Evening star., 1928-03-18

companions. and an uncertain propor-
tion of the balance proceeded to con-
tinue their home habits by patroni2ing
bootleggerS. And. not content with con-
Suming the liquids obtained OH the Do
minion side of the border these same
tourists have bcdevilcd the customs au-
thorities by attempts to bring their bot
! ties and cases within the confines sa-
! cred 10 the VolStead act
| Every trick. device, Quirk OF pSychol-
| ogy or attempt at concealment within
the range Of human imagination has
been reSortcd to. Cars have been al
tered. radiators filled with gin, spare
! tires packed with bottles scat cushions
Invested of hair and springs and refilled
with conveying boxes, Sometimes con-
fronted with a line of incoming cars
numbering thousand an hour. customs
officials at the bridges have been al
most beside themselves in their appoint
cd effort to circumvent what they have
come TO regard as the great American
urge. In endless array cars from every
State In the Union have passed before
them-thoSe of the Middle West pre-
dcminating-and the closer the restric-
tionS imposed by the native common
wealthS of the drivers the more earnest
seem to be their efforts to bring 1t in"
Smuggling, always regarded with an
has now become the aim and accom-
plishment of hundreds of thousands. I
have stood at the customs office at
| the United states end of the Peace
Bridge and watched one car after
another relieved of its load of contra
. band. its occupants fined, the violators
apparently regarding the incident as
Just another road misfortune--like
blowout. And hour by hour the piles
of bottles would accumulate in the
lockers of the Government building.
until 1t might we'll be mistaken for
warehouse
Ale. beer. whisky, brandy. gin; every
wine. spirit. liquor domestic or i'm
ported. Cases of Afurlm's. Veuve Clio
quot. Piper Heidsieck. Moet &; Cham
con. Martini &c Rossi bearing dates
on their government seals-not only
pre-World War liquor. but goods from
back in the nineteenth century, as we'll.
All these and many more have come
TO rest at the border. later to be un-
tremendously dumped into the waters
of the Niagara. In the words of one
offender: ITS shad shight."
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THE effect on the Province of Ontario
has been tremendous While fig
uASs dAC ttCb yet dNdIdUiS 4Ci tllc Out-
put Of the "a breweries and distil-
lerieS 1t contains, their prosperity is
evidenced by the fact that many OF
them are working day and night and
that applications for the licensing of
new liquor manufacturing enterprises
are being presented daily to the Board
of Liquor Control In Ontario. In sew
eral Canadian communities have seen
tackled to the walls of hotel bars broad
sides inviting the public TO stock SUBJ
scriptions in brewing and distilling
concerns to be dedicated to the sup
plying Of domestic and foreign de-
mand."
How do people from "the States" get
It? The answer is quite simple Under
the new Ontario liquor act there are
two kinds Of permits. one for resi-
dents and one for tourists. To estab-
lish ones self as a tourist 1t is only
necessary to go before one of the gov
eminent liquor permit officials and
state that one is visiting the province
for time with the intention of trav-
cling. fishing. hunting. whatever pas
time one prefers. On the payment of
81 the permit Is issued emitting the
holder 10 purchase l2 bottles at time.
How frequently such times may
occur depends on the discretion of the
agent at the government liquor store.
The law provides that for residents
the means of the applicant shall gov
ern his purchases. II he Is possessed
Of sufficient funds to buy case OF
spirits a day and has enough friends