Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-24
TO M'ADOO
FOR NEWARK PORT
Trade Board Delegates and
Jersey Senators TO Call on
Treasury Secretary.

A. Y. Hamburg, president of the
Board of Trade. and Secretary James
NJ. Reilly will go TO Washington to-
morrow, and with Senators MARITIME
and Hughes will appear before Will
lam G. McAdoo. secretary Of the
treasury. in an effort to have the
customs port of Newark retained as
an independent port and not made a
dependent port under the New York
district. as provided for in the exec
utive order issued by former Presi-
dent Taft on March 4 of this year.
Secretary Reilly and the committee
on the Newark customs district have
compiled brief which will be sub
mitted to Secretary McAdoo for his
consideration. The brief in part is
as follows:
From the investigation which the
Board of Trade of the city of New
ark has caused to be made to ascer-
tain as to cost involved in the dis
trict of Newark, we find that instead
,of an actual reduction there will be
an increase in expenditures, which it
is proposed to offset by compelling
business interests in New Jersey TO
transact their affairs with govern
ment through an office located in an
adjoining State, and in so doing add
expense and inconvenience certainly
| justifying the entering and the filing
with you this protest il this state
ment is based on the following facts:
All hearings involving under valua-
ton cases on which hearing before
the collector or appraiser is desired
| before an appeal for reappraisement
would have to be held in New York
On all appeals from appraisers adj
vance In value proceedings would
have to be heard in New York. be-
cause Newark would only be sub
port.
All hearings on classification cases
before protest, which must be made
before the collector would have to be
conducted in New York.
Stipulations entered into and bonds
given by importers to secure pos
session of their goods before entry
has been completed Cfor instance)
the absence of an Endorsed bill Of
lading will have to be secured from
the collector in New York and vii
necessitate the importer appearing
there for that purpose.
Packages designated for exami
nations at appraisers store would
have to be held up until passed upor
by the appraiser in New York, thu:
entailing considerable delay to tn,
importer.
Where merchandise is of a frag-
lie character the collector only car
grant permission to have examina'
ton made at the importers residences
or factory; therefore no delivery OF
this class of merchandise could be
granted the importer until the collec-
tor in New York would issue consent
Questions on which the iolleitoi
is called upon for decision invnlv-
ing every day matters would have
to be referred to New York and the
importer would have to suffer della )
in making entry until such decision
had been made and received.
Applications for extension of tins
on bonds for demission of fines oil
penalties. for hange of vessels
name, for privilege of establishing
u bonded warehouses, would have to
be made to the collector in New York,
and pending decision delay would
occur.
These and other inconvenience II
is proposed shall be inflicted upon a
district transacting a volume of bust
ness which of itself amply justif1es
the government affording every pos
scible facility.
We submit as an example a record
Of revenues collected for the years
1910 to 1912:
For the year ending June 80, 1910,
For the year ending June 80. 1911,
1929. 1921.
For the year ending June 80. 1912,
$233, 22S.09.
Also a record of collections for eight
months ending February 2s. 1912
1853, 900; 1913. 1929. 300; an increase OF
| s75, 900, while the number of entries
| for eight months ending February Is
increased from s25 in 1912 to 1876 in
1913; the number of vessels entered
during the same period from AZ to 12S
and the number cleared rs to 127.
The revenue collected during that
period represented an increase of 80
| per cent, while an increase of IS per
cent. is shown in the number of en-
tries and $50 per cent. in the number
/ of vessels entered.
For the month of March, 1918, an
/ increase in revenue of $4,000 over the
corresponding month of 1912 is shown,
and 1t is estimated that of the present
rate of increase the fiscal year ending
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