The evening world., 1894-08-15
RUSH AFTER GOODS.
Bonded Warehouses Will Be
Rapidly Emptied Now.
$4,000 Paid In Duty on Whiskey
Alone Yesterday.
Tariff Legislation Has Spurred linz
portcrs Into speedy Action.

The passing OF the Tariff bill has
| brought a 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 so
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withdrawn on a hand-to-mouth system,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 In buried In
work. Deputy Collector Duryea, who is
in charge of this division. was found at
his desk, coat off, and signing permits
as fast as he could write. 70 an Even
ing World" reporter he found time to
THE rush to withdraw goods has be-
gun. We have in this district, which
Brooklyn, about LIZ bonded warehouses;
and any number Of free warehouses, the
latter being generally used for the
houses to-day there are a million and a
half packages OF goods OF all descrlp-
lions.
100, $50 proof gallons. OF whiskey. Yester-
day the amount Of duty paid Into the
cashiers office on whiskey withdrawals
alone was yi6SOoo the largest amount Of
duty, l believe, ever received here In
one day for Withdrawals of whiskey.
Then there is a great quantity OF To-
bacco in storage, but as the new Tarin
way OF duty than the present one, !
Imagine that the owners Will let all they
can remain in bond until the new law
goes into effect"
From another source 1t was learned
that, as near as can be estimated, the
Government would receive In duty about
$50, 900 700 II all the goods now in bonded
under the present Tarifr law.
Regarding the various reports about
the great amount OF sugar stored here,
prominent sugar importer H and or1 tSis
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, land
high tariff or none at all, there will still
| be the years crop of sugar, no more, no
| less. The yearly production about equals
the consumption, and there Is but little
| left over"
The customs officials anticipate a
heavy withdrawal Of all goods now In
bonded warehouses on which the new
| tariff increases the duty, but they also
| expect sheavy and immediate importa-
tons In the same line. 1t Is 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 win BE- 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-
| flee and the Custom House was filled
with brokers and representatives Of big
| dry-goods importing houses, arranging
The brokers are happy, for they see
plenty Of business and money to be
made after many. many months of dull
times,