The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-09

House brokers, InomaS q Plerson, OF ~
Wall street. have sent out this circular
contract to importers:
AGREEMENT
We. the undersigned. are In favor OF a
change in the Treasury regulations govern
ing Public Store carriage which shall require
the carriage to the Public store OF all packa
designated for examination within forty
eight hours OF the expiration OF general order
time and. upon the issuance OF such an order
by the Treasury Department or the Collec-
tor OF Customs OF the port OF New York. or.
the issuance Of an order allowing 81 Oh carriage
TO be done by any bonded trnckmen hereby
agree to pay to Thomas 4 Person. 10 Wall
street. the sum OF s25
Arthur ID. Thomas OF the firm was asked
yesterday 10 what use the S25 received from
each importer was to be put
why said young Mr.. Thomas. we're
acting as lawyers in this matter and there
will be heavy expenses to put II through.
Why, we've got to pay big percentage OF
IL to our lawyer, who will present the matter
to Secretary OF the Treasury Shaw
Mr.. Thomas and Mr.. Pierson agreed that
they did not care TO tell the lawyers name.
Hes big lawyer from Boston and he was
once private secretary TO an ex-Secre tary OF
State and he's got lots Of big friends IN
Washington and he Is a good friend OF
IL guess he can get this thing through for
us all right It's expensive, though
I'VE want to get from $50 to 500 importers
to sign the agreement. We are sure we
can get what We want from the Secretary :,
as our lawyer tells US Shaw can make this
rule il he wants TO- II he can't we will
take the thing 20 Congress next fall. our
lawyer has talked the matter over with
Shaw in a tentative way. but no opinion
has been expressed by him.
al h a
Collector Stranahan drought Of the brokers
going over his head to the Secretary,
why" said Mr.. Thomas, Il told him
about Il yesterday. From his line OF ques-
tons. ! judge he wanted TO look into it's
feasibility. He seemed real interested, any
way, way. Why. he asked lot OF questions
This statement which had inst been
made by Collector Stranahan. was shown
to Mr.. Thomas:
The Collector. states that, this ENTERPRISE
il does not have that Of the Treasury Depart
ment that II the present handling oi S SnGn
without the employ ment Of any person that
opportunity to demonstrate his capacity 70
public. and that extraordinary efforts are
being made to give a more expeditions DE-
livery to merchants than has been Know
IL the history OF the port.
why" commented Mr.. Thomas, we
didn't know the Collector felt this way:
Anyway the methods are forty years old
and the collectors changes, We believe,
can only bring temporary relief. We have
had number of answers TO our circulars,
although we just started this week. and we
expect TO carry II through.
Il have no desire to criticize harshly
the activity or intentions Of these young
men,. said the Collector later, Excepting
this. that they are asking merchants TO give
them SIS 10 get the merchants something
that not right One Of the biggest Gus
tom House brokers OF the port told usto-day
that he had never seen nor even hoped to
see such speed as the Public Truckman
was making under the new rules.