The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-03-16
WASHINGTON.

Protest of Crockery Manufacturers
WASHINGTON. March 15.-A number of mar
ufacturers OF crockery have protested aeeins
tne ruling OF the Treasury Department tha
section OF the new tariff act, which abolishf
the duty on charges and commissions, goes int
effect at once. They assert that section
should not go into effect until july 1st. An
ask to be granted hearing to maintai
their position. 1t is also asserted that the df
partment,s ruling will affect manufacturer
interests injuriously.
Chief OF the Engraving ana Printing al,
reau.
1t is understood Secretary Folger has fen
dered the position of chief of the bureau of en-
craving and printing to John W. Corning g
Geneva, N. Y, at one time sergeant-at. t.arm
OF the State legislature of New York. and tha
he has virtually accepted
Investigation Of the Signal Service.
La relation to ordering a court of inouirv IN
to the management of the signal service bn
reau under General Hazen, there is reason 4
pelieye that the President has the matter IN
der advsement
MI Wyman Appointed United Stattl
Treasurer
The President today appointed A. q. ,.
man, Assistant Treasurer, to be Trsasnrof
the United States vice James GilflIan.
More Charges Against Architect H.
Additional charges against Srpe ising
Architect Hill have beer filed at the Tasury'
Their nature is not yet made pab1.
Secretary Folger's -oalt'
Secretary Folger's imppss,-lnnent, I, ls slight,
and It Is feared that his rec ~ wil De slow.
Departure Of the Mssf,ts assy Envoys.
Tia AdallaataasH A.,y,os 'eie this morning for
as Lana r,gally Held.
ton in ftKsSi4 tKSi.4I be "a in the Interior Depart
session Of GatTe destined to create sensa-
Of Of Kansas sssg ss, world. During the last
adopted, insgetir sectG ~fRs5ssentatiye Anderson
terror to repolto Coneft;e Secrets. miith th Tas Vac
nlegaaly M, reli certain fsaiynn I'D
aean manngf e the sDs Of ezGov dsasd dIassd bill bill
q similar inquiry ryesidents here, to prescuIe rne
sncn lands restorsad 70 take steps TO ISu,e bave
IN accordance VIII tne domain of KaEas
4 brief and proten ms B instruction he will aa
TO-DAY. claiming tn WIN the Department
acres Of land are iliiunhureds of thousands q,
Nv the Atohison. Tsiy certified to and held
road, ard asking itsy.a and Santa Fe Rail
George r. Peck, cot "a. .oi 10 the State 7
also be proceeded agasnd Other roads VIII
sftsntion heing the K, the next to receive
''''i'''S-' rSa G1s Pacific.
Mr.. George w. Rich
cepsns ofice. rredicts r in charge of the
norts OF the tenth censulhe last of the re-
er,s hands before the ent be in the print
The Office is ahead of the the fiscal year.
and expects to keep him iblic printer now
part Of the final report, wRpy;ii, l. me nrss
to statistics, is now nearly VIII % devoted
be Il 10 II Of these volumesy. There will
The public printer has nov
second volume devoted to copy OF the
the copy for the third volume, ,fscture, and
agriculture, is ready for the prh relates to s
the volumes the order has not Beyond t
= - IL RI q
for seven additional volumes. Tan ready ,
these thirty special reports yet puEy one OF /
on iron and steel. IS that
The New Revenue La t
Green B. Raum, commissioner
revenue, William Lawrence, first 6ernat {
of the Treasury, and ID. S. Alexafoller s
auditor Of the Treasury, are hard at NTH
| on plan to enable them to handle up
! ness that will be thrown upon them wusi-
new revenue law goes into effect. Ufhe s
| provisions the tobacco dealers will be fs 2
| to a rebate OF taxes on the stock of tobac2SS f
| cigars on haud in unbroken packages = Ia
! value of $40 or upwards on the first of Ma
The rebate will be cents pound on tt
| GO and So thousand ON cigars. There
over 100000 dealers in tobacco and cigars
! in the United States and the lowest estimal
| put the number of claims for rebate of tai
at 100000, although the number may run
| as high as $4,000. Mr.. Raum has said that
will probably take between S15,000,000 al
/ $40, ,0G0, GOO to pay the claims that will be
lowed under the rebate clause. The blan
will be put in the hands of the Collectors
Internal Revenue in a couple Of weeks for d
tribution among the dealers in their distric
by the aid which they can prepare and f
their claims without an attorney.
Conscientious Congressman.
Ex-Representative r. P. Flowers of Ne
York has returned to the Treasury the sum
| haip
account of his salary and mileage as a memb
of the XLVIIth Congress.