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AS TO SUGAR SAMPLING.
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shown to have been made in the dock
and in his report made therefrom, and
as testified to by that officer.
| 1T is to be noted that the Treasui Y
+; Department took notice of these in
fractions of the regulations at the port
of New Orleans and, after investiga-
ton, issued instructions to the collector
at that port to procure suitable cans
and to follow the method authorized
by the customs regulations on sampling
sugars. This action by the Depart
rnent took place after these protests
ahad been filed, and since that time no
other protests have arisen in reference
to this subject.
''It has been held that these regu-
lations prescribing a particular polar
iScopic test as published in Treasury
synopsis 1868, and more recently, are
reasonable and violate no provision of
law.
I'VE are of opinion that the claim
made in these protests is well founded.
The customs officers did not obey the
regulations of the Treasury Department
in sampling the sugars under consid-
Grafton, and through their carelessness
or inexperience not only did not ade-
quately sample the different marks,
but also, after having taken such sam
pies, placed them in unsuitable recep-
tacles, which were allowed to remain
open and exposed to the sun, resulting
in the drying out of the sugar. and
hence in an increased polariscopic test
prejudicial to the rights of the import
ing company.
1.-The protests are all sustained and
the collector is instructed to reliqui-
date the entries upon the basis of the
tests shown in the schedule. which we
find to be the correct tests.
THE errors in the addition of the
weights of the sugar having been adj
mitted by the United States weigher,
we presume that the collector will,
without any specific instruction from
the Board, rectify the same"
INSURANCE MONEY IN CAMPAIGN.
Themes of uppermost interest here
now regard happenings outside of
Washington. Among them is the dis
closure in New York at the insurance
investigation, showing that the New
York Life has contributed $4,000 to
each of the last three Republican
presidential campaigns. The air is full
of rumorS as to what the President
will do. There is every reason to sup
pose that this and other disclosures of
similar character, likely to follow, will
be a big feature of Congressional de-
bate this winter and something of an
issue in the Congressional campaigns
next year Because of the insistence
that last years campaign was con-
Quoted in a high toned way and that
improper contributions would not be
tolerated by the Republican candidates
and Republican managers, the testi-
mony has created a profound impress
sion in certain limited circles. 1t has
not however, created the furore that
might have been expected. The facts
are that the country is too prosperous
to mind much of anything in connec-
ton with politics. People are gener-
ally aware of charges that the last
three campaigns have been especially
corrupt on the Republican side and
they have not been corrupt on the
Democratic side chiefly for the reason
that the Democrats could not get the
money.
But the newspaper and magazine dis
oussion of these corruption features is
gradually arousing public sentiment. II
is not too much to expect that by the
time the next Presidential election
comes around, there will be important
restrictions upon campaign contribu-
lions and campaign expenditures.
Washington is now, getting ready for
the coming of the President. That will
be September so, or Whereabouts. 1t
means much more than the arrival of
the chief executive of the government,
who has spent only about six months
of the past twelve in Washington. 1t
means that other officials will return.
that people who have business with
the Departments can then transact it
and will come to Washington with that
in view. The numerous arrivals viii
quicken the city and the wheels of
government will begin to revolVe
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