The morning call., 1893-10-17

Ihe correspondence is pertinent to q re-
quest Of Director General de Young re-
Gently telegraphed by him to Secretary
Carlisle, asking that one, Lai Hook, the
agent of the Chinese e0ncessiODsries, be
allowed TO bring from China persons desg-
mated as exhibitors and skilled work
men" for the Chinese village.
Acting Secretary Hamlin's reply to Mr..
de Dung tells its own story as follows:
In view. of the abuses occurring In rhe ad-
mission OF Chinese for the Columbian Exposi-
tion the department declines To instruct the
Collector IN advance Of the Chinese coming for
the Midwinter Exposition.
The Collector will be governed BY the law
and will be Instructed to exercise the utmost
precautiOn to prevent tie admission OF Chiuese
not Imported in good faith for exhibition pur-
poses.
The letter of Assistant Secretary Curtiss
In reference to the matter reads:
Collector of Customs, San Francisco. Cal
SIR: inclose herewith copy of telegram
IRON MIR. nj. III. de Young, Director 6 eneral OF
the Mdwinter Exposition, In which he REQUESTS
that instructions may be given 10 you similar to
those addressed 10 your predecessor in Septem.
Der last. concerning the admission of Chinese
persons FOR exhibition purposes at said fair. l
also lnclose copy of the departments reply
thereto and the law and regulations relating TO
said Midwinter Exposition. together with the
regulations governing the Worlds Columbian
Exposition al Chicago
Although 4S8 Chinese persons were admitted
upon representation that they were 10 be used
Tor exhibition purposes at The Columbian Ex-
position, II has been asceItained that-less than
100 OF them were really employed in any
capacity by the company who procured them
admission. You are. therefore, instructed TO
exercise the greatest precauion TO prevent
recurrence OF this abuse. Respectfully yours,
W. +. CURTIss. Assistant Secretary.
There is also a circular to collectors of
customs, under date of the 7th inst, ap-
pending instructions to a printed copy of
the Midwnter Fair act of September / as
TO the free entry Of exhibits and the trans
fer of exhibits now at Chicago. Folio wing
is copy of the Instructions:
In conformity with the above act. and by
virtue OF the authority therein conferred upon
the Secretary OF the Treasury. IL IS hereby
directed that the regulations issued by this
department on November 5, 1891, governing
the Tree importation OF articles for exhibition
at the Worlds Columbian Exposition at Chi
cago, shall be applied, as far as practicable to
the California Mdwnter International Expo
Sltion, for which purpose the name "San Fran
cisco" shall be substituted for the name "Chi-
cago" whenever the latter shall appear in said
ulaions; and the words "Midwinter Iuter-
national Exposition" shall be substituted for
the words Worlds Columbian ExpOsItlon''
whenever the latter may appear.
EXHIBITS may be transferred from the expo
sitlon at Chcago to The exposition at San Fran.
cisco by any railroad company which is bonded
Tor The transportation OF appraised merchan-
dlSe, Tor which purpose entry will be required
under the form of "Warehouse and Transpor-
tation Entry" bond being taken from the
owner or his agent, without sureties, CON
ditioned on the due entry of The exhibits at San
Francisco. All merchandise so transferred
VIII De appraised ana CLASSIFIED before being
laden at Chicago and may then be repack ed
into smaller pack ages TO suit the convenience
of the exhibitor.
Every package laden for transportation as
above shall have affixed to 1t blue label bear
ing the words:
In TRANSIT TO THE MIDwINTER EXPOSE.
TIoN AT SAN FRANCISCO.
EXHIBIT FROM
And the name OF the country of origin shall
be placed thereon.
The entry at San Francisco and the records
there kept will be made under the same forms
as are established at the Columbian E xposition
at Chicago. c. S. HAMLIN,
Aptiup Secratarv