The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-15
RUSH AFTER GOODS.
Bonded Warehouses Will Be
Rapidly Emptied Now.
S168, 900 Paid in Duty on Whiskey
Alone Yesterday.
Tariff Legislation Has Spurred linz
porters Into Speedy Action.

The passing OF the Tariff bill has
brought a rush Of business to the Gus
tom House, which il keeping the officials
and clerks there on the jump, and for
the next four weeks all the Government
employees expect to work early ana
late
business has been at a standstill for
so many months" said one OF the Gus
toms officers this morning, that mer-
chants through lack of cash and Gus
toners for their goods have allowed all
their impo' tations to go into the bonded
warehouses until the latter are so
crammed with goods that their walls
are almost bulging.
For months goods have only been
Withdrawn on a hand-to-moutn system,
and the accumulation is to-day greater
than has ever been known In the history
Of this port"
In the warehouse division of tne Gus
TOM House every employee Is buried In
work. Deputy Collector Duryea, who Is
In charge of this division, was found at
his desk, coat off. and signing permits
as fast as he could write. To an Even
ing World reporter he found time 10
a'rhe rush to withdraw goods has be
gun. We have in this district; which
includes New York, jersey city and
| Brooklyn. about i26 bonded warehouses
o nd any number of free ware houses, the
latter being generally used Tor the
storage of suger. In the bonued ware
| houses to-day there are million and a
half packages OF goods or all descrIp-
| lions.
that we had In bonded warehouses
700. $50 proof gallons OF whiskey. lester-
day the amount OF duty paid into the
ca shier's Office on whiskey Withdrawals
alone was $l6S. 900, the largest amount of
In \
one day for Withdrawals of whiskey.
Then there Is great quantity OF 10
bacco in storage but as the new Iarin
| way of duty than the present one, i
imagine that the owners will let all they
can remain in bond until the new law
| goes into effect
From another source II was learned
that, as near as can be estimated, the
Government would receive In duty about
$50, Ooo. 900 II all the goods now in bonded
warehouses at this port were Withdrawn
under the present Tariff law.
| Regarding the various reports about
the great amount of sugar stored here,
a prominent sugar importer and broker
who was at the Custom-House this
morning. said that the truth of the mat
ter is that there is not as much raw SUI
gar at this port today as has been
"a crop Is only Il crop said he. and
high tariff or none at all. there will still
| be the years crop OF sugar, no more, nc
| less. me yearly pIOuuCiloi dpoul tpudiis
the consumption, and there is but little
left over
The customs officials anticipate a
heavy Withdrawal of all goods now In
bonded warehouses on which the new
tariff increases the duty, but they also
expect heavy and immediate importa-
| tons in the same line. 1t Is thought
| that merchandise now in bond on which
the duty will be lowered by the new
measure Will be allowed to remain there
to benefit by the reduction in duty.
| There will b. heavy Withdrawals OF
champagnes and wines of all kinds, the
customs officers say, but as Vet the
business has not begun to any great cX.
tent. This morning The Appraisers of,
flee and the custOm-H House was filled
| with brokers and representatives OF big
dry-gOods importing houses, arranging
for the taking out OF goods from bond
The brokers are happy, for they sec
plenty OF business and money to be
made after many, many months of dull