Federal finances; or, The income of the United States . wily Celestial does not enter the United States inthat way. He lands at Victoria in British Colum-bia, or at Enseneda in Mexico, and then enters thiscountry by a flank movement. As has been de-scribed in previous chapters, the Mexican andCanadian frontiers are poorly guarded, and theChinaman has no trouble in crossing the line. The Pacific coast is guarded by revenue cuttersin the same way that the Atlantic coast is, but theshore is not patrolled by policemen except in a fewplaces. A great deal of smuggling is done in and l62 FEDERAL FINA
Federal finances; or, The income of the United States . wily Celestial does not enter the United States inthat way. He lands at Victoria in British Colum-bia, or at Enseneda in Mexico, and then enters thiscountry by a flank movement. As has been de-scribed in previous chapters, the Mexican andCanadian frontiers are poorly guarded, and theChinaman has no trouble in crossing the line. The Pacific coast is guarded by revenue cuttersin the same way that the Atlantic coast is, but theshore is not patrolled by policemen except in a fewplaces. A great deal of smuggling is done in and l62 FEDERAL FINANCES. around Puget Sound, and several special watchmenare on duty there. The following are the tonnage and the importduties received at the principal ports on the Pa-cific coast for the year ending June 30, 1890: District. Tonnage. Customs Duties. San Francisco $38, $8,356, Willamette 1, 521, Puget Sound 8, 121, San Diego 2, 67,65S-7o Astoria 1, 43, Wilmington Sitka 6, CHAPTER XV. THE NORTHERN FRONTIER. From Blaine in the northern part of Washingtonto Pembina in North Dakota, a distance of 1,200miles, there are no custom houses. The CanadianPacific Railroad in British Columbia and theNorthern Pacific Railroad in the United States runparallel to each other for this distance, but there isno^ road connecting them between Blaine andPembina. The mountainous and wild countrybetween British Columbia and the United Statesis quite impassable, hencei there is no need forcustom houses along this part of the frontier. AtPembina, on the St. Paul and Minnesota Railroad,there is a custom house, and also at St. Vincent,on the Manhattan road. These are the outletsfrom Manitoba to the United States, and nearly allmerchandise imported into this country from thatprovince is entered either at Pembina or Lumber, seed-wheat, fish, and furs arethe,chief articles imported into the United Statesfrom Assinibo
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