The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-09

Cnazt until the fsii snvsstiga sson and pres
enfafsou Of facts and Statistics I nc Ska-
alton t. materially different from represent
tafioEzs made by Eastern importers
Also letter to the Portland Chamber OF
Commerce and the Tacoma Chamber OK
tspmrneree, requesting tfsetr. eo-oE,e ration:
TIE Tacoma Chamber 81 Commerce sent
the following telegram % TIC secretary OK
:. Please take no acton regarding the
uFotex; Of New York tea importers reia-
tive 20 examiner IL Puget found district,
40 statistics reported aFe grossly rnlsiead-
Ing. Correct figures viii ise forwarded,
The following telegram Was received BY
President Graves froFu the department:
" Edward O. Groves. President Cnarl-
her 0f Commerce Seattle. Wash. TeEe-
sfain Ffeesysa W. ~ elaa q fece sSs
suggestions from you concerning tea tfAae-
tSgnedJ W H. HOWELL. Asst. Sec.
III order that yoa may know what fhe
Tacoma Chamber Of Commerce has done
IN thr E1atteg. | send YOU an estrast from
the Post-fnteiiierneeT Of December =
Secretary Collier upon learning the sc-
ton taken by the New YORK tea ftilpofttr
set 10 work and compiled figures which VIII
show that already this year the entries of
tea at Tacoma viii amount to over i2eH.-
Ga pounds, The actual number Of packages
AT. or l2GiS fA pounds These are the
packages having heea forwarded IN bond.
There have been shipped over the North
ern Pacific during the pasi eleven months
3.Ap tons. With these figures the Cham
Der ~ Commerce expects 20 show the
treasury department that the wall from
the New Workers is an unjust ore
II Is now desired that. stree this matter
directly concerns the tea importers. cor
rect statistical information be compiled 20
bss forwarded 20 The secretary of tho treas
ury. and you are especially requested TO
meet and compile such information and
send 10 the chamber. TO be forwarded 10
the secretary OF the treasury.
Trusting that this viii meet your ep-
prevail. ! am yours faithfully.
ERNEST r. LING. Secretary"
Since its writing December II. Mr.. Ling
stated that sufficient time had not elapsed
for action. and that he had no report from
the firms addressed.
Mr. Logeti NJ Wood. editor of .he Trade
Register. addressed the hoard on tae sub
iect Of ten inspection, and furnished some
figures on Puget sound imports The pro-
test OF the New York importers quotes bat
lgl0.eoo pounds for the years business Oh
Puget sound.
that tile tea imports through Tacoma this
xear show q large increase ovcg last" said
Mr.. Wood: that Seattle has this year fo-
the FIRST time been 4 tea re sewing port,
and that the figures Of past years do not
fairly represent the tea situation today,
and Will be naturally much larger for Sc
attic and Tacama IN thc future. TINS has
10 doubt been the cause for evident haste
10 present the sub}ec- ia SIicf \ manner to
the treasury department as would lead 10
the location OF in5psctprs alone at San
Francisco. Via the Southern Pacific. and
az Chicago and Nav aerk, in wfGiTn the
Canadian Pacific woasd figure. where IN.
Inspectors could be more readily reached
by the Eastern men Oha are nov 20 cta-
quently pleading against the possible
ysnaltty OF such officials. II would seem
Ieasona bic that where tta inspectors are
located at the ports of receipts. where the
Influence OF the Eastern coRslgaees could
bs less felt, there would be greater safety
81 the department, as there would be IN
more than less officials to lie approached
by these seif-confessed ps0ua pFotestofs.
This would he none the less true and effec-
tive II the allegation were true as 10 the
volume OF tea received ;sy New York deal
efs. and the Improvement 81 lea grades
were really the intent Of the law requir-
ing inspectors.
1.-THE total tea imports OF the United
States for the nine months CT 1897 were
ss.SI3, los. against sf.ssl55 pounds FOR tho
same period OF 1886 This Increase Of lS-
oo8, go pounds in nine months his year over
last. 10 say rothing of the increase az tea
receipts through Seattle and facoma va
sftw how thoroughly misie iding AMI un-
telaaase are the figures OF tbs New York
rtviesters who aTe 80 huitily working TO
-. ut tire tea trade c's.has ;tftou-' :. -
natural ports Of the -t@iaaiya trade,
namely. Puget sound"
The Trade Register was the iTst paper
on the Coast 10 call attention TO the pro-
test of the New York lea importers
against the maintenance OF inspectors
facts to ba first forwarded To the treasury
department. and tae Seattle Chamber of
Commerce wired Tacoma and Portland
as 10 the situation and asked their CO.
operation. Both cities have taken Mp the
matter. but the funny part of IL is that
our sister city has proceeded a. If IL alone
had become acquainted with the facts OF
the protest aud SO informed our Seattle
oatles days afserward. Tacoma wired
the department December and the fol-
iawing day WIS informed that no imme-
re- W H,a Fat Ass tor
Of tea Inspector
The fact that Chicago importers are
also ohjecIing "a the protest OF New York
importers as a MISREPRESENTATION OF facts
VIII have weight with the department.
and II Is pretty safe Ia say the protest
viii entirely fail.
"A Portland paper SAYS on this subject
that importers there have expressed
themselves as entirely satisfied with thc
petency and integrity uf Tea Inspect
or STafy. Ills rejection ~ large quauti-
ties at tea, billed TO Eastern dealers for
good and Sufficient reasons. has probably
caused this protest 10 be made against his
confirmation, The large shipments of tea
arriving here and The larger ones 10 ar-
rive IN the future render ii very neces-
sary that there should he an Inspector
here, and probably strong effort will
10 made 70 csunteFact the effect OF the
protest 81 the Eastern tea dealers
Il nave from tule Ia tame reported the
tea sham nfs Received az Seattle. From
Jannaty N e December this year =. ~
chests Were entered "a Seattle Figured
( ~ - npUioS ffsE cE@s}. thlA would give
a.stN.t2 pounds re teis add lez ls1 chests
Inspected Al Tacoma since Juae 20 last
/ or = - pounds. and there is a total
81 4t-Nasta4s pounds, against the UiSrvUxe-
Scntat'oU Of New Works professors, who
( rf'it PuseJ sound wltn only I3eo 80
pounds. Aside from tbe shipments East
over tie Great \1rtaeEu. AS shown tho
{ NartArfn Pacific reports shipping East
@s.@AeG pounds th}s year These facts
the Seattle Chamber IF Commerce. t,r,-
: SCENTS 20 the treasury department. which
wired President Graves before hearing
from Tacoma"
/ Secretary iIas applied for q four weeks
3 iyAve ~ absence. - FOLLOW the 5s<ae O.! me
Arguai report az the charansr st,gs. 20 he
: cHt 81 the grjnttr's hands So ahoat ton