El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-27
CHINAMEN
In DR0YES
Are FIocking Across This
Country to Mexico City.
ALL ARE

And 1t is Presumed That They Are
Not Permitted to Leave the Train
Until Their Destination is Reach
ed.-Believed That the Celestials
Contemplate Wholesale Smuggling
Across This Border in the Near
Future
Since the first of April 43 Cinnamon
have passed through Ell Paso In bond
going to the City of Mexico. They
passed here in three squads on the Z,
Is, and q inst.
This unusually heavy movement of
Cinnamon across the United States to
Mexico is regarded as significant fact
by inspectors along the border in this
locality. They entertain the opinion
that the celestials intend making their
way northword and coming back to
this country either by means of forged
certificates or with no certificates at
all.
Formerly it WAS customary for Chin
ese in drOves to cross the U nited States
in bond and enter Canada, thence to
make their way back across the north
ern border. The government however,
recently adopted very rigid measures
press the smuggling OF Cinnamon and
the celestials have discovered that to
get across into this country from Ca
NADIA is not as easy an accomplishment
as formerly. hence they have turned
their attention toward this frontier.
1--WE expect to be kept busy pretty
soon," said Treasury Agent Dick Rule,
today. "There is little doubt but that
the Cinnamon are finding the officers
along the Canadian frontier little too
vigilant for them and are coming our
way to get into the United States.
1.-THE Canadian border is we'll guard
ed. You know Inspector Mehan was
ordered there short time ago to rein
force the army of guards ALREADY there
and Cinnamon find it almost i'm posi- BILE |
to cross that frontier now. That so
many Chinese emigrants arrived this |
month is due to the fact that the celes- |
tials stay at home until after their new |
year is over. New year is now past |
and Cinnamon are going to Mexico in |
droves. 1t is likely that many of them |
will soon reach this frontier on their |
way back toward Frisco and the guards |
along this border will soon have all |
they can do"
Chinese smuggling in this locality |
has long been q profitable enterprise |
and it is said that q company of China
men and others in this vicinity has |
beer successfully engaged in the bust
ness for many years. The Cinnamon |
are landed in Mexico and gradually |
work their way northward until they |
get to Juarez, where they are taken in |
hand by the agents of the company.
They are then conducted across the |
structions how to conduct themselves If
captured. Many OF them re-
main for months in Mexico. where
they attend school to learn sufficient
English to be of service to them in
evading the officers and after they ar
rive.
Some time ago q large number OF
forged Chinese certificates were cap
tured in Juarez but it was never learn
ed where they were manufactured and
the supposition is that just as many of
them are being made today and sold as
ever before. The certificates being
from fifteen to twenty dollars there
is q ready market for them. A China
man can get himself smnggled over
for from twenty-five to fifty dollars.
He may not be able to pay this amount
in cash but the money is advanced to
him by the wealthy Chinese company
In this country and he pays back the
company with big interest as soon as
ne is able to earn livelihood. The
com pany is sure of its money for the I
Chinese highbinders take care of de-
svade the payment of his indebtedness
10 the company.
The highbinder's work is done in
secret and should it be necessary for
him to resort to drastic measures no 1
Jhinaman can be found bold enough to 1
testify against him although there {
nay have been many eye witnesses to
;he murder.
The JariIId School House.
JARILLA, N. NJ, 4-24-99. u,
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