The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-09-02
SMUGGLING CHINESE IN.

Profit in Bringing in Wool and other
 Matters Described by a Customs Off,
 Ger.
 Addison H. King United States cus- toms officer stationed at Richford, Vt,
 is visiting friends in this city. MT. King has had a long experience as an im- migration officer for the government, and he has told some interesting stories about the smuggling of Chinese into this country across the Canadian bor-
 der, as well as how attempts are made by Canadians to smuggle wool and maple sugar into this country. MT,
 King said that the Chinese are very anxious to get into the United States,
 because when they are here they can
 earn enouCh money in five years to re- turn to their native land and live com fortably for twenty years. These Chinanen land at Vancouver and are transuorted across Canada under bond by the Canadian Pacific Railroad Com pany. The British government imposes a head tax of $500 on every Chinaman that comes into Canada, but if they claim that their destination is the ! United States they are allowed to cross | the country under bond, and are watched by immigration officers to see 1 that they do so. When the Chlnamen
 come to this country they have to es- l tablish proof that they are merchants
 or travellers, or that they lived in this country before and left it with an iun- | liGu!dated debt of $1 ,00O or more. Tley
 are subjected to critical examination
 as to their physicalc oudition,a nd If
 they answer all the requirements they are allowed to enter the country. The | Chinamen, if they are refused admis- 1 sion into the country, make every effort ! to get in. MT. King cites an instance of an attempt to smuggle two of the l Chinamen across the border disguised as nuns. There are a number of per- sons along the border actively engaged 1 in smuggling these foreigners into the country, and they have formed chain of stations through the Green Noun tains, by means of which large num-
 Der were got through before the trail was discovered.
 1 The work of the customs officers, as
 told by MT. King, is still more interest," 1 ing. The Canadians and Americans
 along the border find that it Is profit able business to smuggle wool and maple sugar across the line, and when
 the are successful they are well paid 1 for their work. The duty on wool is Il cents a pound, and a ton of this mater
 ial can easily be hauled on one load. A
 smuggler successful in getting a ton of wool across the border could make over
 $200, besides being paid for the use of 1 his team. The government customs of- l ffcers are stationed at points from six \ to fourteen miles apart all along the 1 line between thls country and Canada. ! Between these points there are rumer-
 ors roads. The smugglers do their work
 at night and run chances in getting
 across the line without being caught. 1 Once the material is across the line 1t is hard for the government officials to prove that it was smuggled, unless they had it marked before it crossed the i line or one of them saw it coming, MT, 1 King tells also of what are called line | houses These are buildings built i'm mediately on the line between the two
 countries, so that one-lralf of the build- ing is in Canada and the other half
 in this country. In these structures in-
 tcxioating liquors are sold, and the bar
 is so constructed so that the line passes across the middle of the board it's entire i length. In this way the liquors are sold by the bartender in Canada and Amer jeans can buy in the United States. Customs officers make raids on these
 houses. but when they enter them
 everything is before their eyes and
 within the reach of their hands, but
 they may not touch them because they
 are in Canada.-Springfel Republican. l - 1 If fhe RnhY is Cuttinnr Tnnth hn n,,r.