Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-01-13

| acting upon these conclusions, the,
are continually making arrests ant
breaking up smuggling parties here
and there. 1t was by acting on sucl
conclusions that the 10y riding
| practise in the southwest was dis
covered, and in the same manner thu
authorities have convinced them
selves that the Ell Paso Chinama1
originated it. Yet he is probably
just as safe from arrest as he hal
been for years past when the of
| tlcials were convinced that his wa
the brain that concocted other In
genius smuggling plots and schemes
Investigations pursued by the i'm
migration authorities and common
report along the border indicates tina
the new method of smuggling has beer
worked for all it was worth.
Quite evidently, too, information
Of the ease with which Chinamer
dressed as women could "joy ride
| across border was flashed all alone
the underground smuggling system
which exists in America For the
practise was soon developed along
the Canadian border.
At a labor convention at Fort viii
ilams, Ont, few days ago, it was
asserted that thousands of China
men are being annually struggled
across the international dividing line
and the statement was made that the
Joy riding method had been one OF
the most successful of recent
schemes.
American q women tourists motor
ing across either of the lines now
need not be surprised, therefore. i
the immigration authorities or border
police call upon them at any stage
to get out of their machines, take of
their wells and goggles and prove
that they really are American won
en-. The situation has become ia,
too grave for the authorities to take
any chances.
Those who have seen Chinamer
dressed for an international "ioy
ride say it is entirely impossible tc
distinguish them from a party Of
women, so cleverly are they dis
guised. False hair covering thei,
queues, which are carefully rolled ur
on their heads, goggles and wells over
their faces, long coats and even
dresses are used.
1t is related that in one instance
on the Canadian border a group OF
Joy riders" passed the boundary
even after they had been compelled
to get out of their machines and stand
around while the vehicle and their
baggage was being examined for con.
traband articles. Nor is it impossible
that parties thus disguised have
crossed the Rio Grande bridges under
the very eyes of the inspectors.
Incoming tourists are not searched
when crossing the Mexican border
Their baggage Is examined. but even
that is usually done in rather cursory
manner.
Previous to the exposure of the
10y riding method of smuggling
in Cinnamon it would have required
considerable nerve" for an inspec-
tor to demand that a party Of WON
en-, waiting in an automobile while
their chauffeur submitted their bag
gage for examination, step out of the
machine, remove their wells and
goggles and prove to the inspector
that they really were women!
1t has long been known to the i'm
migration authorities that an or
ganized band of rich Cinnamon are
continually engaged in bringing their
countrymen to the United States. 1t
is a most profitable business. Ameri-
cans are employed to do the actual
work of getting the Cinnamon across
the border, but they are supplied by
the Chinese "tongs," and are taken
care of by them on this side. The
rich Cinnamon back of the conspir-
acy pay the American smuggler and
collect from the incoming Chinaman.
From $500 up is paid for each
Chinaman brought in. An automobile
load Of from three to six therefore
nets good sum to the American
willing to pilot them across. The
Chinese hackers of the expedition al
ways pay. but they are SO thoroughly
entrenched and guard their opera.
tons so successfully that they are
never caught.
New methods of smuggling are be-
ing devised constantly along the
Mexican border. AS fast as one is
broken up another is instituted. The
''joy ride" now being exposed it is
the firm expectation of immigration |
that the entrance of the
flying machine into the smuggling
service may be looked for any day.