New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-09-22
$3,464,4 ,447.94 i'm Day
Breaks Customs Rec
ord; Measure Signed
and a Law at Midnight
Many Ships Race
With Big Cargoes
Consignees May Refuse
Merchandise Because
of the Higher Prices

A. result OF the new tariff law
which went into effect az midni m las
night, a record was established at tho
Custom House in the amount of du-
ties collected, ard AZ leas, two ocean
liners racing 20 this port in orSer e
land their cargoes rndcr the old tariG
rates will not arrive until this morn
ing, several hours too late. President
Harding signed the bill just before
noon yesterday.
According to the figures made public
by II. C. Stuart, acting Collector Of the
Port, the heavy rush on the cultoms
officials was begun last Saturday. wAen
&. c.23e. .474.58 in duties was ecl'ectcd.
In ether years any day whica pasS,d
the 100000 mark was considered ur-
usual. Tuesday. inc day the 5'll was
rassed BY the Sehstn, proved, arwevcr,
I, be the greatest IN 9oin: CT duties
eciiccted in the h.st,iy OF the depart
ment. On that day the ;o'al wa
$9,4G4.4419L
1t was said that tho principal cause
for this tremendous increase was the
fact that the importers. who have had
millions Of dollars worth of inerchan-
disc in the bonded warehouses. have
been withdrawing thei: goods and pay
ing ,he duty on them at once to escape
the higher rates imposed by the new
law.
Although yesterday was the last day
that importers could withdraw mer-
ehandisc from bonded warehouses and
pay duty under the old schedule, most
Of them were in the mad scramble
Tuesday or during the busy days last
week. The Office Of Cashier Black was
closed at ,. m. after everybody who
sought - co.. unde. the ynder-
wood ) !.om ons taiiii had done so.
The figures OF the customs nuthori-
ties show that since September ].
without inclrding the collections OF
Yesterday, S26, ,s36, 1926 hai been paid
in duties. The receipts for the same
period last year amounted 20 1891
5c3.05. Since Saturday and up until
noon vest, rday we'll over Sl2,09o.o00
had been paid in.
While all the importers fully ex-
pected the passing Of the tariff bill.
the speed with which il was put
through took them somewhat b. sur
Prise and there are at present on the
seas man. caTcoes they thought would
arrive In time TO take advantage OF
the old rates. NOTABLY among these
is the shipment Of English textiles
and Irish laces on the Maurctania.
which will not dock until Saturday. A
special trainload OF this merchandise
was rushed to Southampton and loaded
to insure Its arrival here in time.
Many Vessels Sill on Ocean
Other steamers caught in similar
arr the France, from
Hnvre, with ergo Of perfumeries,
laces. silks, hosiery. gloves and simi-
lar articles, which v.ll arrive to-day
along with the Rotterdam, from Rot
terdam, with a heavy shipment. The
Bourdonnais, from the south OF France;
the Vasari. from Rio dc Janeirc; the
Lapland. from Antwerp; the President
Fillmore, with large cargo OF German
goods from Bremen; the Roma, the
0ropesa and the Baltic are otho. pas
senaer vessels carrying large hip
ments in the hope Of getting here be-
fore the new law took effect.
In addition 70 these there arc per-
haps fifty freighters on the sea which
left before their owners knew Of the
rasssge of the bill, and it is possible
that some Of these shipments may be
refused b. the eonsignees because Of
the higher rates.