The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15
HOW IT CROSSES THE BORDER.
Opium, PIE.tnilcd CelcstInls, md Other IllicI,
Merchandise from Canada.

Opium, PlE.tniIcd CelcstInls. and Other Illicit
Merchandise from Canada.
BUFFALO. Jan. 14.-"H the whole OF Canada
was done up in ten-pound packages I'd snug
gle 1t all into tho States inside OF a year"
Such was the remarkable boast made to the
writer by one OF the sleekest smug2lers who
ever went unhung. Talk about opium
smuggling" he continued. why. there was
never SO much brought in over the eastern
border as there is to-day"
Pressed for the reason why. he said 1t was
because the Mckinley bill had raised the duty
from SO to S12 a pound. Crude opium can
only be prepared lawfully in the United States
in a Government warehouse under the super
vision Of a Federal officer and n tax of $40 q
pound-conditions practically prohibitory.
Most Of the opium is smuggled across the
st. Lawrence from Montreal and Quebec. SO
the writer was informed. This is because the
conditions are there more favorable than else
where. The business Of smuggling is reCu-
larly organized. like any other modern indug-
try. though hundreds OF small smugglers are
working privately and without assistance
from the gang. Most Of the arrests that are
announced In the papers come from their
ranks. Professional smugglers are rarely de-
tected In the act. At this season OF the year
less opium is smuGGled across the Niagara
huu ~ aiS tiiSl q 10 uSCCSStEy "
travel by rail. which is hazardous for profess
SIGNALS. All Government detectives stand in
with train hands. who are quick to spot dope
f. Just beto a1% tie Peh hopid dn ' season a large amount
81 poultry was smugglod across the river to
1sls n!af Sst t9 The ese offisia ,.o f an,y Il + y iiyS S senis /, e
stop this. especially between Niagara Falls
and Tonawanda. because when the smuggler
the, poultry from Grand Island. n statement
that could not DO disputed unless he was
Strange as It may seem. ten times as much
iHHtS the net States soa:.rl This is E matter WHICH,
norsnt Of i, Yet their Relations With It the 81 Cana "a.
s s%sf s OF a e3'!r lima iaif In ,G Hnt ns t rsssR Wo 9ssa.
, ,oat \ s Ihdi ,d in the S ehu Y at hat place.
rivor at one trip They had long pockets in
their dresses hung from the waists. which
dolls were placed. Another Instance was re-.
lated where = woman carried In ono trip u
MAO More 9 s rsnareab ana t hyS p si1I,Sr. Of ae s9sar; NJ
showing the capacity. OF woman to convey
merchandise M,s is the story told OF q woman
and i've dozen eggs on her person. 1t would
hardly seem that eggs could be successfully
interesting. She wore d petticont with scans
or grooves running entirely around it, so that
rows row G Es ,sSss were ranged around tho garment
could carry ten dozen eggs. Certain Canadian
storekeepers are said to keep n dressing room
with. a woman attendant in the rear or base
ment 81 their stores. where female smuGGlers
may disgorge or take carGoes aboard.
Since the passing OF the Chinese Exclusion
act. the smuggling industry has been in
creased by the desire OF Celcstials to get into
tho United States at NIL hazards. During tho
past year public attention has several times
been. attracted to the clever apprehension OF
the :. mig tails" as they landed On our shores.
ana the Government officers at this point havo
gained considerable credit. for their sagacitty
and aiacrity in gathering in the willy intrud.
ers- They believe that tho Chinese tranlc at
this point and along the Niagara River Is
TIL poor Celestials have had q pretty hard
time OF II between their pretended friends who
helped them across the river and the officers
Of the law. In several instances Cinnamon
have been robbed at the muzzle OF a revolver
after being landed on the American shore. In
queenstown there were two gangs engaged In
running the Celestials across the river to Lew
iston and its vicinity. and II rivalry sprang up
between them. II one gang learned that the
other had taken u party of Cinnamon. In hand,
they would cross the river ahead OF thsm. and
after the Cinnamon We're secreted in tho bush.
rob them. and notify the officer OF their pres
ence. Under such circumstances the China
men were helpless. The majority Of them now
GROSS At Windsor. and 1t IL hard TO spprehend
them thsrN As there v . long stretch whore