The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-29

so pressing that large forces of extra
men have been put on at New York,
Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore.
The number Of Withdrawals in New
York alone has run as high as 5000
In single day.
Customs experts In the treasury de-
partment estimate the value of the
almost infinite variety of stuff taken
cut of the warehouses at the port Of
New York at as much as $4,000, 900 in
a single day.
Tho Withdrawals OF dry goods from
bonded warehouses in New York dur,
ing the first week of the life of the
rev tariff act were valued at s4,-
|30s,0s5.
The value of the general merchan-
disc rush to New York from the for
eign storage houses during the first
week was s15.3S5,446; last week the
value Of these imports was s16,621, 74s.
| Much of this merchandise has come
in free of duty.
In the New York customs district
there are forty-eight bonded ware
houses and goods to the value of $751;
100000, which would be affected by the
schedules of the new tariff, had been
piling UP in them for nearly a year.
Practically all of these goods have
been removed since October 4, when
the tariff was taken off or reduced.
Customs appraisers declare that the
rush of business with freight steam
ships is without precedent and that
the holds of the big passenger car
riers are being utilized to the limit
of their capacity in handling this
avalanche Of freight The monster
liners have more room for cargo in
their holds than the largest OF the
| freighters have.
/ The White Star liner, Baltic, which
last Saturday came into New York
from Liverpool and Queenstown, car
ried in her hold 5000 quarters of
Argentine beef, the largest shipment
that has come in since the duty on
beef was removed. 1t was shipped
originally to Southampton from
Buenos Ayres and thence transhipped
to Liverpool and New York. A large
portion of the shipment was consigned
to Swift & Co.
New York naturally leads all other
ports Of entry in the value and guam
tity of goods withdrawn from bond
1t is estimated that during the rush
which has been continuous since Oct
ODER that 100000 worth OF
goods have been taken from bonded
4 warehouses all over the country
These goods have comprised almost
every conceivable thing, the chief
things In store in the greatest guam
titles having been linens, cottons, furs
woolens, silks, nuts, leather goods
dried fruits picked fish and leaf to
hacco.
Almost 81 100000 worth of iute bur
lap was stored in the New York ware
u houses awaiting the reduction in The
:. tariff.
u WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oct. 2a.-
1 Miss Mary Louis Olson, secretary tt
Representative Connolly of the thlrt
district. formerly secretary to Charlie.
o. Pickett, when he represented this
4 district, has returned to Washington
from a three weeks vacation at Cedar
Rapids, her old home.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Oct. 20
Members of the Anti-Saloon league II
Washington have announced that
monster demonstration in behalf O
nationwide prohibition will be mad
before congress early in the comint
winter. This demonstration will mari
the formal inauguration of the move
ment for prohibition amendment Il
/, the constitution. Plans for sendin
Y 1000 delegates, representing ever
: state in the nation, to Washington +
participate in the proposed demonstr