The Wrangell sentinel., 1930-02-13
CANADA DEALS HARD BLOW AT
 LIQUOR TRADE
BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTERS OF BOOTLEG BUSINESS LOSE '
 LICENSES JUNE II

VICTORIA, B. C.-British Colum- bias six liquor export warehouses, which for decade have flooded the United States boundary with liquor, will be abolished on June Il next as result of legislation to be in- troduced in the provincial Legis- lature here immediately.
 Informed that the Canadian Gov ernment would cancel the customs bonding privileges of the six ex- isting warehouses on that date, the British Columbia Government an- nounced that it would repeal the provincial licenses, under which these establishments operate. AS these licenses already have been granted as from Jan. 1, 1880 to Dec. 31, 1880 special amendments to the Government act will be in- troduced to make them expire on June II, Dr. S. F. Tolmie, provin- cial premier stated.
 ''The Provincial Government" he said, "has consistently, and for years, advocated the abolition of these liquor warehouses, but up to the time when the Federal Govern ment decided to take action against them, we have been powerless to in- terfere with their operations. Now that the Federal Government is de- termined to cancel their customs bonds as from June II, next, we will immediately move in line with this action, to put them out of business altogether"
 "The conduct of the liquor ex- port warehouses in this province" the Premier said, "has been very unsatisfactory for a long time. We believe that large quantities of liquor which the export houses were entitled only to export and not. to sell in British Columbia have been illegally moved into provincial ter ritory and bootlegged.
 Indeed the existence of these warehouses has been one of the ob- stacles to the effective enforcement of the liquor laws of this Province"
 The decision of the Government to end the export houses will be the most serious blow ever aimed at the smuggling of liquor out of this province to the United States. Ever since prohibition became a law in the United States these establish ments have been the chief source of supply for those engaged in this traffic. From them liquor has been moved in enormous quantities to the American boundary by auto mobile, by trains, by speedboats and by ships.
 In the interior an elaborate sys- tenn of handling liquor from ware houses by trucks over little known roads and trails has been developed, and on the coast these operations for years have been on a highly ef- ficient basis. Liquor is moved from warehouses on, speedboats, which meet American ships at places on the lonely islands of the Gulf of Georgia and taken to Washington State. On larger scale it is shipped to the coast of California or Ore gon, where small boats smuggle it ashore.
 This has caused a serious prob lem not only for American prohibi- tion officials but also for Canadian police, as much liquor which os- tensibly has been exported" to the United States actually has never left Canada and has been sold here illegally.
 According to information received by the Provincial Government, these operations have become so fragrant that often no attempt is made to stimulate exportation, and liquor has been moved direct from warehouses to bootleggers' head quarters.
 Formerly, to appear to be ex- porting, those engaged in the traf- fife have sent liquor out to sea and brought it back again secretly to sell here. The end of the export