Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-12
CsN IT Be ThUE?
NV Yok Tims's SPECIAL 90
SmHge lrs Ia k.lla,
Declares Il IS Csrrtd % 0pstly AID
v thCut Restraint
All Along Some -Four Hundred Miles Of
Our Northern Border.


Se~ York Suy day Times gives the follow
,ng: II has BEEN 10 secret in III part of
shs country that free trade for all who de
si-e /. nov exists, and has Z stt d for year..
Z oag the line betseen Csraia and the
state 0f Msioe this line Being fo- the most
art IN q ~iiderDess Aad about 400 miles 10
i-ngth 4 p9rIioE " the liae i. o.e down
70 II Atlantic ocean and scross the deep
o<g f P.a-smsq ioddy; pars o. it e1n,is. =
u about 40 mtles Of the 81 Cfolx river ;
b re are 80 nils OF a c1Ain Of iaBss
Known So IN. Schood,cs; above these are
8 miles OF an Ayri qliural gee ion; then
81 miles OF the john river sna 10 mi, $
4 be Lake st Fr.ncls, aud III remainder
i,sn to the NV H.mpsEife Ane is VII
derness. On the north s-stsrn bo,da-,
Il wilderness, siso the Canadian Pscifc
'o.d enters nainr, trains crossing the line
her which come directly from British Co
nmtis and are bouad for ST. JCha.
Here. then, are opplrtu ties to run in
pna hour only, By sailitg vessel, from the
New Brunswick aide u the U Iite1 States
srri.ory; 10 cFoss las Di!es OF river and
IKE; chances to foilo~ l1mbarmep's paths
r york IN" contrs band gpcds uVer line
f railroad that bas No Cu.Gom Hnu-e with
~ some mile. of the DO der. nd these
CHANCES are taken 40 boldly ard plainly,
10, that Custom House regulation ms and
be work of custom tffi 3srs are grotesque
srces.
The boldes. operations are carried on in
he cities OF Eastport and Calais Across
he harbor from the former, distant about
"a ka fauaI sal. oH ~.
,abelio. in tue Summer season : va;ering
aisc4 Of some preten.ions. Dsgonally
,sck 30 American soil. fistsDt two miles. is
hs town Of Lubec. Each hour. weather
Jrrmitting. a ferrybnst leaves Eas port for
'smpoheiio and Lubsc. At the l.nding of
ne first named are several iquor stores
Nm take the f,rry. and buy il C.mpobelio
uustls goods. which they take back T.
G,siport or Lubec and no questions ar
ver asked. Smuggling has been IS COM
non In ard srouud Eastport the las. two
years as boating.
tsiiu~lgup he line and entering the
) Croix r,ver, one comes to one Of the
.ncieut citiea OF Am .rics, tn oil cathedral
lwn Of st. Andrews. IGis si,usted on 8
,ay g. j is two mics from the American
SIDE. 1t has railroad correction With St.
Iohn aid Hshfsx, where Z .giish KIDS.
ciu,hs, 81 ks, etc. are in abundance and low
in ile. Over his road. now owaed IL
psrl By Russtll Sage, many goods have
lsen eur eDtitiou-ly otougns in times past,
aten7ed for n "Trip TO the Sta'es round
ne Gust m b USE g. d il will be remem-
nered that ony I, W }esrs sgo the railroad
it,. II was sued for p.r,irips in acts Of
smuggling from Maine Its sup y Of oil, cot
ton vas e, csc. IL IS no crime along 81
Andrev's bay to smugg's.
Bus the places To study the worsilg OF
free trade pure and -inpls are 10 the Y .nk4e
~n Of CsIss ard the sn.diAn burg Of
II ) ephsb, halt mi. across lhs s Croix
RIVER pridg- Co nscts the towns AT
IL, American end is toll tsker and 3
Ysukee Custom House man; st the CsRa-
ian eud = cpiiec ion OF nQlor shops, With
now arc then dry goods shop ! h re is
oteasl IN vhy these shops n ud b. there
.svr (, the rauon.ge that comes throdsh
IN covered d ancient wooden brldg,. The
fms rrespondeps has pad tDll 49,
,i.t sCross to the tsusdisn side and
b b,ck timr sUd sgsin; he has hired teams
snd has driven his osn over and bs, and
fss let ~ De Ch, OK or asked gu stiOn
b any custom use man | Ii fact
ns, odd horses hsve been driven into Ne~
8,u swiCs by welEkr own men, and on tue
etur0 vsiusole hor-, 4 ,h, dlrty, snd with
shshby harness has been brought back.
sv-ry lhir z los in price n Csnsds and hign
the S AZ is .mugsled INTO Calais aud no
q iesiols ar evrr a.sed
Follo~iug up the bound-y line one comes
% VsrceDoro. ani the In,erc1loaiai Rail
ss,, opened by President Gfsug betseen
the .t-s and the uiaTiume prosi c-s
Here i. = branch OF the Bangor Custom
House iagsvsry large nus uess yets v
DO ~ Who cares to DO 50 csn smugs,e 'tght
uu l,r the Sc. of the otfcer-. ~ho are
only supp sd tn look at r feisht trsins
rrain loads OF produce, f.h cattle, sh ep,
C ,nti ue to CONE into -ihe State, no.vilh
,tsl NJ he Tar # Designed TO keep them
u. d about $50 imm, s'sats arrive dsiy
These ere never KAN ned personally. but
, sibg.e examination Of the Baggage is
lsken uhen they srrive at Bangor
By immigrants, rs here used. 10 meant
al usve lers from thu provinces, NAM of
a IN ride IN Pullman cars. To smu7ge
ii.moDds, silks. OPIUM. and Ike goods
rom opposite Vsuceo ro is an easy tack.
There is bridge here, aid a rosd across
the head of dam sni sctoss the river. but
these are in 10 gay su jsct to the scrutiny,
Of the Gus IN house men
The next great smugslers tn >roughfare
n Msioe i. what l. kI1s a. the NJ g.nric
region, where Morrison, the oulsw, so
long d, q d ali ca sci.n authority Here
rve ga e esch If ~hien has 4 leader. In
,his ,hirly settled country the word CT these
leaders is lsw, slssyssp for the people
sod 10 great extent for the gpver menf
otficar rs. The Illness CORES pondent asksc
q Gus ON house man orcs why he did rot
arrest Smuggler 3artlrv, Who sas brr G.
IT 10 pro 4 spirit rgtt uu6er his rose ard
he said his salary was only 500 yesr aud
he would not undertake To cossr the oui
Law per 0 ally with WI chester for thss
sum and even if he brou.hl him 10 j Istlce
his gsus would murder him in revenge
All slo1 the Megsntic sgioa smugglin z
Of proof spi'it, from VIII ch whisky g made
/. ,ir 90, ard while officers srs h4rkins q
around the grfss Iases and the Boston an
L1uell AID Graud Trunk rsiiwsys for
opium smugglers. the drug is being brought
in over the 8siue linz IL has been cf-red
for sale in bu tere this year by strangers
bus nobody dared buy. There is little
doubt that the rp,um men Who smugsie
now use the Cauadisu PAcif, road. A.
hss been ssij, trains rul fr m Brit sh Col.
| umols and from the ssssmrrs from Chns
s1d japan directly 10 New Brufsv
across Maine. A trunk or bcx ftled uitt
| CARS Of gam pun car be carried into Neu