New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-18
SECRETARY FOSTERS PLEASANT VISIT
HE GOES BACK TO WASHINGTON AFTER BUSY
STAY IN NEw-YORK.

STAY IN NEw-YORK.
secrctary Foster returned to Washington yesterday
,vci, peased with his first official visit to ths CITY
as the Secretary Of the Treasury. lie passed ah'eer
busy day Yesterday, spending tho most oil MS 'ie III
consulting Federal officials here on Government anars
lie took breakfast With Christopher Magee ana OK
po.tmaster General Frank Hat.on, after when nc
oooI,od rrnited States Senators Chandler, OF New
,Iomnsh,re and IIansbrough. Of North Dakota :
coIIector beard Of Boston; Senator HiscocH Coiohe
9 " y Crlcer Louis f. Payn, United States shipping
ron,missloner Reed and Others. Mr.. Foster went 10
.bo uhTreasury at IL a. m where ne met Coilector
rhardt Assistant secretary spaulding, Solicitor Hep
burn and Senator Iliscock. Ihey remained III con-
a',,o.ior Cor some time, after which the Secretary
,..d = number OF callers, among them Henry Buck
-, ,,ce nresdent Of the Third National Bank
nororoI samuel Thomas, A A. Low and George H.
Sergeant IN. ,,..,.u., ,r,,or,.s and
,,,,rnod IN the sub Treasury about 40 p m'' anu
ofer consultation with Assistant United states treas
urer Roberts received some reporters MI roser sau
h, no was greatly pleased with his visit here, ana
1s.S hor+ several affairs of public interest. In re-
80 - ,be nropositon to take from the Treasury tho
90, 200 600 IN subsidiary silver coin, Slo'ooo,ooo
hcnr in silver halfdollars, and to put IL IN
Secretary Foster said that the Treasury Department
rronn endeayor 10 do this as soon as possloe ii,o
silver would have to be put out through 'no PUN
deposItories, and the Treasury department "o'N 10
miro the cooperation Of the BANKS
We shall try to have these CONS tahe ue pl'co VI
the silver dollarp said Mr. Poster. oiNor uoiiai ,
ore largely used for change Now IL we say 10 Danhs
which ask the Treasury for silver ooiars ,naV "o
ou1d like 10 have them take two or three thousahu
do,,ors NJ time in the smaller CON- ana Ii tley VIII
consent n will simplify matters Tms we VIII sooh
GET the coin in circulation"
The conversation turned on immignuon, ana oecIe-
tow Foster,s attention was called to story WHICH
&c imnorant II true 1t was.that the steamer oregon
,,ad tror, Iiverpool with 500 immigrants and
,,od AZ Portland Me-, with only fifteen, the resi-
h,ir, landed AT Halifax in order to avoid paying INC
"a Cents tax levied by the United states Government
d With the intention Of crossing the Canadian bordcr
49,. +bs corntry Mr. Foster said that the new
Iuiyr,t,on law would be rgidy enforced and that
ONO means would be found to stop TINS knd OF
,rnro,c,,tion Tho Government had authority 10 ap-
o,rt any number of inspectors, and would ponce inc
entire Canadian border IL necessary. ""'o nv
doubt that it will be done, TOO, IL heeu Dc NC
Whom asked when the Government WOULD aDohsh
oonIor scaling Mr. Foster said the Treasury Depart
ment would issue the order OF aooilshmenV III "oou'
. month When asked as to whether Chauhcey NJ
Denovy had seen him about this, secretary foster
roned that he had neither seen nor heard from MT.
ndnour Tho Secretary said that he was surprised
that Mr. Depew had expressed mmseH SO sIOIsH oh
the subiect ms was reported by the newspapers
Mr. Foster said that in his conference VIII OV,eo t
rrbartt he had posted himself on details IN tne
Customs Service in regard TO the case OF Charles L'
Perry who was recently suspended from tEc [uuiVpI
min NJ the Custom House, Mr.. Foster sld mat ne
shonld announce his decision at Wasnngton o pot oc
Mr.. Foster returned to Washington on the ~