Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-12-26
Fat Fees May Be Abolished fri
Office Of Collector.
There IL Even n Possibility That Il
didates May lie called ON to TAX
nm Examination before
Appointment.


now going ,bro,,ch q r,oc,.y a., tb, In
of Sccrctarv Of Tho Trca,i,v N,cvc]
which may tronerorn T., tpt, q souhlo
Of a lemon. for como o., loae, hcfor,
eager hands can nluck tho frui,
The process ref, rrad to ls nothiro
than tho placinr If tbo ortiro c,s,,
service of tho country on n not ca,
basis and nossiblv rror a c,,.,t CO..,
basis. When tho "roorganlzatlon is off,
ed the ports Of Hurlinut,, and CT
bans may be mcr,nd irto IN. and
collectnrship wjil no lony.r lo "a roeit
paying fat fcoe but one which NAYS en-,
thinp less. rrobahlv. than "a arst II
rostmastcr's FOB.
TIT" corr uization Of tbo cisto,re eo
ice has been trouhl.nu Conar,ss q
time. Thc customs service is an. ,f
few remaining government e..t.
which he's not been r-oorp9nizad and III
ed on a salary basis. For moro
one hundred years the present cuy.o
service has been IN existence. and
for the RIO Of aholiehinr many sud
ports and cutting down xpens.s that
denomination has been authorized
| Congress.
A. he last session of Congras- 8
was PASSED, called in substance "a i
dry civil EXPENSES Bin" In that
under the canton "Customs Sorvio|
! there is a section relating TO tho
| ORGANIZATION of the customs service.
II th, President was authorized 70
orranize tho service With n view, to r
! ting down Expenses. The President tuI
| ID The matter over to Secretary MI
Vengh. In whose hands the matter nj
rests. and IT Is exncctod that the Sec|
tar, vii report his generalization at !
corning session os Congress r. then |
| comes a law and II 10 tho,,ebt extranI
probable that undor tina ,aorgar,z,+
the two Vermont dis+r;c+s u;,, ia 81
into ono This stan hoe haor oa,oo,l
before hut novor has Congress taken 4
| motive sten toward ,ba reoreanizatior
The saction authortz,ne rho roorgari|
| ton reads as follows:
"Tha President Is authorized 10
organize the customs sarv,ca and cal
estimates +o ba ephn,ittod +barosor ~
count of the fiscal wear 1914 br,ng,ng
total cost FOR said sar,.,ca eor soi1 es
veor within n SIM, not excaaa,no en- IN
| ipSfQa1 of 1880 f0N the amount A
| thorized to he exnanded therefore IN
count Of the current fsca, vaar 1910.
making such r-eorran,zation and reductl
in exnenses he 70 authorized n abol|
or oonSo,ida+o co1Iac.io, dtstrc+s nov
and srb-nor.s Of entry and ae,,verv
discontinue needless ofHcas ana emp,l
uents IN reduce EXCESSIVE rates ~ co
nensation below amounts axe6 nv law
oxecu.tya order and N 40 all a,,ch ~,
and f,,r,ber ,h,pgs that IN h,s i,,dg,n.
may he necessary to make such organt,
t,on efyective and within n. limit
cast herein fixed: such organization sh
no communicated 10 Congress at its n,
REGULAR session and shall constitute
tha fiscal wear 1914 and until otherw1
rrovided by Congress. the ~per1nand
ORGANIZATION Of the customs service"
Tha above gives food for thought IN
nutshell concerning what may happen
tho customs service In Vermont VIII
Secretary MacVeagh makes his report
Congress. There are some who belid
that Secretary MacVeagh may go
great lengths In his reorganization of 1
service. and NAV even place 1t on
civil, service basis
The coliectorsh,p. as It stands
present. is an office paying good Re
There is a salary attached to the off
but this is a small part of the actual
come Of fhe collector Of customs. A n
in close touch with the customs serv-
&c authority for the statement that IN,
tho REORGANIZATION the fee system L. E,
W he abolished. and while the office v
sim remain an attractive one It Will 7
AIRY with il the ~perauisites which It
had heretofore.
u is mn secret that Democratic Natiol
Committeeman Thomas II. Browne
pr.,and &c af,er the appointment Of c
Ioc,or of customs. and at least {
p-nrIirq,on democrat IS said 70 be {
af,.. ne anpointment having ~circuia'
H. ,.,,,ior How many other democr
,bara are in the State who may ha
asri,ottons IL not definitely known.
eido from the p~ositive fact tina c
,oo.or u Darling's successor will Ia
- no content 10 take the %aDpointme
on tho Nat salary basis, there RENAL
o,so the strong possibility that the PR
ert COLLECTORS successor may nave
ross "a civil service examination. In I
,o+ter eycnt II Is n pretty safe bet II
q, ,oost some Of the aspirants for I
,nno;ntuant would be totally eliminat
sow tho running.
Nov e p~rosident-elec Woodrow w
son going about It to make the appofl
ment Of a collector IL Vermont" asked
no, Stand 70 reason" he continued. TT