, 1879-01-30

at every otl'cF port OF !''c ohitet' osatess Inc
President took great interest III tue mailer
an heartily supported the measure proposed.
committees Ut pirate ctt'zcas, ami result
I'd in Il large euyilg md many reforms.
Naturally tue port OF New York, whtrc
asout. u per zen. ot tho duties u, customs ia
collected, attracted the chlcf interest: Il ap-
pcaTci TINT for series Of years, from lsi'3, tho
rcscipts tro,l custt,ms at tiat bort haye cn1l-
stanily diminished. whilc the expenditures l,ayc.
With The exception Of but shKln wear, steadily
tuerrascL, ~ Is shown by thc following stute-
meat:
1tnr. ., 4 ntSt,ps: Er91aaIHffs; a.,
in!S'''' .'...''."''o 1T 81 III" ~! u1 .n
iss!!aa''. ''''''''." = iif III iNts + isn 1Ss
is75 .....' :. '... ios. f,' .;1 S.ia}S. i5D
iH?a........... ..... lol, ~, :Ns .,5li:: d!
lH17,,. ,,,, ,,,,,,... N1, Oh, DI.l n.6Oti. go
Nn,E.-ln 1H7u thcre was a reduction of to per
cent Of all salaries. .......
nErour or THE sAr COMMISSION
rcn, cti1ens If NV YorK md nj oit,cer Of ,I,c
i,nnnrtmHnt r. fu.,icn ryi,ns" Hflic., ,tntv
',rn.'aht H. lin ,nto nrtlra rnnncr:ton, with tIc
cnllect,on @ not of customs, havu n,nilc q vcrv tnIl
tir hnsincss il, the t;,,stt,, Houso al tat nort.
ani iic;r rrn,rtaMronjcs af Which / haYc iii th..
hnnor In scnti you-sht,v rreat uiliecs. It m.
Hsars rom 4 t!';It Est rsnS, tl,at i, o, w. ls5
IN lin Naval f1lffct' aivhly.nnr ncrsons. n,,i In
tt,e H,,Tvnynr,I "tice th,rty-twn. making In ai
! 1'irv; ,mr,uarent rmn,nres in thr f,istnm IInusr
n,vctustv,, ~ thr Annrn}srr;s ncnnrttn"nt tn,,,
sistinr of ,ten,tlrs. cjcrks. losnccsors. wcich.
crs. mid ral1rcra ul TINT thIs 1iuEnhcr could Ia
kafejy reduced ~ 1cr cenF. This reduction of
eO per cent was opposed ny Collector Arthur,
who stated TINT d reduction OF tnurc thnn u
per cent could not be nlalc In dull timcs with.
nut Injury 10 the e!lfcicncy Of tfle system atia
to tie business OF tile merchants fotwttt.-
standing this oppoatttor. tho reduction was sub
btantially carried into effect by my order tnaktn.
am annunl savne Of $:ss''a20s' and lncteasau. Tho
nn1uEs nEczlvEp.
r1,o .rcon, rcnort anow. that II wos n cornoou
n,srtjra anro~,r cutry.cirrT,' wriI,h"rs.
EaiaeF, Eina & ,nor5cra a'a nu hsaIcrs irroyisr
foose fSos ,mn'm"nts rratnItic,' n,'I nerc,istas
n IL nat,,ro t,f hr,hss. "">' p'|'N''~"
1,s ,,ro1.tirS Wa n ,",ttcr of oc,cr,I ,n,or,a-
Ia, ~ NV rifnrt woa ,na " hv IL" Il ,rctar NJ.
! r"I sM,trnr ~ g,rv.Snr I, .,s,,nross IL II.
,cucir sl,,,ccs,cti for fhis wi Nv eummis.
~. ~. sti AMI rAstn. tnon,rr. .carE. ,ars.
.tsn t bsn,d .ho' nocn,frsIs IN t.ar
h h~ In T',.tn1n.t1'n,c NM; thai int i,nnnrtcr
M trnko. ,no .nm m"t hn % a,rc '1s ~ .ninct ~
"ntrv"lrrh n r,ass hts rntry. Whit. f,ntiector
Ar,hur o,,mit.c thnt ibis him. II ,ua.lo cn,.,.
thnnmf III ,m,rst invnive n,,,",ytn~ r.s,,its ~
tm,",r."r. hv ,iei"vm II has knwcvcr- imen y.
"hnmsn,1 wIt}ont n,,noyn,,cr hit. IT, In, fnrt m.
