New-York tribune., 1884-12-26
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Tho ,aid made oh SUNDAY mnfhiha ht tpp'i=
ntpn,jrnt Nailin4 uppn the opium iunt 49, FiAth-
.tp has titsir considerable ihiritsi ~ ihr iu,a-
lrn whether lhe oonsnnrt"n ol otin, 10 "n tnr
upnH This pnlut, iHRtAt reporter visited s'nn ul
tle leading Wholesale aud retail drag hihis ih tho
elIy ihe answer 10 nis mGunies VAS that the
pIopaIatinn Of opium used ill ms country l"i
sm0k ing Is chiefly manufactured here llnin the or
dnaTy commercial opium, ahd that Tie amounts
thus consumed are 81 sial' II, ''n'p'i ''d,,i ,a'n
with the quantities used lof the mahulac-
ture of moTPhIa laudanum ana Other
sedatiye drugs, that me hahlt oI OPIUM sH"hih9
can appIcClaby .a1cct the business Oh the large
wholesale houses. such rctall houses as iiudhuis .,
Ditmlns and Casweli X Hazards SAID that Their
sales of the ordinary OPIUM were small and had not
Increased lately. None of them sold the smoking
preparation. IL. -
opium is sold to ChInamen and II Is far To presume
that much of the opium thus sold is manufactured
into tue pasty preparation used III pipes. Among
the Cinnamon who buy opium at wholesale were
Wing On Lung * Co, whose address was gwen as NO.
737 Broadway. he reporter called al TINS address,
but found only a shop where the ordinary Chinese
knlck- knacks sold by the hrIn of Lin ong u
Co On entering and asking for Wing On Lung,
the reporter was met by looks OF mystery and the
reply mo Wang On Lung llvee here. Nhat you
want with hImY" 10 further questions the Chlla-
man returned the same answer. that no wing On
Lung lived in the building, but al the same ilie ne
showed great anxiety to know what the nature oi
the reporters business with thsipeISon was;At last
he admitted that he sold OPIUM Tor Slnoklhg Dul
only IN large TIN cases not in smaller quantities.
All this opium, he said, came from China, by the
way of San Francisco, and none was prepared here
The OPIUM which had been bought by Wing On
Lung was Ostensibly for shipment To san Francisco.
No definite information could be obtained aboat the
proport ons the trade opium at this store. 1t
was denied that Is being sold tins year than III
years past.
DR. Jcwett of the Appralsing Department of the
Custom House was found ia the "oVeIhment STORE,
house in Washington-st. All the opium imported
into New York passes under his inspection. lie
said IL would be impossible 10 Obtain statistics
from large 0pun dealers which would indicate the
extent of the habit o. opium smoking, unless, per-
haps halt "A million Chinese should settle III New
York. The Chinese smoking preparation ~ subject
70 a duty OF SO per pound. which amounts 10
practical exclusion. don't believe That more Than
o hundred pounds enter tins port annually. lhe
Chinese, however, like ii better than The piepaia-
tion which Is made here aud have heard tlat at
tempts have been made 10 sinugge the thinene
preparation INTO fan FRANCISCO, Which nave re-
suied ~ the sciZuIe OF considerable quantities.
The smoking opium - black In color and oi a con
sistency similar 10 that oi tar. do not think that
there has been lately Increase in the amOnnt of
opium, either prepared OF ~ iis ordinary CONNER.
cial form, which is imported through Newiork.