The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15

snap" he ever had. and he got SIS a head Tor
them;" at least. so these friends informed IhE
Men who have been in the Chinese business
sty that the Cinnamon who yet in here are All
lied. for the purpose. There Is such:a.coLhpany
In New York and another in Boston; Tie I'M
panies put up the money to buy their tickets
a d nay the expense. of getting them across
the line. Then they have u lien on the China,
mems earnings after they get here until they
have paid all up. and in addition n heavy In
teres,. In many cases when tho Cinnamon
agree to pay the cost OF getting them into the
United States. and to get these mon the com
Interpreter EMPLOYED by the United States ut
burlington and Richfoid, is said TO be the prin-
cipal runner for the Boston com pany.
clais say he works in, with Brown. Brown
himself drums up trads. He Is In Mon real,
people, and the old. fashioned Chinese SNUG
Elers. whom he Las driven out OF the business,
want to. q" to tn; tinted states. """ ""'
Tie United States IRE the paradise toward
which all Chinese In CanadN arc heading. Tho
boarding houses have runners out. and they
have had little red circulars printed in Chi
nese making announcements ike these: Come
e Tn %s s s1asss. Il" II s yon G .to i ct m rSq hou se y ,aS
can reach the United States without trouble
man in Montreal while : aitlng for the United
States officials to examine his papers Is more
than three weeks.
TmE SrN reporter put this question to about
a dozen customs officials at various points,
How many of the Chinese boys, so called,
Here are the answers:
About two-thirds."
"Two-thirds IL too small. ] should say nine
tenths OF all who come in are born In Ihtna
and have no right here"
AT least half who get In get in by fraud"
soysn-sigiths have no riThtt here"
Minehsen out OF every twenty get IN by
In tho world and fhera ia no difficulty In yet
ting Chin, mon here 10 swear that they are
fathers for q consideration"
thirds Of them swear their way into the coun.
Try; Cinnamon have no conception OF our
oaths. and they do not hesitate to swear
II don't believe that one in a hundred Of
the Cinnamon who say they were born in this
You viii ihnd that the CHINESE RIss boy business is
year. 1t is continually gro Ing larger"
"Ask me something easier: should say
that eleven nn, out h,t of twelve ,fa, get n by frsadi horn
In this country. ] think they all get in by
cuse throwing the blame on the United Stat
courts. Solicitor Browns nelghbors say that
his part in getting the Ghinamen into the
what any lawyer would do who had the chance.
They say. that while there is undoubtedly
OF IL; that they give tle names of the witnesses
and the solicitor sends for them, aud then he
brings out thti testimony just as any lawyer
would bring out testimony In any ordinary case.
So much for this method o, Chinese SNUG
Cling, Ii Is done now almost exclusively in
have been some cases IN the port of Plattsburg.
aud the belief is that the business is to extend
Plsttsburg district is due to the Canadian Pa
cities connection with the .Adirou lack and
St Lswreuce Railroad: It is q shor er roue
bound for this city can be shipped over IL more
conveniently and cheaper.
Now as TO the other ways IN whict the law
is beaten by hundreds of Cinnamon. There
10 unQuestionably considerable fraud in birth
the Chinese laborers' certificates and the Chi
are all written with typewriters. hence they
are easily forged. They are as easily forged
are forged is positively known. for forGeries
have been taken away from Gilman, II who
applied for admittance and presented them
as proof of their right to enter. The extent
OF this forged paper business nobody knows.
Again, merchants going abroad and intend
ing 10 stay in China take papers with thew
that would he evidence when they returned.
and sell those papers to men in China who
United States Commits. ion.r McGettrick
told II sun reporter that an impression Of
his name at various points on the border. These
must DO Cinnamon who have purchased tho
papers in Canada and Struggled themselves
THE sr<'s information concerning the mum.
Der Of Chinese who enter Canada and travel
over the Canadian Pacific Railroad to the Unit
ed States comes from the railroad officials
themselves. THE Sun reporter called on Mr..
McNicoll. ut his office in Montreal. Mr.. Nc.
Nico!l said that about 5000 a year travelle ed
over tn" road, and that the Canadian. Pacific
sold them tickets from Hong Kong n points
In the United States. subject to their right to
enter. He said that the railroad company
liked the business because it Was little trouble
to handle it and it paid well. He alsr said
that the compary had never lost IL Chinaman
who was in bond.
A story he did not tell'is Of FIVE Cinnamon
who recent, disappeared from Montreal. The
Canadian Off ,ials learned that they were miss
ing. and demanded the amount of the bond :.
The company instituted a search for the China
men. AT las. solicitor Brown was appealed
to. and committing his books he found that he
had got the five into the United States all
right. Then the railroad company informed
tho Canadian officials that they could prove
that the Chiname.I had loft the country. aud
the bonds were cancelled. This story WAS
told THE SuN reporter In Vermont and also in
the Plattshurg district.
Mr.. McNi"oIl told THE SIN reporter that
the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company was
not Interested in getting the Cinnamon into the
Uni.ed States. He Thought the stories of
Chinese smuggling and the violation OF the
United States laws were grossly exaggerated.