New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-06
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
c,,o CHANGES THE SUGAR TARIFF.

Urging, (HANGES IN lib 'SN-'
MEETING or REFINEEs AND lNrohih"'
,uTrEE TO GO TO WASHINGTON
....af nrominent sugar importers and re-
- ,,oe held Yesterday at the Office OF g. W. Du-
80, G. Son No 80 Wall-st.. to take action regaIu-
&c. +ho recent decision of the House Committee OF
Wavs and Means not to leeslate cohOeiu's
+be snnar tariff during the present session Oh Co"
cress. The meeting was well attended and the views
of over sixty firms were expressed upon the SUBJECT
.o,,, IN. firms represented were Maitland. fheipS
& Co Uavemeyer, Eastwick q Co.. ;. ~ "'"V''''
Brooks & Co.. tic Pacific sugar refining Company
Uavemeyer Brothers. J. NJ. Cebalios ~ Co., e.
de- & CaivO NcKm. Newhall u Bore Oh Ih'l'u w.
mia. CriDaell. Minturn & Co.. Dick K Meyer C. w.
Dr,ant & Son. and Henry BcSt6. c. W. Durant
wos elected chairman, and b. T. Butor Of MAINLAND
Pbclus & Co.. secretary The following RESOLUTIONS
were unanimously adopted:
res,'r d. Tnat regard the recent ianIG o, me
Comttye o. W@yS aut e fer 1o Of rc people a.
lt.-r a.d clIect blow at the importers "nu % ,,'
m r,.t nom ,br iniast,c Of the pres Mt taf and
NOR recently from tue legal ana "io''i"'J o.'i,ot
III Treasury Drp5rtmehj ana th"i We i d. cic
te execution 90 These orders IN c0litctNI te 80
81 an 1 ,, ..,I tie WIN ,T.rs orporGoi,es 10
monoi wv ~ ,nc ,IiTc business q distr butne sugar
So 45'o6eo6o people, ami mat W e o.4 10 10
Tbr9ry IS 1879 winch says: g. is deemed
Imperative tnlt some cAIh-e u 'h' W. w.. a. w,
collecting duties on sus'r sAou.G o, ny ~u% T., d
~ De 4, one rate all sugars up to lolnt w9gn WA
o. f ,eanc, 4, he dnty or 10 COMM fiand nv means
rt saInp.il aud classification. TN GuteS now at 10
,pt ct tn low - i on eis Oh the public ,er'iye"
Ecsoired. Irat committee ho ai"ihl' ., ~ tr cn
# WAYS and Means TIE u.ce-s ~ cd Tccou>ld'I
b.. wulch eii Do. equitable aud Just 10 AL
Chairman Daraut VIII appoint the committee To-
dav. H.. sad to TRIBUNE reporter after inc
meeting .hat the public had no idea OF the great
opportunity for dishonesty IA the present sugar tarn
system The report # sampler could make q
d icrencr Of between 81. 600 ana F4,ouO on cargo
to the Importer
PROCEEDINGS OF THE POLICE BOARD
TIE sEznD LorrfiY IIcKrrs-DuMrS FOR siRhhi
plHr-pRIB.s rOg APPOINTMENTS.
At the meeting of ,hc Police Board yesterday, the
orcst,on what should be done with the lottery
tictots and books captured liz the recent seizures
v.as answered bv the Corporation Counsel. HIS
oniniou WIS that the Board Lad power h. destroy
tie tickets and return tGc books the pri%cS Drawn
hy the tickets IN the possession OF the police 10 the
amount Of 81 100 could not be collected since the
tickets lad not been sold. and no suit would DO
thought Tor The money by the city
resolutions were adopted asking the DOCK De
,ati,ur,lt 10 furnish estimates of the cost Oh aQu-
i,ors TO The existinc dumps that VIII fully nclose
fhe ScGwS while LOADING, to prevent the sliulls oi
M an lie river to extend the MaISot-St., dump
s:xfv feet and assign TO the department two addi-
tioual dumps one on the East River between the
battery and Market-st, aud one on the North hNcF
south of LIigLt-st. A. -
The Board unanimously adopted RESOLUTION OF
fcrcd Inv Commissioner N0Orhis requiring canul-
d,tps for apoointmcnt as paTOienen henccI0rtu 10
swear both when they make application ana Wneh
tLcy are sworn in as officers. that they have paid OF
promised no brtbe tor their appointment Inc TeNo
iuton gave rise to a discussion, dnillg winch COm-
missioner French said that once since he had be,
COME Police Commissioner a pcrS0n--a priest-had
,t;sr
o. a policemau. The remark was made III the course
of fhe discussion that the practice OF paying or al
poDimeDts Is not uncommon, and that an impress
sion prevails that the money IN some way reaches
the Commissioners. i,
Report was made OF tho courageous conduct OF
Oficer John Broom, who attempted 20 stop MIS-
samuel IouesS runaway horses; Mrs Jones, through
her LAWYER offered to present the officer with new
uniform PERM sion to hold masked ball on
March 25 was denied the pIopTietors Of the Buck
iugham Palace and after appointing ten officers
the Board adjourned.