. The Saturday evening post. dual enterprises or enterprisesof gangs among the crews of the liners andmerchantmen that come to the Atlanticand Pacific coasts. For example, it is notat all uncommon in New York, after a bigship is in and has been at dock for a fewdays, to find some member of the personnelof that ship with a list of various liquors hecan sell and deliver at prevailing prices—sometimes cheaper than the market—andusually a rather wide-awake person, at often has champagnes and brandies ofgood qualities, and Scotch. Sometimes hepurveys clarets and other table wines, butusuall
. The Saturday evening post. dual enterprises or enterprisesof gangs among the crews of the liners andmerchantmen that come to the Atlanticand Pacific coasts. For example, it is notat all uncommon in New York, after a bigship is in and has been at dock for a fewdays, to find some member of the personnelof that ship with a list of various liquors hecan sell and deliver at prevailing prices—sometimes cheaper than the market—andusually a rather wide-awake person, at often has champagnes and brandies ofgood qualities, and Scotch. Sometimes hepurveys clarets and other table wines, butusually he has champagne, brandy andScotch. He calls on recommended persons,and is recommended himself. He gets theliquors off the ship in some way known tohimself and delivers them. The crews bring in liquor too. Occa-sionally a haul is made. Not long ago alarge number of bottles of clandestinebrandy were found tucked away in differ-ent hiding places on board an Italian ship.(Continued on Page 52) THE SATURDAY EVENING POST 51.
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