The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-01
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fpnelulu Territorial Authorities
here have iuei been made aoquainiea
With the fact lhai the sampans IA the
japanese ashlnE Arel at .i0noluln and
I The dawaIlan ialnnd nOcts are
'eing rapidly equipped with the speed
lest gasoline engines 0hlalnable. and
- II IL believed that the boals are
lelng asee IN the smuggling trade
While they could be made Of great use
20 the zap inese navy 80 the eyenS 0l
war the government ct Waahing,cn
VIII be lsked 70 mako en- Investigation
Thers X no revenue vessel In these
gaters aut II Is believed that. az a
eaH,t Ok the discoveries mace hi re
9ird 10 the Japanese activities in
equlpping their boats with engines a,
N expense not warranted by the nsh
ng industry. IN which they ere 0sten
ilbly Engaged, cutter wlll be sent
Without delay
Americaa and british gasoline en-
ilne agenls nage shown lhe author
lies that rlly 800 o; the sampans
most o. ihem belonging ct Honolulu
Are belag fitted 10 with engines aver
lgi1g ia cost $1,000 each. being me
tery be}t lr the market.
An Investment Of s3000 009 for speed
er operation Of the boats tor he nsh.
ne business Of thls small clty woulu
Ae ridiculous, end Il Is escorted that
he so,cullea fishermen are IN eealits
smuggless
The government has hecn pa3lng no
attention % the nehlns feet aud so
he Sapanase and others Lave had DIN
lle oppof'ualig 10 develop line li
rattle more Dlpatahe than The east
ng OF nets
That there hes been q great deal Oi
smuggling cannot be questioned and
| Is Well known that SILKS and Crsen
'al goods OF an kinda nre coming into
Honolulu without payment Of duty.
The market foF these goods Is food
ID, and prices are much below whal
ghey normally SHOULD bo. n Is sup
posed TINT some Of tne silks which
tome TO Honolulu are finding theli
way 70 The mainland, and the customs
lfiiee-s az San Francisco Will be- asked
% assist IN discovering eYldeneeu hs
regard ~ the Illegal traffic
The small force uf customs collee
tors stniioned IN this port has an /,
ean do IN attending "a the regulai
shipping and the gogernnenl cnnnol
expect io cope with the BmlEglers
Until lsst revenue vessel Il pit, ah
euard
IN the event ol trouble baiween the
pniled States and Japan Il is lath
% pointed out Che sgmRaa ilee e0tllh
4e nade os gfeal eefgne I'd the Jap
a1ese The fishermen uad alnuggleH
gnew the coasi thoroughly. and ia on,
ilshl they eauld remove all the mlues
fnl down bf tho federal anthofltlea
nf n9fbcf stolpcllon in the Islands
Ihey could ALSO. hy bringing hlly
3 each sampan, land 5000 men FROM
] fleet lying well odl nj sen the buaia
mans knowledge Of The coast enabling
them 10 effect landings at Obacure
rolntg ai any pnce dealrfd
Military uslleefh VIII esge the Wuah
1lglon authoflllea 20 Immediately Is.
lahlleh adequate supervision and con.
troll in rcgnfd 10 the sampdn hect hy
neans oi q revenue vessel that Will
prevent smuggling and holl che profits
Of the fisherman down te Whatever
may be earned IN following their legil.
anale line Of industry
According tc dispatches received
from japan. tap gAnanese aimured
cruiser ESQ and ihe protected cruiser
soyn will arrive here IN April
From san Francisco. II Is under
stood they ara TO ptoceea 20 Seattle
and possibly other COAST lefls.