New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-29
CUSTOMS OFFICIALS BUSY.
IMPORTERS ANXIOUS TO GET THEIR
GOODS OUT OF BOND.

AN UNPRECEDENTED NUMBER OF WITHDRAWALS
PRESENTED IN THE THIRD DIVISION
THE CLERKS "swAMPED"- RECEIPTs
AMOUNTED To OVER $4,000
While the Custom House looked livelier yesterday
than it has been in many months the amount Of
business actually transacted did not reach
tremeiy large figure. 1t several times much
as usual, however. and the number of Withdrawals
presented In the Third Division was unprecedented.
The receipts to-day expected to be greater than
yesterday.
The Tariff law went into effect on Monday
night al u o'clock. Most of tho chiefs Of the diff
ferent divisions went 20 the Collectors Office after
hours on Monday and held conference. Sugges
lions were asked for and instructions given. Every
one was prepared for rush yesterday morning.
Under provision Of the new Law licenses were
issued Monday and yesterday temporarily to
about 800 brokers Some Of them were warned that
II their methods OF conducting business did not i'm
prove their licenses would be revoked. When the
Mckinley Tariff into effect. increasing the
duties certain articles. the rush at the Custom
House the day before. as merchants were
anxious to get their goods out Of bond before the
law became operative. Yesterday morning the con-
reversed importers wishing TO get their
goods of The bonded warehouses and through
the Custom House soon as possible 70 pat them
on the market. Certain goods u taken ou' before
yesterday had to pay the old duty by waiting
! until yesterday the merchants saved considerable
money
An extra force Of clerks had been put on in the
Third, or Withdrawal Division, but they could not
handle the papers fast enough 10 suit the mpaten:
brokers. This notice posted in the division:
Withdrawals Of goods in bond Will be made; as
rule, under the Mckinley tariff. pending liquidation.
The following articles. however, can be taken on;
wire rods pens anline coors and dyes. art now
and feathers. glassware decorated emma piain
rk,f rftf .cfff
cotton lace curtains. cotton laces BUTT sPoigeS'
cleaned rice almonds not 5he nG noI sbeed snn:
and n.r,; thereof; manufactures OF iron. iron ore
and pig iron. india rubber and ivory, manufaciures
of paper. plain paper coated paPsf' Issue
thread: peas beans and mushrooms. vegetables IN
a natural state. pickles and sauces; prepared veg,
SCRAP; cigars, bay rum ali spirits classified under
the Mckinley act at y ~ prlnes p .u.ms. nj
cles boracic acid. manufactures OF glass. nnoleun
and carpets, ale in casks. straw mats
china clay unwrought earth oxide Of cobalt I'M
seed ultramarne. cotton wearing apparel
!; was necessary 10 post this mainly on account
Of the errors In the new law in regard 10 wool
goods in bond Tnt Il be settled that 'h'y
NAV come in free they Will have TO pay the NC
Kinlev tariff II Withdrawn The trouble Is 'h"'
no one seems 10 know whether the pieanlp'e -
Section ! applies to the whole act or only H'."o'
7 Deputy Collector King says that wool VIII nave
~ he wIthdrawn under the former tariff until tho
question Is settled As the case now stands In re-
gard TO woryteds and woollens, importers nave 10
make afiidavl,s as TO the amour, OF worss.eu OF
W. Wool lam IN hf esps sGSd Ser promises be aos!
no end Of litigation and compncauons: nov .av
IN. new law has gone into effect Lawyers '"'
they viii be sure to begin a, once tun-s,n 70
enOr! was made to get so ne ,esterday. in
stead OF AT q the usual hour He w"nid no. S'n1 F,
to that, but before os ' tSa hour big crowd Of broker
with their clerks gathered In ron, o. ' r, in drs
All were loaded with large packages OF ne pSif,s
which haze have 70 goo Ss can be got out bond DEPUTY
Coiinc,or King. head Of the division haa io9f'efi
,'l1 mn ,sh M the stairs followed the opening Of th@
doors: hats were badly injured ana SlJ'' IT, r.
torn With whoop the crowd rushed h,o gre
ud,hdra division and began 70 throw the paie,'
Al The clerks. much after the mlahnTI o. P' -
sons sons W" ..ane cigar ordinarily The papers ARE
passed through ,s windST. IN TOO .nr pS way o
| The brokers YESTERDAY .A No . football field IN
! The Dig r"o, M zane 4 crowd OF excited men
,he n'" c, near the CLERKS, and another crowa "!
ing to get Du the 81 mos, frantic KIND Of way entirely
obliyious OF their neighbors c9rns wnhT er in
81 p@psiom House than it has been ior many ga
The heaviest rush was from S 10 ID Id Inc heaviest
business in those two hours that II hs ever wa
length nx of '%s w wns S 9nr ' "f nsRns
noise OF some kind for no special reason
and al ,, the %0 s14oss the i' room "e u
csuaily about 100 Withdrawals pass through the
mr. .n,o Kine said that they amounted to over o
ne Tar The largest number In his expsrienee, Nv ~,
~ ppeached Nl2 3ii twice The average amount
The customs officials expect dhe receipts ~ Nn fr
onenJIv run up to 10000 in day. but In the Lay
que,.' ;,ay nave fallen of considerably There was
$1,000 activity at the bonded warehouses. caused
by the new law going INTO ehsci Inc GSIec'or cSd
| ha axnsctel with the unprecedented rush anu th''
he expected the clerks TO DO bette ,o,aay, time
hu, tho clerks had 10 work much later .hah u, uai.
The rush is likely to con;inue Tor sQ'e Iin'' Ia
Tor the expected change In the tarin ana Wheh ne
ioa Come in next week they will arrive mere
! in.6ad nth these goods