New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-21
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

ALLEGED NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF IMPORTS.
INVESTIGATION BY TIE TREASURY COMMISSION
KID GLOVES OF A TOTAL VALUE OF S3OO,OOO
DETAINED.
The session Yesterday Of the Treasury Com
mission investigating complaints OF differentiation ana
excessive rebates imported goods, was very prlei
The testimony taken entirely III regard 10 INC III
portion Of silks, and among the witnesses examiner
were George H. Kunoth, of Luckemeyer. Kunoth Co..
" NJ Moore, OF A. Person, Hartman Il Co., Edward T..
Eames Of H. b. Clan q Co., and Alfred Schesinger. oil
Edward Warburg & Co. Appraiser Meredith
Of baltimore was the only Government ON
Ger present at the meeting yesterday, speciai
Agent Bingham being called 10 Boston upon
important business, aud Special Agent Kinds Doing
sick
The examination yesterday, as before held with
closed doors aud with the suggestion TO all INC WIZ
nesses that nothing occurring before the commission
should he made public. The witnesses showed so"e
surprise at the bTevv Of the examination, WHICH Was
directed mainly the amount of their nu
nection with this subject the line OF examination was
foIloweo The rurport of which has already been
pghJhed The en Latter s collector Arthur
was asked furnish the commission with thG tS h
OF silk lamentations the last years, ana thcI tnc
discussion turned upon the subject of excessive rebate
damages The XII glove question e'I c T%0 We're ad
iOurned until Thursday morning bat IL was
agreed to meet TINS morning Frn at nf r%nd he
gathered Of the testimony taken yesterday, the Eth
and importers in this city appear to be somewhat rit
ted over the complaints OF western merchants, Nhlch
caused the Ii is not our fault sald one
of the 0itneSses II these Western dealers not abe
TO furnish the capital required III the business.
KID GLOVE CONsIGNMENrs DETAINED.
The kid glove importers whose recent conSignnents
arc held in the public charge of undorvaiua-
tIon have prepared an address TO Secretary Sherman
asking for the release of the goods. They claim
that tle Advertisement made by tie Custom House
expers placed an excessive value upon the gloves and
that il was based incorrect knowledge OF the case
also that the Withholding OF the goods by the Govern
ment is infic:ing iTreraIable damage TO the
fraud has been charged or discovered in the
matter. They state that while the Treasury fgynls
origin ally claimed that the value OF the goods should nc
advanced 80 per cent above the invoice value the ncr-
chant appraisers advanced the value OF two-buiiOn
gloves francs and that of the three button gloves
an entire invoice OF 10000, so that Tie
advance did not carry any penalty. When lhe
Treasury Department appealed TO for release or
the importers giving BOND Tor double tue
peuav claimed according 10 the report OF the lrea!
agents Secretary Sherman decided that the rule where
the goods all be held i'll the public stores. Inc
General Appraiser has been instructed To FeapSc luc
invoices aud he has not yet made his report Collector
Arthur, Surveyor Merritt and other officials favored
rcca Sc on bonds given by the merchants ~
Its claimed by tmpOrers that their property is haDc
to bc greatly damaged b longer detenOnand that the
sale OF the gloves will be prevented unless prompt re-
this is the only season Tor such goods
estimated by thu merchants that cOn5ighnents OF
kid gloves OF total value Of 100000 are now pre-
vented from reaching market ny the decision OF tne
Treasury Department, winch they are endeavorlng TO
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