The Washington times., 1924-11-03
RUNNING
IN HANDS OF
SYNDICATE
Taxlcab Men Make Fortune
on Canadian Border IN
illegal Traffic
InternatIonaI News gervlee.

MALONE. N. r., Nov. Sim
migrants are aneaking over the Can.
adian border from Rouse's Point to
ogdenshurg In hundreds and work,
ing their way steaithily down
through the State to New York
city Or other Industrial centers
where they can fningle IN safety
with people OF their own race.
Admitting this today, Federal Of
ficihls here charged that there h.
In Montreal. q syndicate Of taxicah
men openly advertising along the
st, Lawrence river front that they
win take aliens into the United
States without formalitieg Of com.
plying with the immigration regular
lions established by the drastic new
national restrictive immigration law.
knowledge Of this syndicate came
through questioning immigrants who
have been arraigned before Federal
Judge Frank Cooper for illegal en-
try into this country.
Beats BOOtlegging.
Professional vioIators Of the law.
IT Is said. have given up bcotlegging
for the more profitable smuggling
Of aliens across the border. They
can get more for carrying a load
Of aliens across the border over
some little used and 1nguarded
route than they can by bringing
a load Of liquor over. The danger
Of getting caught is also less. Con.
sequently aliens who know they
cannot enter because Of the rigid
restrictions at the regular port are
booking passage to Montreal and
then joining the category Of liquor
and opium In order to get in.t
Dozens Of them are sneaking into
New York city daily, it IN believed,
and the number Is bound to in
crease as the process becomes bet
ter known unless some action u
taken.
Federal officials are studying the
problem. While up to a year ago
few immigrant cases ever came INTO
court. now the northern judicial
district OF New York is deluged
with them. At the last arralgn-
ment day in Federal court between
fifty and seVenty-flve were fined
81 900 each and sent to Jail for
three months by Judge Cooper.
On the next arraignment dry
more than seventy-five were aweit-
ing the action of the court. This Is
about as great as the number OF
bootleggers who are caught In the
s-kw lot -
ever known before and Federal
officials estimate that for everyone
who Is caught dozens get by. Once
paratively safe because Of the large
States with whom they may mingle.
May Raise Penalty.
Judge Cooper Is considering In.
creaslng the penalty In this district.
II the deluge continues 1t IL ex.
pected by persons in his confidence
that he viii regard the onrush OF
aliens as evidence that three months
in Jail and 81 900 fine is not enough.
with bootIeggers, but with immi.
SAoSAtcS anu nA SkO A0S9tN AAOAO AA4tAJ
be sent to Atlanta.
The number Of immigration in.
spectors along the border also may
be increased. The small force now
maintained and organized only TO
cope with spasmodic attempts to
get across the border before tho
stringent immigration law went into
effect now finds itself overwhelmed
with the carefully planned invasion
Of immigrants. Civil Service ex.
aminations win be held at Albany
soon to increase this unit. Transfers
may also be made from forcds at
American ports to the border dis
trict.
The attention Of authorities at
Washington have been called to
the condition, and 1t IL expected
that If other means fail, some pro-
tective agreement may be sought
with Canada by which the immigra.
ton Of foreigners may be checked
in Montpeal and other Canadian
ports before the aliens get chance
to start for the United States In
taxicaba