The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-13
SMUGGLING.
How 1t Is Carried on Across the Niagara

how IL Is Carried on Across the NIasafa
River.
ITO what extent is smuggling now
carried on across Niagara River, if 10
all?''
There is always more or less Of il
going on" replied that officer ut Is
practised largely by private individuals,
who intend the struggled good for their
own use. The majority of people seem
to think there is no harm in smuggling
so long as the property is not sod. Ii
caught in the act, they are surprised
and even indignant when informed that
duty must be pad or the goods con
tiseated. Their IS cool deal Of sn2ug-
cling carried on by agents employ Cd by
Canadian merchants. Canadian farm
ers often bring bat er and garden tuck
to this side to exchange for groceries.
There is no duty on eggs, bat they al
ways try to a. Old paying the entry fee.
There is also considerable smuggling
from this side into Canada.
Women generally conceal ar
ticles such as laces in their cloth
ing, and as there are now no
women Inspectors along the Cana
dian frontier, / have no doubt a
great deal is smuggied in this way,
v omen, who are the soul of honor in
every other respect, seem to take par
tea or delight IN smuggling The ma
joritY of them would endure any amount
OF trouble and worry to cheat the Gov
eminent out of any duty on some triiliHg
article. Only the other day lady
showed me n lot of wearing apparCl
hich she had smugg}cd. She related
her experience with great animation ana
pride, little dreaming that she was talk
ing to an officer who could hand her
over to the authoritie5 at a momeat's
notice. Another woman from Mary
land smu@gled laces and underwear
into Canada. STAYED three months visit
ing friends, and then returned to the
States without being detected.
Butter, eggs and produce are often
brought over concealed in loads of hay.
Duty is paid on the hay, but the Other
articles are overlooked. The snug
Cling by merchants agents is generally
carried on lower down tie river. frcIn
towns of the size of St Cathcriaes.
People often 90 to Canada from
Youngstown and Lewiston and other
intermediate places to buy silks and the
like, because they can get them cheaper
ii the provinces. The merchant agrees
to deliver the goods on this side He
employs Il man and pays him certain
per cent. of the profits, taking care
that the amount paid does not equal
the duty on the goods. There are
miles OF river front unmatched, and
the agent has abundant opportunities
to carry out his design without fear Of
detection. \ dark Hight is chosen, and
the goods are brought over in a small
boat. Some of these agents, doubt
less, make Il good living. There is 1T
tie use TO make an arrest unless there
is positive proof of guils, for, strange
as It may seem, it IS almost impossible
to find a jury that viii convict man
on the charge of smuggling. TIER
sympathies are generally with the pris-
OnGr.
The goods smuggled from this
country into Canada consist largely of
kerosene Of and lager beer The bar
rels or kegs containing these liquids
are weighted so that only the head q
tn casll appears above water. They
are then attached BY rope to row
boat and taken over at night. If the
smugglers are pursued, nothing is
easier than TO cat the rope and let the
barrels 90 down the river. This sort of
smuggling used 10 be carried on large
~ between Lewiston and Young town,
the goods being taken to st. C>therines
and other places along the Canadian
frontier. "-BRfU}0 Courier.