The morning call., 1890-10-05
SWAMPED WITH
BUSINESS.
A Day Of Excitement at the
New York CuStOm-H0uSe.
IhrOngS Of Importers and Brokers En-
deaVOriDS to Make Their Entries.
The Last Day for Admitting Goods Under
the Old Tariff LaE-TreaSury OIL
CialS Hard at Work.
Special to THE MORNING CALI.

New YORK, Oct. 4.-The most intense ex-
element prevailed in and about the Custom
house all day, while troops of importers and
brokers kept coming and going As 3 O'Clock
rotunda was filed with solid mass of
humanity. which jostled. pushed and yelled.
All wished to get their entries in under the
old law, and stood ready to make entries
the moment vessels were sighted at Fire
Island. By decision Of yesterday the
Custom house was to have closed at 8
o'clock this afternoon. The mass of i'm
porters and brokers in the Custom-house
was so great at 3 O'Clock that Collect 7
Erhard announced the time extended until
o'clock. Each moment after 3 o'clock the
excitement became greater and those in the
rotunda appeared TO be going crazy. They
shouted, yelled and made futile efforts 20
move about. Clerks in various divisions
were swamped with business. Not for
years has such scene been enacted in the
Custom-hOuse, The Collector was in a
quaudary. His office was jammed with
importers, who waved rolls in their hands
and shouted to him not to close. The
pressure on the Collector became so great
that finally he telegraphed Secretary VIM
dom for advice. The Secretary soon replied
for the Collector to use his discretion in the
matter. Accordingly the Collector decided
to keep the Custom-hOuse open until u
O'Clock tonight. The steamships Regnals.
City of Chicago, Vandam and City of
Columbia, the latter from Havana with a
cargo of tobacco, were due tonight.
At 5 80 o'clock the City of Chicago was
entered, and a great part of the waiting
crowd was relieved. At Cos O'Clock the
steamer ReguluS, with cargo OF laces. silks
and velvetS. was entered. There was still
and news OF them was anxionsly awaited.
At 1880 O'Clock it became known that the
Etruria had been sighted off the outer bar at
9:34 o'clock. At one minute of y the cap
tain of the Etruria had not arrived. Ten
seconds later, when half the lights were out
a carriage came on rush to the door and
great shout went up. From it jumped Cap
tain Hams, who was Immediately behind
the counter and entered his vessel just be-
fore the clock struck midnight. Three
cheers and a tiger were given for him. The
captain had come in special tug and was
the CuSom-hOuse.
The receipts at the Custom-house to-day
were S1,154,5s3, the second largest amount
taken in there. ince the war. The receipts
for the week were over S6.000.o0O.
WASHINGTON, Oct 5.-Secrttary Window,
Assistant Secretaries Spauldng and Nettle-
ton and General Appraiser Iichenor spent
to-day over questions that have arisen re-
gardng the execution of the new tariff law.
which takes effect Monday morning. Several
importers, deSirous of receiving the full
benefit Of existing tariff rates, applied to the
Treasury Department for permission to ell
Ter their goods. at the CuStom-house5 up
to midnight Sunday. Assistant Secretary
Spaulding has informed them that this Is q
matter entirely within the discretion of the
Collectors of Customs the various ports,
and that the department Is not dis
posed 10 interfere in tire matter. General
Spauldng said to-day that he did rot antici-
pate trouble with regard to the execution of
the new law on the Pacific Coast by reason
of the failure of customs officers to receive
official copies OF the law at the date 1t goes
into operation, as entries made on and
after Monday under the present law can be
readily liquidated under the new rates with
very little extra labor.
HALIFAX, Oct 4-Discussing the Boston
HPrald's article on theeffect Of the Mckinley
bill in Europe, the Halifax Herald OF this
morning says: Whatever other countries
may do, we conceive 1t To be almost lmpera-
tive on Great Britain to take decided action
in the matter. The Mckinley Bill has been
passed with the avnwed purpose of coercing
Canada INTO severing her connection with
the British Empire and becoming paIt of the
United States. 1t is therefore, in its nature,
an act of war ON the British Empire to bring
about dismemberment. Will Great Britain
go on affording her enemies tie same trade
facilities in her ports she acc0rds her own
children? 1t is a case for discrimination
against the United States"
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The Herald's Lon
don correspondent SAYS that representatives
in Manchester OF an American dry goods
house believe that the new tariff will not af-
feet the trade in cotton goods. except in the
case of velvets and other fine fabrics, and
that Germany and France will suffer more
than England