Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1902 — Smuggling Chinese. [ARTICLE]

Smuggling Chinese.

Customs officers and secret-service agents of the United States have learned that the Chinese who are being smuggled across the Niagara river from Canada are being brought into the country by an organized gang. The smugglers are said to have headquarters in several large cities of this country and Canada, Including Montreal, Toronto, New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Boston. Smugglers at Boston. Chicago, San Francisco and New York find employment for the new comers, and also find witnesses, when necessary, to prove t that the clients are in the United States legally -nd not contrary to law. The fee charged is *2OO. Nearly 70,000 tonfl of corks are needed for the bottled beer and aerated waters consumed annually in Great Britain.