The evening world., 1894-08-29
5 A TERROR.
It Rufles the Feelings Of the
Custom House officials.
No One Seems TO Know What to Do
Under II.
Deputy King Biames 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 Kllbreth. Don't
you see how smoothly things are work
.rg?"
"But, Mr.. Collector" put in a reporter,
'how will you be able to enforce section
s of the new Tariff law?"
"Oh, easily enough. You see, II will
be enforced in spirit. If 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
The Third Division is where all with
drawals are made. There the reporter
found Deputy Collector c. A. King up
a clamoring mob OF brokers, who de-
manded that he "sign this" or certify
that" all the while showing papers
'" Wien Mr.. e King had T. " Chance to take
tured:
How about section 6 of the new
Mr., Kings, office faces Wall street
and Is on level with that of the law
firm of Evarts, Choate & Beaman, across
the street. Mr.; King looked across the
- section 81
Then Mr.. King wanted to know what
was the matter with section g or any
the workings of that particular section,
but suddenly discovered that he didn't
quite understand it himself.
- Say boys Vs., he said. go see. see Phelps
responsible for the whole blanked thing,
Deputy Collector Phelps is almost as
as are the grimy Corinthian columns
in the rotunda of the building.
Its Section g. you want to know
about is Is Iots IT, Well fear It's going to
vides that all articles brought into this
country must be marked or branded In
| legible English words in a manner so
origin and the quantity OF their con-
tents. If not properly marked. the con-
tents must be re-examined and reap
This means that all quart bottles of
wine will have to be reopened, for, as
you know. quart bottle of wine never
contains more than a fifth Of a gallon.
Then again. resumed Mr.. Phelps"
let us suppose that a house in this city
has consigned to it 500 dozen needles.
Well. according to section 6. should the
Conslgnme nt contain one needle more or
| less, we'll have to go all over that case
or needles to get the thing straight.
THE. result of 1t all will be the great
est confusion and the bringing of busi-
| ness almost to a stanIstill."
AS the reporters filed out OF his room,
Mr.. Phelps queried: Say. boys! Do you
wonder I'm getting bald?''
AS a matter Of fact, things were run
ming smoothly throughout the building
except in Division 8, where Mr.. King
was still very busy. Three hundred new
brokers howled around him To-day as
well as yesterday, and every one OF
them, together with the old brokers,
were doing their best apparently, to
make Mr., Kings life miserable.
| Why, this is fun" said the head of
the Third Division. as big beads of
perspiration rolled down his brow I'VE
had about 500 Withdrawals yesterday and
expect about $50 more to-day. Our re-
ceipts at the end of the day were some
thing like $780, The day before the
Mckinley bill became law We took in
over S2,5oo.OOo. We hustled for fair that
From a prominent broker 1t was
learned that many protests had been
| filed with the law division because of
| the working of the new law