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Show l!r;r.l SoilissKn:. Xrw York, Aug 21. Many small lan-kagt-. ol duliabk.- mer.-iian-tli-K liare come lo thin i-ountry Ihruugli the ma let from laim-a-. Iiiia.rlers frttpit litly prefer to have goo-la in small Utnlitk- conn-through conn-through tlie -tiilfi e lacau-i- It ' lienar ami s-Hm-tiin.--. .pit. krr. .-a-cml Irvastiry agent, are always, sl-itiuln-d al the lardnlllm-a at New York and i4Iht .rrts to liiU-m-jH surli li kao ami Imld them uu.il Hie taiie-igiiee haa aitl the duty. For a long time tht It- liavt I een complainta that Ihe tre-i-tiry agents and cii-toms aiilh'.nliea at San Friiri-o have lu-en ctrelesa in tneirworkof ln-Ka-ting m-h dutiable duti-able pint-la as come by Asialir- ami trther in tils, whitli are Hntleti la this country ou the I'.teliir 1'o.ltt. IScVagea adtit-tal lo nierchauts In tiih. cily which liave taHiie by way of San Francbu-o malls have been examined fertile lir-t time at the Xew- York ,,osillice, when aa a matter of doty they should Iwive lat n overhauled at iiu Fraitci-co. It isaurmiseilllial many ilutNbte anick-aw hk h liate la-en addrt-a-ed to tatnaignees in interior cities liave been allow ttl to la. delivered without with-out 'aiyment of duty. Ill thtr) way a sy-Iem of a-lly smugglilag lias Ireeli a-nniltcd thfiHlgll Iregllgelice in Stu Framkaai, wliicii haa k frautleti tlte .-irbma reveioK- of inurli money. The net-es-ily of nreriinuliiig this matter hie. la-en brought lo Ihe atlenlioii of the Treasury Ir-fatrtuteiit by . .atiphtinta of lh" .r-t.rlll e aat.le and saial agenla al Xer Yt.rk. A cu-lnm ltuu-e otlict-r la l las detailed from Washington lo make an iiivestlg Ikui at San Franrl-co similar hi that wlikh itavnlly took 4aceal liostoii, w ht re Ihe -aaiite sort of a-tty smuggling smug-gling u-asl to la anuittetl. |