Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-01-07
RICHMOND HAS FIFTEENTH
PLACE AS PORT OF ENTRY
Facts Arc Brought Out 10y Chamber
of Commerce in Appeal
for Recognition.
WANT OFFICIALS BETTER PAID
Collections ut Custom-Hcu>c Here
Greater Than Those of ST. i'nnl,
Buffalo, Norfolk, Newport News,
Charleston, :. C., and Atlanta.


Situated jus; 100 miles from liamp-
ton Roads. the greatest natural por,
in the world Hichmond's custom
house ranks fifteenth in amount .:
collections among the 299 OF the
United states. according TO figures
complied by the Chamber OF C>:n-
nlcrcc and released for publication
Yesterday. statistics SHOW that the
customs collected here exceed the
combined total OF SIX Of the leading
cities OF the country. several Of
which are scaports.
Collections turned into the Rich
mond custom house exceeded tn"
combined total of Norfolk. Newpor;
News, ST; Paul. Atlanta Buffalo and
Charleston. :. G. one OF the most
important points in the report is
that the collections for this cts We're
90 per cent of the entire receipts
OF the Virginia district.
Want Facilities Enlarged.
With these facts before them Of
rcials OF the Chamber Of Commerce
are making an effort 10 enlarge the
facilities Of the Richmond Office one
az the frs; steps To he taken by the
chamber vii! be an cNor; 10 Increase
the salaries Of those employed in the
custom house here. Il has been
pointed GU; that the deputy collector
z: Richmond receives a salary below
that OF Norfolk and on par with
the deputy collector Of Petersburg.
Among tho arguments advanced b.
the chamber are tho following;
RichmondS custom collections for
,he year ending June 80, 1920. exceed
ed si.llo.c0c.
Eichmond's collections are abcu; %
rcr cent OF the entire collections o:
ilc Virginia district.
Richmond's collections are more
than the combined collections OF =;
Paul. Minneapolis Dun.lo. Norfolk
Ncwpcr; News. Charleston, : <, and
Atlanta.
Hichmond's cos, per dollar OF COZ
lcc,ions is olS, Norfolk .:3I, Newport
News PA, Petersburg Ia.
Richmond has uve bonded ware.
houses, with full use FOR ali %: them
Richmond formerly received tobacco
after Il had been examined. weighed
sampled and warehouse entries made
on Z, elsewhere. Now, about 80 pcl
cent Of the examining, weighing. sam
ling aud entering o: tobacco is done
l"rc.
Richmond has recently received
weighed. sampled and entered 5.@Qt
bales q tobacco.
above all tobacco arriving here. hc
cause i; Is now being done more rap
idly and al less cost than NJ New
York
Richmond handled 3.cs7 entries an,
cid practically ali or The work o,
them except rcwarchoused Tobacco
entries. while Winston-Salcn han
d!ai 653 entries with practically q,
work already done on them cScer
the simple matter OF collcct. ons. Win
s;onSalem is mentioned only bccauS
i; was cited by the customs dcpar'
mcnt a: Washington rs a larger r,
ce!vcr OF tobacco Than nichmond. bl
1t has practically no receipts cxcei
tobacco and only stores and coll.c
on this one article.
Comparison "f Collections.
Richmond has q larger number
entries on sugar, linens On
hroideries. h.r'ap. grass clover an
vegetable seeds, antN.ics. ;,las
china and ear;kenwar-. ,ne.ai. SUI
Gical Instruments. machinery: book
salts, bulb roofs. mineral water
clothing OF All Kinds. cotton good
woolons, SILKS beaded article
jewclry, ctc.. does all tho work co,
necicd herewith and collects a
this class Of entries as muc, as Nov
port News ana Norfolk combine
PETERSBURG has an average q! q,
pt-t- CF : d.