The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-05
FAILED 70 PAY DUTIES.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR EXPLAINS
SEIZURES IN MT. BAKER.
Hesdquarterr-supt. stanfsiawsky
Given Opportunity to Comply
Mining Need Not he Suspended.

The Post-Tntelligencer has received from
s. p. Conner, deputy collector of customs
at Sumas. letter explanatory OF the re-
cent seizure Of goods and mining sup
plies brought over the British Columbia
boundary into the Mount Baker mining
district in Whatcom county. The letter
follows:
On May 9, 1899. was ordered: Instruct
the Mount Baker camps to report their
importations to You and pay duty. and
later on ] will send an officer In there
TO check the matter up
Tho above order came to me from Col
iector Huestis, the best collector this
district has ever had I at once wrote
stanislawsky. the superintendent OF the
mine. that every man knows is on the
American side, and told him of the above
order. He treated II with silent con-
tempt, and not only kept on packing in
goods from British Columbia but took In
Chinaman as well.
Miners came down frequently and COM
plained OF my inaction and threatened to
report me to Collector Huestis. / wrote
the collector again and he ordered Col.
Whyte to 20 up ther, and investigate
the matter and II he found smuggiers to
arrest them. seize their animals and all
smuggled goods
This is just wha, Col whyte did. But
unfortunately. stanislawsky was not
and haif-hreed indian. with five poor
horses. They have been released on
bond. The goods am holding TIL entry
Is made and duty paid on them. with all
Whyte took an inventory Of all goods
placed a guard over them with orders
for the miners TO proceed with their work
and subsist on the provisions, so that
the work will not stop for a single day
No other camp was molested, for the
reason that IL Is not known whether in
the United states or not III Carysle has
stopped work. It is OF his own voltion.
al mo rs rxfa uFfi
New Whatcom The Ave animals were re-
leased. Facilities" are inadequate for
packing from this side OF the line" We
brought the goods ont over the American
trail-the horses carrying the Identical
packs put on their backs In British CO.
lumhia. Hahn & Co.'S claim to be anxious
TO pay duty II method had been pointed
out is shown when It IL known that
wrote their superintendent that he must
come here and pay all duty. II STAN
isiawsky supposes | am going fifty miles
into the mountains TO tell him to please
pay duty on smuggied goods he does me
gross injustice 1t was the smugglers
duty to come to my office and pay before
seizure. He was so notified eighteen
months ago, but instead OF needing he
has continued 10 smuggle In the aggre-
gate propably thousands Of dollars worth
Of goods. robbing the American packer.
merchant and government.
The statement that the mines must close
for the winter because the packers are
afraid to cross the line. and there is no
other way to get in, is "Stanslawsky."
The claim Is not true In any particular
and II II was true II Is no reason why
this smnggler should not he choked of.
Let him pay his duty and II will put
backbone In his packers by guarantee
ing them full protection.
II work has stopped on the Carlisle
Lane property II IL not the fault OF I'm
Gle Sam. The customs authorities con-
slider this property In disputed territory
end are letting II severely alone. No
sane man doubts that the Stanislawsky
nine IL In the United States.
American goods exported can be re-
turned on free entry under paragraph
4S OF the law, and certificate OF ex-
port. How strange that Stanislawsky
would take chances at smuggling for two
years when he could have come to me
ported. IL IL too FUNNY
That | sent a man to Chilliwack to
watch the pack train and received a wire
when II started over. there Is not a work
OF truth | had men fresh from his camp
who told me OF his well filled camp OF
smnggied goods and Col. Whyte was or
dered to 40 and seize the goods and
arrest the smuggler
l am satisfied your article was made IN
from an interview with the smuggler.
and | write you these facts because the
article In question condemns me for do
Ing my duty under my oath Of office
Many smnggler has gone 20 the pen
for less smuggling, and sianislawsky may
pay duty rather than face The court In
a trial =. y. CONNER.
Deputy Collector.