~ In fa"iii1 toa nf..,a ~. to NH
fci,,T H., .7rrss ,vIti, lin 1tnmso "n,1
!, ~ n,i,v""S ,hst H. navmens ~ ~. ~
trL. H. H.. f.ns,r,,. a,.s, ,'ss "n,irv "rssoH
e''s a" Il" '''' ....,.. ,....',.,.....
THE "eionEhs. ....
Tie third report sllows TINT the graycst Irreg
nlarIttcs existed IN the 'lcpartcnt uf Weighe's
and gallEcFs; tint the larger number ot thirteen
wclghers AMI eight Eaugcrs rendered. but little,
u anY, persn1'al eerytro 10 the t},vernHisnt; ;
iat tho wcigl.ers' forcnlatpcr formed hut I'ttIo
srrsiro; tlat WciEliersf clerks, In suu Instances
performed 40 duty; TINT y, most, II not all,
| wr!Ellcrs' offices men Wcru hired as employees
nnA asslvncd to do the work ct regular cierks:
tlnt the ntllnbrr 81 aboseFs thus asslgHed varied
from Iour tn eight persons to cach wrlgher's
nlct; that men no assigned tia'! but little duty
10 perform; th4t psrhohs M Wcre poFne , 90 tae pay
iua!H w 11Ha.m % ~ . hs"s w ,, ~ VIZ pt.
r,tts ..s roIdva tiir ,av ;ti,ot nar+ ~ t,,.,
,s".tt,'"n, % u,er ,I,nItss ,~.s mn ra.a hv
;ovars,',',rs 'iii"srs r,t ~ ,,iv wrIwi,crs WIN
s"r"i.h'sI mcuneanGr nn,n with finit ri s,"trs
,sn,4.1.nss r,o%n th.tr r,,r"s. I'm, rsrt ~ tha
,,ai ~, nsrE,s wo",t. m nrrraecs wan
i '.I ~ aNsa s' ,,,sn.i f. o WYE ~
wri@hrrs hai a',.,ptci a scl,nInie .f trr"ruiar
f".s wi1r III i,,sy leraiiv sIectr,s from msr.
1a,i,ts ~. s ,,,sua rot,,-,s -, I'm tsu.t,l i,s,,
ut ~. " I'nn,r.nr nnti ,bs.s ;-r""u|"r 9,n"
s't i. r,s.nn ~ ,hcss fr,r1',t",,trs ~. r,st II
tau " teas s', y. .nGs. ~ ees ~, ~,
~ t, -, ~ Iaa ,,n '''s
su :" ,sii .x,s pcr -. nHu nLrown n co,f.ot,x
Artimr y"t IL, mafu M uf,s,,.,,t .iurnr hi. fern,
of oilIev 10 remedy them On ihc contrary, il, d
letter to MT In sttc that he waS confident i].,.f
tho Commission wholly 1altcl to aptrpctats tla
amount uf work tuuo bY ttu We.yliers. ANIL
have, by 1Lr{r general assertions, tope u rrcut
iu]ury 10 tlrln.
Ilr rxs:c,tSe ui all these irregularities va,
subsequently rrrtjticd ly iLe t,,urNnlsnt inyes,
ti.ut!5l,s, na,!o ul,dry ny direction r!,v re-
iorlus prop,set! by tl.s 'c,tualIssion In tic
Wcighcrs' aid tiaugcrs' Department vera sub
fcs,,lsltly carried Ut by nv UrIur a,,I eifccta]
reduction of nyer slU, ,0W lwr annum in tic
rost u Ills brn,,cI, III iba s.ryiru alouc. h.
sides SECURING d rrcat saving to thu (ioycr,,
mcut Il, iuvrya5y,l ,lutics,
ms. ,..,,,,n,
1nns f"n"'f%'
II aaso eppents IRON eyiaeneo on NC III thts
Depaftlneht thal sietons practice las fpr d
long of granting !rec permits fus ln
poEte! eotAs H1hot1t autuo!tty 81 NV. l1sst
permits We9e usuailf sTa"teu ~ uei'aty'IoE
49, III H. =, ~ tst ..ssahs4 s.atttnIu,
go such ncru,ifs wrrS rra,,ten frnm Siarch
1874. IN MAY. lh.3. 'FEe yaI1,s .u TmtnJs fhn,
Illegally Iei1v.reh frcs nj tf,,tv n,nnuntx ia :,
very iargp sun, ia u single ,ustaucu lhr yalu,