Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-20

been purchased abroad
| Each passenger receives d blank
form Of declaration" on which he Is
supposed to enter the list of these
oods. Having entered them. if in
| lct he enters anything. he signs the
'claratiun swears toits accurancy, and
h"n receives the corresponding blank
10 show to the chief inspector whcnsall
Of his baggage has becrt landed on the
dock and is ready for examination.
When the passengers baggage has
all been taken upon ,hc pier, he takes
his ticket for an inspector, one who Is
assigned to him by an officer in charge
Of the work. This inspector. with the
declaration in his hand. then proceeds
to open the trunks and parcels Of the
passenger. ana to see in how far the
declaration ana the reality CORES
pond
Ofteatines there l. no correspondence
| at All Trunks are found to be fun az
| dutIablo goods If the would-be smus
gier-for that is lust what h" isis
reputable citizen, The inspector general
Is passes over everything that - not
| declared. IlC always passes over many
things that are obviously dutiahic and
! which have not been declared
! II i~ this examination nj The baggage
| after it, contents have been sworn te
| that puzzle m9Si Foreigners WHO COM
! h. e1Ierti.,ir, rr.a gr,t.,,,Ir..It ana
that the statue of Liberty which they
| see in TIM haTbur ~ typical nf all Things
| American II srrfns e them du In
thejr ,.os.,.-;t,s inyestiaatio,I should
| w, rnal" "a ~ec whether th.y have per-
jured thrmseivc- M MT. An! inspectors
,In.,t th.fr b9op.,.ra man d. Am,tf,',ns
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| ,h.t VIII Lrou.s Id drtfaljn httt ,,-bicn nns
/ rnt h,ar dar,arsd 1lthnirh mo- cffor,
| h.s ba.n MADE III conceal N III. stim
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stores t.r SOM, tim. tu come MT at least
| uhNi iA' :. courts HaNr passed upon
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.M \ h'l' h'l' luD l''s-'HG, i !"--"7' II b'-
ltlE 'NafhiAtH 'h ttr ll'F. u, t".llNt>
drts~"d in citizen clothes are here ana
| thrT' watching the passengers. Those
| detectives h1Nc perhlr- peea notified
from S,utl"tH -,. ,i. - certain ieF-
SON - LfiNGihG uNtr 81 barge amount up
1eWsirN lht E1cSaG' carried bt n my
: passenger ~ known lr thr custom
| hoISr h"iC l"T DAYS before h,- arrives. II
| nv a, ,Iuro= it Hii vt. yud good ~
| never know nr thc rnr-kl., wicdeo ot
thc customs officials. IuI .I ~, DOESN'T
| drClar, 10 d.. i- Trcttr aHt tu -.t iutn
! trouhi'.
The t"',rrWt!.t ma.rtrl.~ u regular
! secret -ri}irr !u lrro.-u countries Jn .ls-
sist WI th" nr4I,: collection WI it, tariff
! duties here. fh, G,tt.ti,t- uu the Ilrt
! not only l,uk .Ut for Y. -r< upon wu-cn
! theN a1Nc hrru .tinTtd. h.it they also
| closely ohs'!N" the I.m-l1pl nf tourists
| ON tho derN vi /. T., u a. rnIs Iajl! ntrt-
| oIS Et Is likely tu hc ,NdWiued pretty
! cinSr.y. Whiy thr Ntrl,.cI sneak thitI
| whn displays plenty nl u0nthalencc- +
| likc.N to pass uunutiCed.
ln iact. il can ho stated with almost
entire accuracy. that scarcely a person
comes int" tE's mort who would not
h. hat' some ~ hlS goods seized L th@
~ ~, ii'.Iuuse was anSo.Hteiy riEid I'M t.+
n ..'I"l c'.it III n IN IdWS y htn Il IN lt-
,HlSu tid' HoISahuS al paS>cIE rs
idHu rom steamers mere almost every
"tth III IN year every one OF tdem
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