The morning call., 1890-05-10
Willy CHINESE,
Letters From Special Treasury
Agents.
Almost Impossible to Prevent Their Cross
Ing the Canadian Border.
The California Delegation Besieged With
Applicants for the ResiSterShip
Of the Land Office.
Special by the California Associated Press.

WASHINGTON, May 9.-Following are the
reports of the Chinese Inspectors, which
Acting Secretary OF the Treasury Batchsl-
Ter forwarded to the Senate to-day:
OFFICE SPECIAL AGENT TREASURY DEL
PARTMENT, SUSPENSION BRIDGE, NEw{
YORK April 80, 1890
Hon. William Wind07n, Secretdru of the
1Tedsury-SIR: have the honor to report that
SPECIAL employe Lewis in this office arrested
Two Chinanen yesterday who had smugged
themselves into the United States from Canada,
ana that saiG Cinnamon have been placed In the
custody OF the United States Marshal pending
examination.
respectfully invite attention to the fact that
according 10 my information there Is a large
nuinOer OF Chinese now ln Toronto Canada. who
t fsney Is hi,a arriVea from victoria b. O., who Will
States. Wing Tai & Co. of 405 Yong street, and
Lee wing OF 12S Queen street, Toronto. are
prominent leaders of their countrymen. aud are
said to receive $50 per head for landing Chinese
across the line. The fact that a close watch is
Kept ON Ibis port, thirteen arrests having been
made within the past three weeks will doubtless
nave tendency to check the immigration OF
these persons, but there Is no reason 10 believe
that we can stop IL altogether. The arrest and
return to Canada OF one of them seems TO have
the effect only OF causing him TO seek some other
outlet Indeed. there are some instances within
my knowledge where special employe Lewis has
Twice arrested Cinnamon aud returned them 10
Canapa, aud the same men are now engaged in
pursuits peculiar to their people In the city OF
New YORK.
III The department should direct that every
Chinese person found unlawiully within The
United States be removed therefrOm to China
second attempt to come here would probably not
: be made; but, as | have indicated. the present
Bile class.
Another phase OF the subject that has caused
some embarrassment at this port and IS likely TO
become more serious question in the near tu-
lule Is tDls: Chinese persons are found unlaW-
fully within the United States smugged from
emma. and do not have certificates showing they
nave paid the Dominion customs tax of $50
mead HOW are they TO be returned? The Do
mlnlon customs officials will certainly refuse TO
admit such persons Into Canada without proper
certificates. and our officers must choose, in the
absence OF further instructions, between smug-
giing them back ana placing them on the bridges
connecting the two countries, where they are
certain to suffer much discontinue before
lease to say nothing of the annoyance such ac-
tion Will cause the officers Of the bridge COM
panies.
1 respectfully ask such advice and instruction
as the department may deem pertinent. Very
GEORGE W. WITHAD, Special Agent.
NEW DoDGEs.
OFFICE SPECIAL AGENT TREASURY DE. I
PARTMENT, TORONTO, Can, May l, 1890. J
Hon. PAlidm Wtndom, Secretary Of the
Treasury sIR For TWO days the case OF All
Moy and brother has been before United States
Consul Pope OF this city. These Cinnamon re-
Gently came from Vancouver, British Columbia.
a Chinese doctor in the United States All Moy
wants 10 cross tile boundary. / presume they
WOuiu nave given satisfactory evidence tlat they
were entitled 10 admission to the United States
had not been present TO object, for the reason
that neither cOnsuls nor collectors Of customs.
rule, know The nature OF The evidence required
as proof otChinese right as merchant to enter
The Uutted States, or what constitutes :. mer-
Chant under the Chinese Restriction ACT. United
States Consul Pope Is a fair representative OF his
class of officials. He is able int ellis gent etc.,
but knows absolutely nothing concerning legisia-
tion affecting the Chinese, nor has he been sup
piled vii copy of any law restricting Chinese
immigration or excluding Chinese laborers.
That more Chinese have not crossed the border
under cover OF the seal of the Consulate must be
because they did not seek TO cross by that route
The State Department cannot too soon put
into the hands OF our consuls all along the
Canada border copy OF the laws affecting Chi
nese immigration and exclusion and tho latest
decisions of the Treasury Department under
said laws. and l recommend that all our col
lectors OF customs, especially on the northern
border, be similarly provided.
Knowing that the Canadian Government will
not furnish the certificates required by Section g
put the case OF the Chinese merchant simply
thus: Before his application for entry into the
United States can be considered lie must produce
the certificate required by Section OF the act
from the Chinese Government Or its duly author
lied representative" Because Ah Nov and
brother had not this certificate they were finally
refused tile papers they sought.
L am credlbly informed from Chinese source
that an organized effort in this city has, during
the past year, unlawfully put into the United
States upward OF 200 Chinese. Respectfully,
JAMES j. BROOKs