Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-01-05

compensation for loss sustained under
| their contract Of last year, quote
Nfosn q memorial addressed I'd the
Maryland L.eeielatnre ia reference IL
the tobacco tradb q Baitim6EA IL
February 1873 signed b many s
the sellers and buyers u tohacco. aIsa
prOminently hmol'k tIlesn End he
name Of brothers Bcnineer. The
reader viii please carefully note the
language Of the quotation which is As
follows:
The direct Iossffom badinsDectiOns
is not Of course really borne by the
Baltimore trade, Is fhs~axszaGs los
per hogshead from false packing, esti-
mated at S. necessarily enters into
the market valuation, and TINS falls
upon tie planting interest. The Ma
ryland crop 1mRRss between 10000
and 1900 hogsheads, 90 that the
lascs Of trade annually mulct the plant
ling interest in about 500, 900. be-
canse Of the fraudulent practice oi
some Of the growers. The honest
planter pays the penalty and pre-
MUM Is set upon knaSery.r
Thus we have here the distinct al
legation set forth under the Signatures
Of the Brothers Boninger, the, identi-
cal parties now claiming compensation
for alleged incorrect and most shame
ful inspections" that the direct loss from
from Inspections (even admitting the
existence Of such inspections) does not
fall upon the Baltimore trade By rea-
son Of the fact that reduction Of s.
is laid upon every hogshead as protec-
tion against every possible loss accruing
to the Baltimore trade. In the light
Of such q revelation by Brothers Bon
niger where, / submit, il the justice
Of the claim so ungraciously attempted
to be foisted upon the State inspectors
Of tobacco, for compensation for loss
sustained by reason of bad inspections.
RELOCATING to the Brothers Boninger
the unenviable task Of reconciling this
glazing inconsistency, respectfully
submit that the Brothers Boninger are
now and forever estopped from even
a ghost Of claim by their own dec
larations made and set forth in the
ialalready referred 70. And yet
In the teeth Of this conclusive fact
these good brothers have the brazen
effrontery to charge upon the State
inspectors of tobacco fraudulent samp-
ling, in the contract involving the in
Esigni6cant loss Of one third of one per
cent, and which is demonstrated by
their own admissions to have been al
ready provided against by reduction
In price Of So on every hogshead,
amounting to fully sixteen per cent.
per hogshead, and which, Of course,
falls upon the planting interest. In
a word after having sixteen per cent.
advanced on their contract before the
goods leave this side of the Atlantic,
these good Brothers, have the cheek
TO come back on the inspectors for one
third Of one per cent, after the goods
have reached the other side
''Coming back with rude clatter and din.
Shake the windows like robbers who want
/ to.break in"
This is the sublimity Of impudence!
But this is not all. OF the ninety
four samples alleged to have been re-
jected by the French Reggie, thirty
four are deb;ted to Tobacco Ware
house, No. 3, ofwhich the undersigned
is inspector. On investigation, the
fact was disclosed that twenty-six of
the thirty-four rejected samples were
repacked tobacco, and frauds upon
their face, as much so, as forged notes
or counterfeit dollars; leaving only
eight reflections, which with any show
of reason can be charged against To-
bacco Warehouse No. 3, a proportion
SO exceedingly small as to be wholly
exceptional. If it be allowable to as
sumo without danger of subiecting to
too violent tension the chords of that
charity which ''hopeth all things, be-
lieveth all things, that Brothers Bon
niger were not aware at the time Of
purchase of the suspicious character
Of these tobaccoes and that they were
palmed' off as honest samples, then it
follows, er Tecessit0se, that the fraud
was consumated in the sale and not in
the inspection Of these tobaccoes, as
the Brothers Boninger are at such
pains to have His Excellency, Gov.
Hamilton and the public believe. If,
however, in contravention of chari-
table possibilities the fact be other
wise that, the Brothers Boninger were
wareat the time of purchase that these
twenty-six samples were repacked to-
baccoes, and knowing, as in that event
they must have known, that a suspi-
cion of fraud attaches to all repacked
tobaccoes sold under fictitious names.
and with this knowledge on their
part, exported these samples to France,
we think we shall be warranted in the
conclusion that the Brothers BONN
ger will hardly escape the stern odium
of partieeps crimiTas, and the con-
tempt which ever pertains to the hol
low professions of the self righteous
Pharisee who having the uppermost
seat in the synagogue, thanks God
that he is not as other men are" or
even as the State inspectors, and. Of
whose decalogue it is no violation to
bear false witness.
If the allegations Of Brothers Bon
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