Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1896-04-09

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an envelope postmarked Brooklyn
inclosing six dollars folded in a shee
Of plain note paper. upon which !,
written the single word Duties.
Smugglers are said to be the most nu
merous Of all offenders who have vel
made amends through the conscience
fund
A feminine hand writes to the sec.
rotary Of the treasury under New York
postmark.
Fifteen dollars to pay duty on piece Of
embroidery bought Of q poor lady In Can.
ada to help her along, but contrary to my
wish brought across the line by her broth
err without paying any duty. The United
States consul informed him at the time
that there was duty Of 90 per cent. on that
class Of work"
A similar case Ia that OF a person,
evidently man, writing from Hart
ford, Conn. He addresses himself to
Secretary Carlisle and says:
DEAR Sir: Though disapprove as heart
lily as you do Of the recent tariff laws,
think II the duty Of every honest man TO
declare fully the duty Of articles subject to
the same. as he can only avoid doing 90 by
perjuring himself. did 30 when re-
turned from Europe. with the exception Of
q few tribes, which. II examined, would
have involved putting about the contents
OF my trunk to the injury Of my property.
but with the intention Of sending the full
duty thereon to you"
Continuing, the writer expresses the
hope that the secretary will have the
present laws altered, and winds up by
saying:
Il hope this less on account Of the eco
nomic Ignorance which they display, than
because Of the terrible demoralizations
which they have powerfully aided to bring
about. Very respectfully, A. B. c."
This sample Of eloquence accompan.
led $40 in greenbacks, the duty owed
on the STEW trifes."
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Lake, n. d., registered and bearing Il
name, evidently intended for that OF
the sender, upon the outside, crosswise
along the edge, is apparently from an
old person. He incloses ten dollars, as
surjng the secretary that "there IL a
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some months further back reads: