The record-union., 1895-10-26
Receipts the Past Year in Excess
of the Previous One.
WHILE THE COST OF COLLECTION
WAS REDUCED
An Interesting Story of National Re-
publican Conventions, Explaining
why minneapolis Secured the Meet
Ing in 1S92-Facts of the Case as
Told By a National Committeeman.

WASHINGTON Oct. 25.-Supervising
Special Treasury Agent j. j. rowley has
submitted his report of the result of the
work of the division of special agents for
the past fiscal year to the Secretary of the
Treasury. In a table which accompanies
the report it is shown that the receipts
from customs during the past year ex-
ceeded those of the preceding fiscal year
| by $2I, ,559, 900, while the cost to collect the
revenues was reduced.
Special attention is given in the report
to the undervsluation of imported mer-
chaudise and the difficulties encountered
by the officeIs who are charged with the
supervision of the collection of the rev.
enues are set forth.
Mr.. Crowley is of the opinion that
better administration would be secured If
| there was Encouragement Of the customs
districts. Particular attention is called
to the Instances of special legislation
whereby the provision OF the Chinese ex-
clusion laws, as we'll as those of the alien
contract labor laws were waived to en-
able persons who are otherwise excluded
to enter this country as participants in
interstate and other expOsitions.
This practice Mr.. Crowley regards as
anu uS T6COulu6DO5 us uIs-
continuance. He cites the result which
followed the admission of Chinese as par
ticipants III the worlds Colum blan EX-
position al Chicago, at the Midwinter Fair
In San francisco, ana at the Gotten States
and International Exposition at Atlanta.
In each OF these instances several hum
dred OF Chinese were admitted as actors,
musicians, ETC., and the most, If not all
of those who were alleged to be partici-
pants il the exhibitions at Chicago and
at San Francisco have remained III this
country Notwithstanding the fact that the
laws under which they were admitted
required them to depart within one year
! from the close OF the eXposltlons. When
ever practicable the special agents have
arrested such Chinese, but the work o.
locating and convicting them has been
! laborious and expensive.
He recommends modification of the
! existing laws relating 10 Chinese, so that
/ there Will be fewer exemptions from its
! provisions, and be calls attention TO the
! facility with which certificates upon
which admission to this country is based
may be obtained from Chinese Consuls
residing n foreign countries. He regards
| this practice as having the effect to null
| ify perfectly the intent of the exclusion
| laws, and is of the opinion that much of
/ the criticism visited upon officials OF the
! department who have 10 deal with ques-
tlons relating 10 Chinese immigration
could he directed more properly to the
law.
He calls attention to the good results
| which have followed the imposition OF a
duty OF So per pound instead of SI2 per
| pound upon opium, as was the practice
prior to The Tariff Act of 1894, and cites
figures to show the beneficial results of
the legislation at San Francisco, through
which port probably nine-tenths OF the
plum is imported into this country.