New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
STRICT IN BALTIMORE.
SOME YACHTSMEN THINK THE OFFI-
GALS EXCEED THEIR DUTY.

Baltimore March I6 (SpeciaD.-About twenty-five
thousand persons annually enter the country by
this port, the greater number OF whom are aliens.
There is little tourist travel except outbound since
the best facility offered for transportation is sec
ond cabin. That the small outbound tourist
business re-enteTs the country by New-York and
not by this port, ascribed generally by travellers
to the fact that customs officials OF New-York
have been less strict in enforcing the regulations.
and that in the past greater latitude has been
allowed for articles which, in the opinion of trav-
ellers. should escape the tax collector
Incoming steamships are boarded by customs Off
cias the quarantine station. seventeen miles be-
low the city While the Collector Of the Port and the
Surveyor of the Port have the privilege Of Issuing
permits TO others than officials to accompany the
revenue tug quarantine. such permission is
rarely granted perhaps two or three persons In the
course Of a year receiving such permits, and al
ways for reasons other than mere desire TO greet
horneconers before the pier is reached.
Arrived at the pier the same strict interpreta-
ton of the rules is evinced. "Welcomers' are not
allowed 10 board the vessel. and only have access
TO their friends after the necessary declaration has
been made and all baggage examined and passed
upon, the examination of baggage being conducted
in the immigrant house the pier. to which ac-
cess. except for passengers is only by permit. ana
these sparingly given.
Local customs officers, familiar with the methods
Of similar officers in New-York. comment on the
laxity which, it is said by them, has been no
tceable at that port in the past The free issue
of permits incoming steamships. the Iact
that hundreds of persons allowed upon the
piers Of incoming ships where baggage OF tourists
is sDread before IL has been passed upon, ana
that access is readily obtained 10 the ship decks
arc features which criticised That
,3utiable articles could readily be passed by uii-
scrupulous persons to friends in the croWc az
lowed to be about the passengers is pointed OUT
as an opening which few willy persons would over
look and the belief is general that thousahus OF
dollars worth of such articles have regularly en-
tered the country in this way. -
Baltimore customs officials nave grown tccus-
n
enter the country by way Of New-h ork, ana tdts
the constant repetition of these assertions To lu!-
aware of the loose methods employed there: Inc
local effect has been even greater vigilance IN tne
enforcement of regulations, since II was DeleVeo -
be inevitable that stringent reformation "ouiu
From the official point Of view there has been
nothing but commendation resulting, so Iar as
concerned. Ore class OF patrons OF the port nov"
ever objects to the rigorous methods employeH;
These are owners of private yachts, another Heid
In which the New-Gork service mas Deeil hOldoIy
lax if the reputation of the metropolitan port
among yachtsmen far and wide may be taken IN
evidence ,, -, - .-io.,,,
with regard TO yachtsmen as with immigrant car
riere One result OF this is the loss TO the harbor
of the handsome steam yacht EhlerpTise. BeIIoIis-
ing 10 Nelson Perrin. president OF the United RAN
Visvs and Electric Company the yacht having
formerly been the property OF president Cassatt
az The Pennsylvania Railroad Mr.. Perrin has said
tbat in the future ne will make NewYork the
headquarters Of his yachting enterprises. his dis
Satisfaction with his home port being said TO be
over by customs officials upon return from a
Decant Srrise The pantry of the yacht made
10 Yield revenue for the government by the inn
oosition of a tax eighteen bottles of pickles
1af a foreign brand which. il is asserted would
pa,,a heen passed by New-Iork officials being
merely part OF the food supply of the yacht