Savannah morning news., 1885-09-05
THE REVENUE.
.,.sr1ARCARELEssNESS TO BE
JO'0 Stopped Al ONCE.

.,,thy and INSCRIPTIONS Importers TO
Ne",s,' "Tnscsed in Their Raldfsced Under
e.,ton of GOods-The Whole Subject
1A.idered by the CAbinst-A New
e,.onsh MAil Pouch.
r.sutXGrON, Sept. 4.-When delega-
-rNaU York merchants called upon
5sr4 Cleveland relative to the ap-
mani of Collector Of Customs for the
,f\aw York, he talked TO them very
..i, ABOUT the practice of undervaua-
s.n which has grown to such enormous
''o.,rtions that scarcely per cent. of the
Zines rom Europe are properly valued
,ba ir,porters. Since that time Con-
i in England have complained to the
S....urv Department of a practice which
1-syails. by which some of the best-known
Il I.,sas ia Chicago, New York, Boston and
H ~ lsvcp commercial cities defraud the
4 .r,rua and prevent honest dealers from
es,orino the field in competition with
n them.
r,dar ruling of Solicitor Risley in
.es a number of these firms have been
Ie'ro5 10 purchase goods in all the
alaJnufecturng towns of England and
s.otlend and to ship them to Manches-
ny iyerpOol or London, where the In
rn,ce was certified by the consul. OF
'onrsp this official could not properly
s .0r'nly with the law, because he could
.ot teep postsd as to the values in every
,aTn sV in the United Kingdom. 1t will
-sadily be seen that in this practice mer-
II .bants having priVi eges under Solicitor
efIu dafrar1d hao ortC
ANS collectors. Especially is this true
w5ere the importer does an immense bu-
N siness.
"a RARFFACED UNDER-VALUATION.
TITS openly charged that one OF the best
Inowu Chicago dry goods firms purchases
i5rge quantities OF wOOlens, knit goods,
NJ gsle thread garments, and similar ware
a Bradford. Leeds, Dunfermline and
a Glss,ow. at the same figures that a small
ID Isr house could buy the same goods for.
N Tbav are shipped TO one Of the seapOrts,
usually Manchester or liverpool. and the
* invoice is made out from there. The goods
are valued at from 10 to 30 and even 40
ner cent. below the actual price paid. OF
IA eourse. under these circumstances, it is
imDossible for a small importer In Buffalo
or anv other interior town to compete with
81 the Chicago or New York firm.
DISCUSSED BY THE CABINET.
The complaint of the consuls above
n m0ted is said 10 have been earnestly dis
cussed in the Cabinet. Whether this is
b true or not it is known that the govern
ment has decided to take radical steps to-
wards absting the abuses. CCnSuls at
he principal points in the United King
Sd d0m will be instructed that after Oct. /
they must certify to only such invoices
as are actually purchased in
their districts. Any violation of this
g order will lead to dismissal at once.
The proposed course of the government
# 10 this respect will certainly result in
NJ decided falling off in the number OF under
. valuations. and it will doubtless lead to
II the breaking up of the monopoly which a
N few rch and INSCRIPTIONS firms have
Il heretofore enjoyed in tue matter of i'm
porting foreign textile fabrics.
NO QUALIFICATION.
A dispatch relative to the coast survey,
Fhch was printed in New York to-day,
alleged that Mr.. ThOrne, the chairman Of
f toe committee Of investigation, had pre-
pared a second report qualifying the
aatements and conclusions of the first
enc which reflected so severely on many
81 persons connected with the survey. The
81 #spach was quite without foundation.
lr. ThOrne has not altered his conclu-
soDs, and there will be no back-dOwn
from the position taken at the Treasury
s Department relative to the abuses I'M
arthed in the conduct Of the survey.
ANEW REGISTERED POUCH.
The following order was made to-day
. E the superintendent Of the Railway
Mail Service:
Athroush registered pouch exchange
has been ordered between Jacksonville,
fla, and New Orleans, La, to 90 into op-
grafton sept. Il, 1885, pouches to leave
Jacksonville at 80 O'clock in the morn
Ing, daily, except saturdays, via the Jack
son'llle aud Pensacola Railroad Post Of
nee ana TO leave New Orleans at 7:45 In
ne mornin-, daily, except Sundays, via
ne Montgomery and New Orleans Rail
cad Post Office.