Logan Republican | 1908-02-12 | Page 3 | Smuggling Popular

Smuggling Popular. Smuggling Is still a fairly flourishing industry in England. According to the annual report, recently Issued, ot the commissioners ot customs for the year ending last March, the number ot detected attempts to smuggle dutiable duti-able goods during the past year was tbo largest recorded since 1895. The quantities of tobacco, cigars and spirits spir-its seized were less than In the preceding pre-ceding year, but there was a considerable consider-able Increase In the cumber of seizures seiz-ures and of persons fined, sajK Home Chat. No fewer than ,3,10' persona were 'fined for smuggling, md the pen-'altlea pen-'altlea recovered amounted to $21,900. Tho tobacco and cigars seized amounted amount-ed to 11,222 pounds and tho foreign spirits to 82 gallons.