The evening world., 1894-08-15
RUSH AFTER GOODS.
Bonded Warehouses Will Be
Rapidly Emptied Now.
$4,000 Paid in Duty on Whisky
Alone Yesterday.
Tariff Legislation Has spurred Inn
porters Into Speedy Action.

The passing OF the Tariff bill has
brought n rush OF business to the Gus
tom House, which is keeping the officials
and clerks there on the jump, and for
the next four weeks all the Government
employees expect TO work early and
| 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 importations to go into the bonded
warehouses until the latter are 80
crammed with goods that their walls
are almost bullying.
For months goods have only been
| Withdrawn on a hand-to-mouth system,
| and the accumulation Is to-day greater
than has ever been known In the history
| OF this port
In the warehouse division OF the 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 of, and signing permits
ing World" reporter he found time TO
say;
Includes New York, Jersey city and
Brooklyn, about 1875 bonded warehouses
| and any number of free warehouses, the
latter being generally used for the
storage Of sugar. In The bonded ware
| houses to-day there are million and a
half packages of goods OF all descrp-
lions.
that we had In bonded warehouses
700, $50 proof gallons of whiskey. Yester-
day the amount of duty paid into the
o rs oo On TShiskey os
duty. I believe, ever received here In
one day for Withdrawals of whiskey.
| Then there is great quantity OF to,
bill is more favorable to tobacco In the
way OF duty than the present one,
imagine that the owners win let all they
can remain In bond until the new law
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warehouses; at this port were withdrawn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.
prominent sugar importer and broker
who was at the Custom-Ho this
morning. said that the truth OF the mat
ter is that there Is not as much raw su.
| gar at this port to-day as has been
stored here at times past:
a crop is only a crop said he, and
high tarif or none at all, there will still
less. The yearly production about equals
the consumption, and there is but little
left over"
The customs officials anticipate q
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.
lions in the same line. 1t Ia 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 yet the
business has not begun to any great ex.
tent. This morning the Appraisers OF.
with brokers and representatives OF bis
dry-goods importing houses, arranging
for the taking out of goods from bond
The brokers are happy, for they see
plenty Of business and money to be
made after many, many months OF dull
| times