The sun., 1910-06-29
Nor EVEN THE GOODS LEFT.
secOnd chapter In the Painful Experience
OI an ImpOrteF.

To rHE FDIroR ~ THE Sun Sir 4
week ago THE SrN published letter from
me regarding a certain shipment Of goods
| fror, abroad which was hsld up In the
/ United StatcS custom House at New York
] for no yi.ible reason A. : wrote before
the dutie, were paid. the goods arrived
I In New York ~ the Baltic ou June o. and !
receivri notification from the forv ard
Ing company that the good, we're subject
20 my order
To make he Sstpel clear I desire 70
recapitulate I cahisi Tor the good. Ou
Nav ~ They we're -hippsi bv express
from Liverpool. arriving In New Nork
on Jhn~ Al charges we're paid, customs
oarria gr brokerage. A. I had every
reason 20 believe that thes" good would
arriv" in time for me 10 W!ni wy contracts
by tune lu a. IRON i-ed ltring only about
iio miles from New YORK. three hours hy
s,pr~~- train. j supposed thut would
receive the ghpds inside Ut thrp. d1vs.
thus leaving ne q day Tor manipulation
nf The materials
~ already stated I lot wv contracts
because ne goods did nor arrive on time.
To-day they came. or ~ least oFu sup
posed Co contain tgsW arrived % appear.
that the boy holiing this carboy was
oI,eued ~ the custom House iu New Nork
after ali the consular invoice. an' OF er
jo.uWyut, demanded Boy fac Official, had
been plao"d iu their hands Tho strong
hand Ut the law auprna,AiuE the case con
tanning This particular Cirhoy drove nails
into &c. the nail prrforatus 'e bottoa
NJ The trhov % vB. then sent on ~ Wav.
out Of Tventv poUu4- uf the l|uuId orit.i-
lthl 10 i" ,afhn' ionf oun,e- vas lelt
due % the carrle--ne-- ol the strong hand
uf the ltW alDre-aIl
Now 'hl- Hgud ls exceedingly valuat;s
not l-trinsigally, bat fnr the purposes tor
which ! wanted u u B.. not manufactured
Toe he nit,'d states. vet I Nas forced 10
puy q duty of 80 per cent upon tt / did
tti> glEdly in order that "a pTeCOnCeiNed
infant industry might have ,u-t.nance
VITA an intrinsic value Of something like
- sterling THIS material. h1C u arrived on
time, u0ult have increased my hank A.
yJunt Nv something like So. simply l.-
"su-a The material y aH essential part Of
th" goods whi'h ] ManuIa, ture and h can
he had only u.-ldr these blessed nit.d
~tate-
Rricny. then. have lp-t my con'r,,ts
% ,nv nothing ot NV prestige in that failed
90 Keep Wv prOu Isez
II had -iluggl.d goods ,allinr for s-no
IN duties yuu D0ulHn -se the street fDr
ne amount pt dust that would have he,n
klcked up by the officials IN the ex-rci.
oi their detective abilities NOw these sam,
peOple have cost fHr about stoO by the
negligence aud CarrleSsne-s, not only by
delay In delivering the goods that 4 ey-
lerted. but nv delivering Derirrtly good
can With nothing in b. I'm going 10 get
even Win EN- m going 70 hunt around
tilt ] tnd % good -eliahle zuhzi idiyai ahifi
dying the nted States flag then n huy
urket TO some Viace ever 20 FAR away. and
Nont come back
The detective acumen displayed in col
leciing duties s worthy Of Mr. Sherlock
HOLMES. Ur Waaon. Nr Raiiies and NJ
lecOCu vhen IL COmes n spotting an erni.
nent Ultzen with dut!Ahle goods in his
trunk. but when u comes - q case like
mine there seems 20 he no one on tho iOh
A. Mr Skaggs SAYS in one uf Uret Usrta'a
sJOries. pertikerly dam me n / zee sny
-srsr O. It "A n
WILNINUroN Del. June -