The evening world., 1894-08-15
RUSH AFTER GOODS.
BoIded Warehouses Will Ee
Rapidly Emptied Now.
$4,000 Paid in Duty on Whiskey
Alone Yesterday.
Tariff Legislation Has spurred I'm
porters Into speedy Action.

Tn. passing Of the Tariff bill has
brought d rush u business u the Gus
tum-liouse, which IL keeping the officials
and clerks there on the jump, and FOR
the next four weeks all tho Government
employees expect TO work early and
! late.
business has been at 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 importatiOns to go into the bonded
warehouses untI IN" latter are 50
crammeu with goous that their vans
are almost buiging,
For months goods have only been
| Withdrawn on a nanl-tO-mUutn system,
| ana the accumulation * to-day greater
| tndn has ever been Known IN the histor'
| VI this port.
In the warehouse division II the Gus
| tom-house every employee Is buried IN
work. Deputy Collector Duryea, VINO ~
| Ia charge OF this DIVISION, was iouni AT
his !esN, coat on, and signing permits
as fast as he could write. 10 an Even
ing World reporter he found time to
say:
The rush to withdraw goods has be
! gun. We have in this district, when
| includes New York, Jersey ,ity anu
| lrOokiyn, al out ~ BOMBED Warehouses
ana any number N free ware houses me
latter beng seneraliy used iST . me
| storage ri suS5f. In he bondtd ware
| houses to-day there are mil lon ana
/ har packages OF soois oI AL uescr'p-
| lions
! that We had IN bonded WAREHOUSES;
! iv.ljp proof gallons OF whlskey. Iester-
day thu amount OF duty PAM into the
cashiers Office on Sniskey Withdrawals
alone was Si6svoJ, tho largest amount OF
duty, | bencyc, eyer received mere IN
on day tor Withdrawals of whisHsy.
Ihtn there L. Il srcLI quantity OF TO
| bacco IN storage. bat as me new farm
| Diil is more favorable 10 tobacco in the
! way OF DUTY tnan the present one, /
! imagine thal the owners viii let all they
| can remain IN bond until the new law
goes INTO effect.
From another source it was learned
| that. as near as can be estimated, the
| Government would receive In uuty about
u so. UvU.VvV IL all the goods now in Donued
Warehouses; at this port were withdraw
under the present Iarid law.
| Regarding the various reports about
the great amount OF sugar stored here,
prominent sugar Importer anu broker
who was at the custom Rouse tnis
morning. said that the truth OF the mat
| ter is that there Is not as much raw SUI
gar at this port to-day AS has been
| stored here at times past:
| "A crop is only crop, said he, and
high tariif or none at all. there Will still
be The years crop OF sugar, no more. no
| less. The yearly production abou; equals
the consumption. and there IL but little
| ielt over.
Tine customs officials anticipate a
| heavy withdrawal OF all goods now in
| bonded warehouses on which the new
| tarlN increases the uuty, but they also
| expect heavy and immediate Importa-
tons in the same line. Ii Is thought
| that merchandise now in bond Oh which
| the duty WIN be lowered by the new
measure will be allowed to remain there
| to benefit by the reduction in duty.
| There wiil b. heavy Withdrawals of
| champsgnes and WINES of all kinds the
business has not begun 10 any great ex-
| tent This morning me Appraisers or
| flee and the Custom House Vas filed
with brokers ana Representatives OF big
| dry goods importing houses, arranging
| for the taking out OF goods from bond.
The brokers are happy, for they see
| plenty Of business anc money 10 be
| times.