The evening world., 1894-08-29
SECTION 5 A TERROR.
It Rufass the Feelings Of the
Custom.H House Officials.
No One Seems 10 Know What to Do
Under II.
Deputy King Blsmes Mr.. Phelps
and Says "Cuss" Words.

Uncle Sans servitors at the Custom
House pretend to be much amused at
the stories that have gone forth con-
corning the turmoil and confusion in
cident to the enactment Of the new
Tariff law.
Here you are going around giving
PEOPLE the impression that everything
in and about the building is at skies and
sevens." said Collector Kilbreth. Don't
you see how smoothly things are work.
irg?
But. Mr.. Collector" put in reporter.
how will you be able to enforce section
6 OF the new Tariff law"
"oh. easily enough. You see. It will
be enforced in spirit, II not in the letter.
The whole thing Is clear to the average
man. But, say, you go see King. He's
In the Third Division. and he knows all
about such things"
The Third Division is where all with
drawals are made. There the reporter
found Deputy Collector e. A. King up
to his ears in work and surrounded by
n clamoring mob "t brokers, who de.
! manded that he Sign this or certify
| that" all the while showing papers
| lncIOseO IN envelopes AT MIN.
When Mr.. Kins, had a chance to take
tured:
MIR. Kings Office faces Wall stree,
and Is on 4 level with that OF the Law
firm of Evarts. Choate & Beaman. across
the street Mr. King Locked Ia across ross the
street. s seek a to"s breath and SAID
Then Mr. King wanted to Know wha
was the matter with section or an!
the workings Of that particular section
but suddenly discovered that he didn'
quite understand 1t himself.
Say; boys" he said, go see Phelp,
responsible for the whole blanked thing
and. of CO Irse he'll know all about II.
Deputy Collector Phelps is almost a
us are the grimy Corinthian columns
Its SECTION ., you want to know
give us lots of trouble. You see s' Il pro o
vides that all articles brought into thi
country must be marked or branded II
legible English words In manner s.
origin and the quantity OF their con
tents. II not properly marked, the con
tents must be re-examned and rear
praised.
This means that all quart bottles o
wine will have TO be reopened, for Il
you know. n quart bottle Of wine neve
contains more than IA nth OF ii gallon.
Then ag iin," resumed Mr.. Phelps
let us suppose that n house in this cit
has consigned to 1t 500 dozen needle:
Well. according to section s. should tn
consignm mt contain one needle more %
less. we'll have to go all over that cas-
OF needles to get the thing straight.
The result OF Il all will be the .grea,
est confusion and the bringing Of bus
ness almost to stan.lstill."
AS the reporters filed out OF his room
Mr.. Phelps uueried: Say, boys! DO yo
wonder I'm getting bald?'
AS "A matter Of fact, things were rur
ming smoothly throughout the buildin
except In Division 3. where Mr.. Kin
was still very busy. Three hundred ne
2 brokers howled around him to-day 9
well ar yesterday, and every one
them. together with the Old broker
were doing their best, apparently,
, make Mr.. Kings life miserable.
why, this IL fun said the head {
! the rhir1 Division. as big beads
: perspiration rolled down his brow. wv
had about 800 Withdrawals yesterday an
! expect about $50 more to-day. Our r,
ceipts at the end of the day were som,
thing ike $4,000 The day before tn
Mckinley bill became a law we took
over g 500, 900. we hustled for fair this
day. I tell YOU"
from prominent broker II wa
\ learned that many protests had bee
\ filed with the law division because
, the working OF the new law.