, 1879-01-21

! requires the manufacturer to Invoice bis cools,
"ncn hr 'tnrorfa tIrM hero A. Ills bwn, NJ their
acthal marKet.sal,c III tic principal markets of
the country where they were manufactured, no
matter what their cost to lin, no ma.tcr whctll-
cr they coat mnre or less than such art,tnl mar
tk,et-vnlne; IN substance and effect, 1t requires
me manufartnrcr to inroice then, at what tho
purchaser would 'iayo 10 paw Tor them anil In
voice them at. That is the theory Ut tho
law. and the object Of the law; and Its Ian
gnasc cndearors to carry out that theory and
object. Us fnF M It is pussblc for human lcgisis-
tt41i tn carry nut prfucip1c.'
lncfe anI,xars 70 he hut ONO cffcctual remedy
ior thcse difficulties, and TINT IA the substItti
lion 81 spo:djle for aslvntorem dutuics, both ~
H. silks ahll rlnyca,
In ttls connectfnn. attention IL called 10 q
provision uf tie British custom.,lnws, In cx-
istencr a. the time when aa-yalorcm duties were
cnllestcd n Great i'risaln, under, which tncr-
possession IT BY the :,1stpsns-oflitrrs, und tho
sal,lc as stntc1 n tho invocc, with per cunt
aduttlnl', was Pald to thu Importer as full
etlatsatnt Tor t's goods. a law OF tfIls kind OH
o!tr stntntc.bdOks wnui1 l,aye n wholesome
eject upon foreign manufacturers.
CHARGES AND COMMISSION cAsEs.
An examination VI tho claims known as tho
cllarles anu commission rnsca WIS begun dur
l1lK tic year, aild Il not yet completed. Fay:s
were Developed, however, prlot to tho cfosu OF
tho tnst session Of Congress, sufficient to show
that great number Of these claims we're based
upon fraudulent irutcsts; and, uii,n being MI.
Vlacu OF these fnrte, tic COMMITTEE on Apuro-
priutlOnA declined to make The i:cccseary nprrte
prattnns to pay ten Of tho claims whttt were at
that time adjusted, amounting to $f1,eDl. n,
An appropriation Ut st.50 only was made to nav
the amount OF une clntn, which wns found TO
be bnscl upon 4 genuine rr.cst. 1t IA es-
titnatcd BY tia officers who have examined
thc.u claims that tbs sun 0f $5M, ,D30 Inns been
paid since 1868 to authorized attorneys ot I'M
rortcrs In cnscs ilpnn which no legal protests
hal been made. The papers III HS} of tho tIiO
suits sill pending have been examined; a,ll Of
that number 55B are pro,,N,rccl invalid for
want Of ipCns Protests. 10 state the e1art
nnount involved N these cascs would ncce.s-
into the computation OF the dn.!ca paid ou tho
charges aud commissions and tho intcrcst thcrehn
III each tnvofcc and entry Tnts t,.lty be tlone
ny the c!IIplusnscnI Uf large clerical force. An
estimate baseh upon the lvcraKn amount pal,i
lsbon the cases heretofore settled, however,
!nllralcs that tho saving to the tfoyernnlr,lt by
the Investigation OF these cases will bo mora
tllan million Of dollars.
sUaA1tFHAuDs.
Investigations of alleged frauds In tho In
portatfou nt1a exportatton Ut sugar, begun be-
tore the Gio:e u t'!c ascaI year, aro stlll III
progress. Such frauds asc believed to have
been rcrpetrated,- ,-Arst, by artificial colorint 10
rcducs the rate Of duty; secuud, by false
weights; third, by Improper sar,pltnE Md c!as-
ALLEGATION; nnds fourth by fraudulent clatlns for
drawback OH ad1llteratcu sIgnrs.
Several carrocs Of nlsgnr alleged to be nrtI.
tictalty co!ored havc heen selzcIl, and suits for
their condemnation atu still pending,