Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Smuggling and Cattle Rustling.

Two Of the great offenses committed on
both sides Of the boundary in the west are
smuggling and cattle rustling The pas
lures of Canada are better than those OF
the United States and the American ranch
men frequently drive their stock across the
boundary to feed on Canada's grass. Such
depredauons are carefully watched by the
mounted police. They patrol the Internal
tional line weekly and arrest such cowboys
az have their stock on the wrong side They
say that all stock that comes into Canada
pays duty and they carefully examine all
cattle brought in for tuberculosis Texas
fever and other diseases
IN the past there was a great deal of
smuggling of Chinese through Canada into
the United States. and some of this goes
on today. There are numerous trails
through the mountains of British Columbia
and If the Chinese can escape paying the
duty which Is now charged by Canada on
each celestial immigrant they are liable to
lind their way into our country.
Opium smuggling IS another crime fire.
quentIy perpetrated. The opium Is said to
be prepared at Victoria and carried across
in small packages. The duty is very high
and 1t does not take many pounds to bring
profit to the smuggler of u thousand dol
lars. Our customs officers are on the watch
against such criminals and the Canadian
government does all it can to helm them
There are custom houses at all boundary
points, and the American consul is stationed
at almost every town OF SIZE.
Nevertheless there Is a great deal of
smuggling from Canada into the United
States. l have bought goods in Ottawa and
have had the merchant tell me that they
could send anything over to me FREQ of duty
at any time | chose to order It. lady
friend OF mine examined a fine fur cloak in
Quebec the other day. The price was sew
eral hundred dollars and she told the mer-
chant she could not afford to take It and
pay the duty. He replied that.she need not
q hnI hot traf la la.
1t to her at her home in New York duty free
on any day she chose to name
How the Boundary Is Defended.
1t is said that Europe is like an armed
camp. It's every country has Notifications
at the places where It could most easily be
attacked by its neighbors and enormous
military establishments are kept up with
view to possible wars. This line of three
thousand miles or more between Canada
and the United States Is practically free
from military defenses. There is a great
fort at Quebec with old guns and a few
soldiers. There Is a coaling station at
Esquimalt in British Columbia, which until
last year was garrisoned by british troops,
but which Is now held entirely by Cana
dams The British, in fact, have with
drawn their forces from Canada and from
now on the Canadians will handle their
own military establishments throughout
Indeed, Canada has practically no defenses
along the land boundary to speak of, and
il Is the same with the United States Ao-
cording to our treaty neither nation can
keep more than one naval vessel on the
great lakes, and this is more for police
duties than for national protection. Neither
country is afraid of the other. neither
keeps a large military force, and the re-
lations which now prevail and have always
prevailed between the two lead to the be-
lief that we will always have international
peace
A Bit Of Unwritten History.
Speaking of the possibility of war be-
tween the United States and Canada, 1
heard an official secret the other night as