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Show SMUGGLERS OF ENGLISH CLOTH I BEE Immense Profits Made By Illicit Traders in Germany BERLIN", Jan. 21 (By A. P.) Smugglers ore making immen.se prof Its by brlnglnK English cloth for men's suits pust the customs lines to the tailors tail-ors of Berlin. Tho illicit earnings are made possible by the high German Import Im-port duties on that class of material The tailoring establishments are visited almost dally by sailors or oth- I er ship employes with huge rolls of English tweeds and other fabrics. In one-suit pieces which they have BUC-( BUC-( . eded in purchasing at Enclish ports 'and bringing in duty free. One of thesi siiiukkIcis, New Y"ri man, said some English cloth dealers are making i regular business of supplying supply-ing the smuggling trade. The cloth Is sold at one-fourth to one-fifth the price it would cost If the Import duty was paid Tailors are quick to purchase the fabrics. The smugglers also visit foreigners and of-I fer their wares for sale. The smugglers k'o quite openly about their business. They may bo seen iwalklnn the streets with big bundles jon their backs. A few of the more , venturesome have even offered the I goods for sale on tho sidewalks, where I I they find ready takers. A French sailor who had been smug-JcllnK smug-JcllnK for several month.s said he was Koing to retire from the "game" hav- , i ing made enough money to open a ' I shop of his own In Paris. oo |