Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-26
RECEIPTS GROW AS
C|TY'S HOPES TO
KEEP PORT FADE
Time Short in Which Newark
Collector Must Transfer y
Office to Deputy.
TUMULTY URGEll DELAY
SOUGHT BY LEGISLATION
New Jersey Representatives
Confident Until Chairman
Underwood Intervened.

Although all hope of preventing the
adjustment of Newark as an inde-
pendent port of entry has vanished
with the killing of the Fletcher bill
In the ways and means committee.
the local customs officials up to noon
today have received no official infor-
nation. This is regarded as signif1-
cant by those higher up in the local
customs service. as it is in less than
week that the proposed abandon
ment of the port is to be effected, and
this is a comparatively short time fer
the present collector of customs, AL
fred N. Dalrynple, to arrange for the
transfer of the office to a deputy.
Collector Dalrymple would make no
comment on the situation at this
time.
''The only information have re-
garding the abandonment of the port
of Newark came through the newspa-
pers and copy of the Taft order de-
failing the customs reorganization
plan" the collector said today. LAS
yet, have received no official infor-
nation from Washington regarding
the change and until such infCrma-
tion is received I will not be in a
position to make a statement"
Increase in Receipts. !
That the abandonment is unpop-
ular with importers and shippers here
is demonstrated by the fact that since
the publication of the Taft reorgan-
ization order the receipts of the local
Office have increased 60 per cent.
There was total increase of $75,-
600 in this years receipts over those
of last year The greater part of this
increase was received after March 4,
the day on which former President
Taft issued his order.
The Fletcher bill on which the New
Jersey congressman based their hopes
Of at least postponing the enforce
ment of the Taft plan provided for
extending the date of enforcement
from July l to January L, 1914.
The bill had passed the Senate, and
it was thought that the extension
would be granted, following its pres
entation before the House caucus
yesterday.
Oscar Underwood, chairman of the
ways and means committee. opposed
the presentation of the bill before the
caucus, and his action blasted the
last hope of the New Jersey congress-
men. Under the rules. bills cannot
be. presented to the caucus without
the consent of the committee to which
they have been referred.
Tuinulty Spoke for 1t
The action of Congressman Under
wood in refusing to allow the bill be-
fore the caucus has caused a great
deal of surprise in political circles
in this city Not only the Jersey
congressman, but Joseph P. Tumulty,
secretary to President Wilson. it is
understood, urged Mr.. Underwood to
permit the bill to be considered in the
House.
The members of the customs COM
mittee of the local Board of Trade
were very active in working for the
prevention of the abandonment OF
the port of Newark and made sew
eral trips to Washington to take the
matter up with the jersey congress-
men.
A brief was prepared and synop-
ais of this brief was sent to Secre-
tary Tumulty at his request, and it is
understood that he took the matter
up with President Wilson.