New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-02

past the amount OF duties collected upon them World
depend upon tho elasticity Of the ecnscienes 81 .ns
rcapDraisc and in every advance urou the
invoice value was sustained Pending these reapprnse
these goods held udcr general order and upon the
o. the rrsn,t the eonsl.ees generally Gu
SSoic q six goods Of ali Kinds have been largely
SOY cases Of reapprasmsni mostly q silks,
have occurred ut the Port OF New-iork re-
aud nave formed the subsequent entries thus
securing largely Increased revenue SOME OF Tue must
Dreynlence of nnderyaluation. bavc been for many
years excluded from direct imporatons OF silks yei.
vets gloves and similar articles have deteImined to
rese the rurchase OF this OF goods in forcien
market. They nre ENCOURAGED 10 TINS sourse W uo
marked success of customs officers IN maintaining adj
v,ncss nnop REIMBURSEMENT Notwithstanding The sup
posed egnaDo position or certHn foreign inaiua
and rcf,snr 70 sell 10 American buyers except through
their agents in this country felt secure ~ Tue oene
ohaininc Information Of foreign market values Sew
era direct impOrstons have been mrao uutk 'i ~.
nres.t aud opcd that actual purchases IN
the foreign markets viii be so frequent and general rs
furnish indsputabe evidence or dn,iape va,uS 0
which consigned goods aay be appraised ana equal al"
uniform duties collected. ..,.,..,.
are confined TO articles ike sks yevels anu siD ~.
goods which pay a high nj vaorcm duty and thai INC
adopiion OF low ad vsorem rates VIII cure tne evil 10
has been ascertsned that marble in blocks, upon when
the al yaiorem rate Is but % per cent mas been sse
aticnlIy under valued for number OF years past anu
that tue loss 10 the Government oy rss.n o son mnv
valuations not been less shan S29Ovo per anhu,h
importation certain Glasses OF dry goods which pay
low al yalorem duty To thes oa wnci LAS neo -
of me revenue can only be obyiaed by the substitution
Of specific tor ad valorcm duues, u has neeA %
no specific ratio cOu.d he determined wnch woulI
operate odditaby. 1t Is confidently believed however
that n compound specific day levied upon weight ana
snuare yard would the twOfold otJee desired
VIZ certainty and uniformity IN the collection o. duties
8 Nd the protection of the American manufacturer.
Successful evasons OF the revenue have bon prac,
;iced by msreprescntaiiGn o, ne rie character Oh
uiS aOH
stance Of tins sind discovered In the importation OF
aniiine dyea An diseio sed the fact that
French manufacturer OF dyesiuifs hsd been for
tnan year defraudng the revenue by entering his ner
csnt,se nc featured articles not otherwise pro-
vdoi for" the duty on which Is 20 per cent wnen IN
reality they should have been entered "a anne dyes
and ooos outaoIe al % cents per po1hd anu 90 t
Of duty these articles IN consequence OF tnis ln'est
CATION Will secure an increased revenue thereon OF not
less than $4,000 per annuln
Tho report concludes IA follows:
Investigations into tho method OF weighing and
have resulted III complete le9rgahizttion % Wy
weighers Department at Ncw-York. aud radical
changea IN the mode of sampllng and weighing. Inc
vigilance and exercised by tho wegers since TIE
reorganization have effected considerable increase III
ItIs difficult 70 csimato tho amount OF this increase
II may however. stated tbat OF the most nteil
whose duty supervise The liquidation OF entries
has given HIS opinion that the weights returned by
the weghers curing the past year are nearer by pr
cent to tbs weights than dnring former years
Upon tnis estimate tho increase OF dune oar sspg rom
Careful attention has been 10 tho subject OF
shmpiug sugar with view to secure uniformity OF
practice nj al the ports and have 10 report that the
many difficulties surrounding the object desired appear
TO M overcome, and that system H.s been de
Visad under which II is believed UNIFORM samples may
always he obtained without leaving anything to the
discrc ion OF samplers. -.
by reference 10 he accompanying tahes. showing tho
clsfcaiion Of SUGARS aud TIN duiies assessed thereon
nj principal ports during the last TWO nsca
years il will that the classification for the past
wear vas higher than for the preceding year. the aver
egc duties per pound being ana one-half huDdrcds
CT "a more for the fiscal year ended June 3d. 1oI9
tnan for tue year previous THIS fraction small a t is,
makes an OF S2i06g9 % IN the duties collected
upop OO4 $3.50, 4iO pounds OF sugar imported during
the year at ScwYork Boston. Philadelphia anf Balti-