The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-05
AMERICAN CUSTOM HOUSES.
Half the Foreign Trade of the United states
Passes Through This Port.

WASHINGTON. Aug 1T ia Just 100 years
since the laws passed by Congress for the es-
Enlistment OF a comprehensive system OF
American Custom Houses went into effect. in
July 17po. The Treasury Department was
officially established on sept 2. 1880 and ten
years later tho New York Custom House. in
which by far the largest amount OF business In
the collection OF customs duties Ia done. was
tablished. In the same year Custom Houses
were established at Annapolis tslnce nban-
doned); Bath, Me. the receipts at which are
about $5O0OO n year: Baltimore: Beaufort. s.
C.. the receipts Of which are only Sl25.-
600 a year. Boston Bridgeton. n. j.;
Buffalo Officially buffalo Creek. n. y; Bur
lnCton. y. j.: Charleston. =. c.. tho exports
from which are ten times greater than tho i'm
ports Detroit. Erie Pa. Georgetown the
port of Washington. Hartford. Marblehead.
New Bedford. New Haven. New London. New
port. Norfolk. Oswego. Pamlco. Perth Amboy.
fhiladelpha Plymouth, Portland. Ne. Ports
mock Va, Win Iii inst1n, n and York. Me
A. the TERRITORIAL limits Of the United states
ircts has been multiplied, but not withstanding
these changes. the original ports, the Atlantic
Coast ports they are called; e9ntinue to furnish
MUGS 10 tho extent of fully six-sevenths of the
During the ten months ending, May |. 1899.
was S733 900. 600 aud OF IMPORTS SiiS OOO.UOO.
total OF, 2mOoGono, The commrrcs. eX-
600 900, Of the Pacific coast ports SHO.OOO,OOO
and OF the Canadian border and lake ports near
chandise TO interior ports Of which -. ous ia
the chief and ptshure the second in impor-
lance amounted to S'j.5OO.OOO in value FOR the
ten months ending OH MAY l..
u, The New Orleans 'qst2 VT, House was estab-
HOmss y II S$ the the MHSnTG Ins"m
tom H"ms" on on Sept. -. 1850 III. San Fran
cisco Custom House on Sept. -, 1850. the san
1873. the Cleveland Custom House in March.
1903 The Puget Sound Custom House in tho
state Of Washington was established in July;
10 San Francisco on the Pacific, with imports
q $1,000 O)Oa and exports of Sl2,OOu,OOu year;
The Ky West Custom House was established
in 1892 and the Newark Custom House in 1894.
one OF the oldest Of the small Custom Houses
10 the United States is at Little Egg iarbor.
lished in 1872. tho Galveston Custom House in
lS45 and the ST Augustine Custom House in
1922. There has been Custom House at
to which are Of it'll" importance. but the OK
ports II which are petroleum and coal chiefly.
New York. desnite the most Systematic efforts
TO challenge its commercial supremacy. retains
its position as the most important Custom
House port of the country doing % per cent.
Of the whole export and imort business OF tho
United states More than 80 pcr cent in value
Of the foreign imports come to the harhor of
New York and more than 40 per cent Of the
shipments. on the average are from New York
In imports Boston is second and philadcIphn
third IN exports New Orleans and Boston are
rivals for second place. baltimore and San
The minor customs districts which have
greatly fallen behind in, the amount OF bust
Mass. both n century oil in, Custom House es-
tabIishmen, Mach;as., Me-. Newhuryport.
Mass. letcrshurg Pa; Pearl River. Miss st.
Marks. Fla. Dunkirk. y. y and st. Augustine.