The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-08-31
CASEY" STOOD IN THE
SUN TO COOL OFF.
THIS WAS AFTER AN INTER
VIEW" WITH CUSTOMS AP-
PRAISER FOLSOME.
Latter Compelled the Travelling
Man to Pay Sixteen Yen Duty
On Few Japanese
Trinkets.

His right name is :. Nulhausen
and he is travelling representative
of the Johnson, Locke Co. Of San
Francisco. He has been traveller for
many years and has been successful
at the business. His firm was implicit
confidence in him and he has just re-
turned from a trip to the Philippines
and China and Japan in their inter-
ests.. During his travels he has picked
up many little trinkets and knicknacks
as souvenirs Of his journeyings in for
eign lands and thereby hangs tale.
He arrived on the Dsrie the. other
day from Japan and with him came
bags and boxes of things that were
not wearing apparel. These things
were taken TO the, customs house for
appraisement and they were appraised.
The duty on the articles came almost
as high as the cost of the goods. and
for this reason there is not the best
OF feeling between Mr.. Folsome, the
appraiser, and Mr.. Mulhausen, COM
monty and Familiarity known as
Casey.
Casey" was seen issuing from the
front door of the custom house yes
terday after he had been closeted with
the appraiser for about i've hours.
He was not in happy frame of mind
and his collar was wilted, for it had
been warm in the appraisers office
during the time that Casey and Fol-
some were asserting the goods in dis
pute. Casey" had paced saiue of
twenty yen on the things. Twenty
yen is about SO gold. The appraiser
placed a value Of fifty yen on the same
goods and it was the arguing pro and
con and the oratory about the differ
ence between twenty and fifty yen
that made Casey hot.
The articles in dispute were Japanese
picture frames that Casey" says are
very cheap. He says that in Japan
they take a piece of wood and throw
some putty at it and then cut the putty
little and paint the whole thing and
call it picture frame. There are
about six of these frames ali made in
the same way Some of them have
pictures in them. They are probably
works of art. Casey" says the ap-
praiser tried to be funny and asked
him to sell the goods to him at the
price they were appraised by the
owner plus the duty and thought he
would not take him up. But Casey"
did offer 10 sell the goods and the ap-
praiser backed down in his offer, but
still kept up the value OF the appraise-
ment- The duty amounted to $500,
which is about sixteen yen. As the
goods cost only twenty yen, Casey"
thinks he has been imposed upon by
the appraiser.
He sums up the difficulty in this
way: The goods cost twenty yen
The appraiser wants to charge me six
teen yen duty. When they opened
the goods they broke the cases they
were packed in and | had to go and
buy new ones. Yesterday this ap-
praiser slapped me on the back and
told me to come to the custom house
and he would fix me up. | went there
this morning and have been there ever
since. l told the appraiser that my
time was valuable and he said so was
his. l told him that he was paid by
the government for his time and that
| was not | don't think that man
Folsome is republican"
Casey" stood with his hat off in
the sunshine for a time to cool OF and
then went back up stairs and paid the
duty