St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-23
Regulations Prescribed by
the Treasury to Levy and
Collect.
Exempt Vessels Must Furnish
Proof Of Delivery Of
Cargo.
Ministerial Organs at Cana
ds's Capitals Favor End
ing the Treaty.
HYsterical Claim That Uncle
Sam Is Arbitrary and Un-
reasonable.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-Acting Sec
retary Spaulding, OF tine treasury de-
partment, has issued circular letter of
instructions to collectors of customs
under the act relating to tolls on Can
adam vessels at the st. Mary's Falls
canal, which provides that the money
shall be collected under regulations to
be established by the secretary of the
treasury. After reciting the law and
the presidents proclamation, he directs
as follows: :
In the passage through the canal at
st. Mary's Falls. in your district. from
and after the first proximo, of any YES
sci with cargo. you will exact the tolls
as provided for. but no tolls will be
charged or collected as regards freight
carried to and landed at OgdenSburg,
or any port west of Ogdensburg and
south of line drawn from the northern
boundary of the state of New York
through the st. Lawrence river, the
great lakes and their connecting chan
nels to the northern boundary of the
state of Minnesota. The master OF
every such vessel will be. required to
furnish sworn statement, subStan-
t ally in the form of manifest, showing
date. the name of the vessel, its destina-
ton, the name of the master and the
number of tons and kind of merchan-
disc carried. If the destination be such
as TO exempt the vessel from the tolls,
you will make record Of the fact i'll
book with columns exhibiting the par
tI.,r, Sod astn taf
ment, and also the amounts chargeable
and the amount paid
On the next arrival of the vessel you
will exact the tolls. unless on or before
that time and within one month from
her passager though the canal there
shall be fui nished to you proof OF actual
delivery of the cargo at some port or
place within the limits of the United
States above specified. Such proof will
consist of the certificates OF 1.-The coll
lector of customs at the port of 'destina-
ton, showing the entry Of the vessel
and the landing of the merchandise
there. Should the prescribed evidence
not be furnished within period of one
month after the passage OF the canal by
the vessel, you will report the fact TO
the department. to the end that meas
ures may be taken by it for the recovery
of the amount.
The tolls collected will be deposited
as miscellaneous receipts and included
in a special account forwarded to the
first auditor, i'll which the total amount
received each month will be credited
and the amount deposited debited, and
will be entered OH the stub book Cat.
No. 399) with other collections as tolls
for passage of vessels through ST.
Mary's Falls canal. An abstract will
accompany each amount showing the
name of the vessel and the master, the
number of tons of merchandise, the
date of the masters statement and the
date of the passage. Receipts for the
amount collected will be given to the
payer.
The Man to Enforce 1t.
The chief work of enforcing the pres
ldent's proclamation of retaliation,
should it go into effect OH Sept l, will
fall OH +. X. Howard, the collector of
customs at Marquette on Lake Superior;
He is an experienced officer, who served
for some lime as deputy before being
appointed collector. The amount of
commerce is very considerable. Five
hundred and eighty-three thousand tons
of wheat passed through st. Mary's
canal last year, and 254. 600 tons of flour
and 10000 tons of grain other than
wheat. or iron ore there were 4,404.0 200
tons and coal 1,9S4, 900 tons. In fact the
the tonnage and traffic that goes through
the st. Mary's canal is greater than that
passing throughthe SueZ canal in Egypt.
Five thousand nine hundred and four
American and 7S4 foreign vessels were
entered at Marquette during the year