New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-22

| of smuggling Mr. Cummings is the acting chief
clerk Of the office, cool, pleasant-spoktn " wv
suave officer, who has been IN the service Ioi
years. He has keen nose for seeming GU. rus
caity and happy way of falling upon sh"s
glers. -, Oor
One night years ago he rowed ont from quar-,
antine to a Cuban steamer which was suspec.cu
of having cigar smugglers on board ne l"m he
with h Ar acsTn casd out in
disguised voice that he was there, ana "ai'ru ~
know whether the cigars were ready. "pS
came for him TO be back in ten minutes AZ tnc
end of that time package containing lU,uU u,
cigars was dropped into his little boat. A STORM
blew up and Mr.. Cummings had r1uan n ulilnI
The cioars 70 the Custom House The smugalers
secured the coast the next day before they learned
where their contrband goods were SmuegnnIE
cigars from Havana is carried on only sPasmou
icallv now because the big Ward Steamship COM
pany makes an example of any OF It's employees
caught smuggling. , IIo
caught a baker in New-Jersey carrying 10, o.
silks OFF steamer. The SILK was concf' ,S 81, ~
loaves of bread and the baker was conceaic1Tr aU
several years afterward In State prison. lhee
are other employees in the Office who are eNceieh.
in detective work. but VINO are not known 10 u.c
public because they are srcTet aeen5s ThoSV fnd of
are on the Fraudulent Roll, for winch iuhu VI
81 OO. 900 is annually appropriated TO engage "ch
for special secret services.
DRUDGERY TO BE DONE.
There are many other things going on III 'ie
office. Claims for drawbacks matters OF CLASS
icatiOn of mcrchandls unuer INT cii" WV
claims for damage allowance have 10 be lnVes'l-
uated Chemical analyses Of various ar"cies
must be made, and EXAMINATIONS OF c"a -,
! nyainst officials i'm the service Inquiries must
he replied to from other ports regarding loreish
values decisions of the Appraiser ana samples on
tailed Missing goods are 10 be hunted up anu
estimates of repairs from the SupcrNlsihS hi.",
tcct's Office revised Charges OF undcrvaina'ioh
in invoices have to be nycstlgared customs p 70 h
tricts and accounts of customs ofhclals are 10 w
l1specaDu, iu an the service considered All
this forms the steady, hard grlnd oil the oPco'''
Agent and his stan. .
Work of this kind requires experts, VINO must
be familiar with all customs matters. fIank
Finley tlkes charge of the drawback LABOR Whrn
is exceedingly important. Ieneral DeHis /
Turkc investigates the differentiation OF iner,
chandise A. C. Bissell is assigned 10 genera
work. ". F. Ritter is detailed for duty az thc
United States Distrlct-Attorneys Once. y. /;
Cleveland is placed on miscellaneous WORK. ana
Jack Swivel is attached to the Auditors depart
mcnt of the Custom House. These are INC
nrincipal special inspectors under MI; Wiipur.
Recently + Il. SmOnton, a wCl!-known hepupic"il
from Maine and a special Treasury agent, was as
stoned for duty in Mr. Wilbur's office. lie was
DENNY Collector at Camden, Me, for eighteen
Years. and for several years Editor OF Inc
camden Herald" He State Senator in $50
lie is a lawyer by profession, suave politician
and a courteous afablc man:
With the recollection still in mind OF the
rccent seizures made by the Office mere IL Is
hardly necessary 10 recapltulate them. But IL Is
,vell Ia show a comparison OF the appraised value
of seizures made in the last four years by the
special agents of this district: