Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-21

new a1e WefA b CaFFtea en- and
aow sAe omeers are Worklng
60 Cheek o..
while Chief Inspector 3. A. Gardner,
Of tie Customs Distriot Of Paest sound.
vas In Seattle enc day this week, after
ssme solicitation, be detailed the man
aeE in whish be hls recsualy brought
certain parties engaged in she smue.
Cling Of opium to iastics; and as the
statements Of MF. Gardner will be read
with much interest By many. ne repro
dnos them here. Mr.. GardnsF said:
''0n August 25th. received informa-
tion that q LARGE shipment Of Opium
from Victoria had been made, and | had
reason 20 believe that Il vas going TO
Portland. had previously visited the
Webtoot metropolis. and located the
tiFms handling tue oontrAband goods
some OF these firms handle small. and
some large quantities. some only bny
fifteen or twenty pounds at = time,
while others handle Il In any euantity
thsy can get. took with me two ofn
GERS Of the service, and went % Port
land. Having located the dealers, and
knowing the quantities haadled by each,
| Of course kneW what houses 60 watch.
We remained there aith0at results aniil
the night OF the Sosh, when enc OF tbs
officers saw tge Chinamen enter q Cal
nese store en tho corner OF Alder and
second streets One OF them carried q
basket, and the other coal oil case.
Ihe otiloer reported the circumstance 90
me At Onoe, q d we entered the store,
and 10 back rOom found she coal oil
oase hlled with cans Of unstanped
opium. The basket vas missing bat she
ooutants we're spread Gus on a bed Ia the
same room. We seized the opiam. IS
pOunds IN all, and arrested King Zip,
and bis clerk. The clerk pleaded guilty
20 the charge Of Smuggling. and was
nned $500 and costs, which be paid.
The defense then used she oleFk 70
prove that King Yip did not know The
opium was unstamped. He vas tried
the other DAY. and the jury after being
cut % minutes retuyned q verdict OF
guilts, and he was fined 500 and c0sts.n
HeW is the service being perform
cd? " asked the reporter.
MT. Garoner-Aha service Il being
rendered with as much energy and Ell
oieney a. the humber of oifioeFs ia this
district viii warrant. We have an len
mense coast line 10 guard and emily half
as many officers aa the district requires.
During the months OF June, July and
August there we're % 900 peuuds OF
crude opium imported into Victoria.
Crude opium diminishes one half 10
maDufaeture, thus leaving 8, 800 poands
of prepared opium 70 be placed upou
the market. Add 10 this 5000 pounda Of
adulteraliOn which 10 used 10 the manu-
faeture. and yOu have Al 900 pounds Of
prepared opium. This opiam costs the
manufacturers e6.75 per psund, and
they sell Il 10 Victoria II from S 10 %
per pound. The duty is $40 per pound,
bat they do not pay dnty on it when
they ship it into America, preferrinQ 20
take she chances OF Smuggling. On
this aide. she prepared unatampad
opium brings from ell.50 10 $l250 per
pound, and at our sAlss, after being
stamped, Il brings from $3.50 10 e14 50
per pound. During the hsoal year end
ine June 80. 1856. thsrs vas el50, 600
worth Of smuRRlea opium imported into
this country from Victoria. About
$4,000 worth Of that a1Ount was
seized ~ the ofioers of this dialFiet.
Had the numbaF Of our officers been
greater, the Eesulta would doubtless
have been more satisfactory. Besides
that amount of seizures, we secured AVe
o1nvictions IN our distriot aud tWo 10
Portland for Smuggling, besides q mum
ber Of convictions for violation Of the
Restriction Act. Ths ssrvies Ia the
future will be rendered with ths same
degree OF efficiency that has eharacter-
iEed it for the past sixteen months.