The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-04
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
THE CHINESE CONSULATE.


THE CHINESE CONSULATE.
Colonel MOsby Rises 70 Ex-
plain.
In Doing Which He Ssys Bad
Things of Bailey.
Chicago, 3.-The Times has the
full report of John s. Mosby, United
States consul at Hong Kong, on the
oil Minister Seward. 1t
bears the date of Hong Kong, October
q, 1879. 1t begins thus: In my No.
20, dated September p, 1879, Ittated
that | would submit 10 the depart
ment q supplementary report on the
frauds and abuses praoticed here 10
shipping and discharging seamen, I
the collection of extra wages and |
granting relief to destitute sesmen.
This l now proceed to do. In the
fret place, will say that, whils it
was rot notorious here that these
frauds existed, yet had not deemed
the proof accessible, as almost all the
ships that paid extra wages during
MIR. Bai.ey's term mere, had left this
coast, until, in the month of August,
when investigating the emigration
business with General Stshel, my
attention was attracted by internal
evidences of fraud furnished by the
quarterly returns of Mr.. Bailey.
After General Stabel left, made
careful analysis of these returns and
a comparison of Bailey's and Loring's
and my own result is the most cogent
demonstration OF their fictitious char
acter. l invite attention to the con-
sui. dated the statement OF sli
returns OF extra wages and relief
accounts of this consulate from Janu-
airy l, 1871, to September 80, 1879,
prepared by my vice-coDsul, MIR.
Brooke. The most striking feature
OF this statement is the small number
of discharges reported bv MIR. Bailey
az comnared with the number oil
vessels that be cleared; also the great
disparity between the number shipped
and discharged. When a vessel en-
ters, t generally discharges portion
of it's crew, and when it clears it ships
number of seamen to fill up the
vacancies caused by the discharges
and desertions at Hong Kong, where
desertion ie very difficult. The mum
Der shipped ought not to greatly ex
coed tbs number discharged. Gov
eminent only loses 81, the shipping
fee, for q failure to report seaman
shipped but as. under Mr.. Bailey
nearly all discharges were accom-
| gained with the payment of extra
wages, government would lose bott
fee and extra wages, when discharg
was not reported. Mr.. Bailey cleared
652 vessels while he was here. From
these he reported only 400 discharge
in all; 220 seamen shipped. During
the six years succeeding 1871, he re
ports only 1872, in all, as discharged
in other verde, more men were dis
charged during the first year, 1871
than during his subsequent six. From
the tabulated statement, it will b
seen that the proportion Q
my shipments to discharges has beer
less tnsn two to one, and Loring's
little over two to one. Bailey clearei
on an average nlnety-five vessels
year. l have cleared eighty-fve
Loring, during the eighteen month
be was in charge, cleared 135. Nj
average is four discharges for eac
ship cleared; lIoring's over three
while Bsiley's average for his Who'll
term ia less taan one for each cleal
ance. Mosby slludes to his depsrtur
from tie rule of his predecessor in nc
collecting extra wages, in which b
makes an argument advantageous
himself, showing that his plan, Will
benefting the owners of vessels, ais
brings more money into the treasur
than under Bsiley's, Baiiey's annuf
average return was about 500. L
lees than eight months my return
show 81, 116 collected and paid int
the treasury. 1t must also be born
in mind that, of the eighty-fYe vessel
1 have cleared, over twenty had re
turned before my arrival here, SO ih7
very little was lett for me TO aC
Bailey ought certainly to have returne
FIVE or ak times as much annually
According to his report, it produce
, less at a rate of four seamen dl
charged for every vessel cleared; tn
would have made 2,508 discharge
which ought to have brought in
less: $50, 0O0. He accounted Il
, So. 254.36. LoTing, in sixteen month
| with 135 ships reported, So, 1924
which is 1851 more than Bale
accounted for in seven years. Bailey
2 accounts show So, 403.52 charged f
j relief given ID destitute seamel
LoriDg's shows $3.50 %; mine shoJ
nothing. 1t Is very STANCE that 6
i, the destitute seamen should have di
- appeared as soon as | got TO Hor
g Kong. The number of shipmen
E. will always be In excess of the nun
g Der of discharges here, for the ressC
that the Chinese crews of the Pacit
: Mail steamers desert and it cannot
: prevented.
+ Now Mr.. Bailey's dispatches she
t how vigilant he was to prevent desc
{ tiou, and he takes credit to himst
= for having entirely broken it up.
a dispatch dated August %, 1877,
. reports that four seamen deserted Il
!, Matchless, with the connivsnce of ii
II master, but we're arrested on sho
II and brought to the consulate. As
penalty for this act the consulate di
= charged them and made the mast
g pay three months extra wages. I
y declares that Mr.. Bailey does o
r make any satisfactory explanation
this great disparity between the nun
Der shipped and discharged
now offer some evidence to SUI
port the theory that the quarter
statements show their fraUduleI
character On their face. Capital
Hutchinson of the ship Highlands
OF Salem, Mass, in his letter say:
The Highlander arrived in Hong Kon
in May, 1877, and left July, 1877
she discharged eleven men with extr
wages at $lS per month for men ant
$50 Cor the steward. Now the quar-
terly statement of fees for the thir