Show S Ax EFPORT 13 being made by the treasury department to check if not wholly preventa system of swindling swind-ling that has been successfully conducted con-ducted for years pas Not a few S ladies go to Eurcpa every two or three years chiefly fcr the purpose of replenishing re-plenishing their wardrobes and they come home with valuable cargoes cf silk costly underwear kid gloves etc all of which go through the custom cus-tom house free In some instances goods thus brought have been bought and paid for by merchants whose wives were the smuggling tourists aid tho articles have appeared ia i etores for eale It is said this petty smuggling robs the department of good many thousands of dollars in the course of a year and 10 prevent it a new rule is to be I enforced Ladies will not oo allowed to bring unmade dresses as part ot their wadrobe and articles ot underwear under-wear that have nol been washed and I marked with the owners name will not be admitted duty free Gloves b5aitd hosiery must show that they have t Jaeen = tried on in order to avoid the S payment of rtaty |