POLICY ON PORTS OF ENTRY

of entry and I do hope that the bill in that regard can be satisfied to retain its present shape.

DAVIS of Massachusetts The policy of the Government I think is to make as few ports of entry and collection districts as will subserve the general convenience of the nation.

That is one point to be considered and another is that in establishing ports of entry reference should be had to the security of the revenue.

It has generally been the policy of the country to make as few interior ports of entry as circumstances will allow, requiring a vessel when it first comes into the narrow waters of the United States to make an entry and undergo an appraisement of her cargo.

In some instances it is necessary to tend an additional convenience to vessels and in order to secure the revenue you will not allow the vessel to traverse the interior waters of the country any further than circumstances seem to require, but I make entry of her at the earliest port where entry is made under ordinary circumstances.