
case 10 somc extent with the fall importations
Last spring, he explained, he had been appointed as
merchant appraiser In the case of the invoices OF
"Jouvn & Co. g" gloves, imported by Oeibermann
& Co, ana "Widow Jouvn's" gloves imported by
Murphy, Grant l. Co. During tho sxamin aton they
took evidence OF experts In the trade the
skins, expense Of manufacture &C., and even sent
Europe Tor some statements OF the manufacturers
The examination was most Thorough one, mud in
these he WAS forced 10 sustain the Invoices OF
tho i'm p0rters. From Mr.. Dunham's report OF these
cases the following extract Is mads:-
% d. c' ss 'ss: s % Of 4:
Treousse the effect that his conviction
si'sf Class gloves
eoaid II not SssSs extent xsprsss had
in that Upon careful inversation Of the
osiev that not only has there been possible jus
invoices but snas grIevous wrong has been inaic.ea
the mporssrsin al these cases. the Treiousse
Mr. Dunnam added that in the later Investigations
maae by Messrs Auchincioss, Constable and himself
cost OF manufacture Europe, ana they all agreed
that the goods in case were undervaiued. He was
BY TINS arbitrary the authorities, but possi-
bly, 100000 dozen would cover the importstions nf
ANOTHER VIEW or THE SUBJECT.
The following statement on the glove question was
made toa HERALD reporter last night by Mr. LIBBY. Of
A. 7. Stewart Co., one oil the three nrns whose in
voices werc selected tor reappraissnent. Said he:-
sFor the last year Two the charges OF fraud here
have been growing TO such an extent that the belief
has become general that there are no honest mer-
chants among That appears to be the theory upon
which the business OF some departments OF tue Gus
tom ouse, particu arly the Appraisers department.
conducted Probably one reason TOR that opinion
IS that there is no want OF knowledge OF The
difficulty Of applying the present arin laws quabiy
justly II Is one OF the hardest things at the
ent time 10 discover tho market value OF the majority
Of The Kinds OF merchandise imported. In the case
Of the Aiexanure, Treiousse ana Perinot gloves
Gently under spprasment the market value was based
upon the adjustment made IN 1875 when Mr.. A. T.
Stewart called as merchant appraiser and General
Ke,chum US governments appreser aud when "a
thorough Investigation OF The marget value made,
consisting the cost OF the with all
added, ana with a iur,her addition OF ten fifteen
per cent by the uuiacturer TO make up basis OF
market value wh'ch invoice the goods Tor expor
taton Ia conformity with the custom la~s OF the
United States and upoD which they were
to pass the Nes York Custom House. The
gloves OF Alexandre Ire ousss Perfno Joavip Cour-
viisster and Other similar makes were all made TO
conform in price, with The exception Of the Aiexan-
der. which at that time was invoicod at three francs
higher upon the djustment then made. The great
majorty oi tho gloves made by these houses
classed specially and made for and sent to the
Amor lcan market, and as manuiAcl urers VINO
sut their own and the OF those 10
whom they consigu their goods they cannot make
sales OF them nor consign them To AM other party
or parties This Is an ipvariable rule IN connec-
ton with all well managed consignment accounts
throughout the world Tue manner IN
which lnis 1ustment OF invoice value was made is
illustrated by the following tablet