The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-06-26
IS INVITED
TO BRANDON
Pres. Wilson Is Urged to At
tend Douglas Anniver-
sary This Week
DILLINGHAM; GIVES
PERSONAL INVITATION
Collectors of Customs Go to
Conference with Sec.
McAdoo
Washington, D. G., June %.


Senator Dillingham; has presented in
person to President Woodrow Wilson an
invitation from the citizens of Brandon
Vt, and the governor of Vermont, to be
present at the Douglas anniversary, to
be held at Brandon on June 81, when
Hon. J. Hamilton Lewis, United States
senator from Illinois, delivers the adj
dress of the day. As the president cx-
poets to leave Washington at about
that time to spend the Fourth of July
with his family at Cornish. n. H., there
is some hope that he will be able to
accept the invitation.
Now that it has been definitely settled
that the president will have his execu-
tive offices located in Windsor in case
Congress adiourns in time for him to en-
joy vacation with his family, that
town is receiving considerable advertis-
ing in the different newspapers of Wash
ington. The Washington Star. one of
the leading papers, in its Sunday edi-
ton printed large size picture of one
of the streets. under which was the fol
lowing description in black type: "a
glimpse of the main street OF the lit
Tie town of Windsor, Vermont, where the
capital of the United States will be
located during the summer months. In
the brick building (left foreground. the
United States postoffice, the executive
offices of President Wilson will be To-
rated The summer capital is removed
from the summer White House located
- ,ob NJ rho bnrJaf line
about FIVE miles, and the villagers are
putting into condition the road that con-
meets the two places, so that travelling
to and fro will be pleasant to the presi-
dent"
Hon. Charles Darling, collector of Gus
toms for the district Of Vermont, and
Hon. Curtis S. Emery, collector of Gus
toms for the district of Memphremagog.
have been in Washington at the request
of the secretary of the treasury with
other collectors of customs from various
parts of the United States to discuss
with the department the new reorgan
ization which goes into effect on July /.
By this reorganization, the number Of
customs districts in the United States
is reduced from l62 to 40 and it is est
mated that ll3 collectors will automati-
cally lose their positions,
Collectors along the Canadian border.
who for years have enjoyed perquisitea
from the sale of rhanifests and other
custom blanks. no longer will receive
such gratuities. for in the future the
government will print these blanks and
sell them to importers at one cent each,
or importers will be permitted to furnish
their own blanks. The keynote of these
new regulations is concentration OF
customs administration in the hands of
the collectors at the headquarters of each |
district and for this reason Secretary /!
McAdoo was particularly anxious to talk |
over matters personally with the differ |
ent heads Of each district. Henceforth, |
final appraisal Of importations win be |
made by the appraisers at each port of |
entry. and the merchandise will be i'm |
mediately released. The appraisal will |
then be sent to the collector at the |
headquarters of the district, when final
liquidation will be made after which the
collector decides whether an appeal should
be made to the board of general APP
praisers. In questions of classifcations,
the decision of the deputy collectors in
charge OF eacH port VIII DE tentative Tue
at district headquarters making
final decision. The treasury department
is now selecting from within the Gus
toms service the deputy collectors who
will be in charge of ports of entry. In
most cases these appointments. it is said,
will be the present special deputy col
ectors.
The district OF Vermont. with head
quarters at Burlington, under this new
regulation, includes the counties of Grand
Isle, Franklin, Lamoille, Chittenden, Ad-
olson, Rutland and Bennington, with
Burlington. Alburg, Swantou
md Hnghgate as ports of entry, while
The district of Memphremagog, with
at Newport. includes all
he other counties in Vermont and the
county Of Coos in New Hampshire, with
Newport, North Troy, Derby Line. Is
and Pond and Beechers Falls as ports
IF entry. The salary of the collector in
4; AL e. nnO - :.