Life — November 26, 1903 — page 5: what you’re looking at

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“Welcome Home.” Deicutren Recertion Givex py UNcLt AM TOA GENTLEMAN PROM CALCUTTA. ‘0 THE EDITOR OP LIFE. The cartoon entitled * Welcome Llome,” tn your Issue of October 29th, 1s one of the beat things I have seen for @ long time, and you will doubtless receive the blessiug of every American who Is so fortunate as to sce your paper and who has been the victim of custom-house outrages. I was recently an actor in one of these farces performed on the arrival of a steamer from Europe, Among the victims 1s @ case which I should consider @ shining example. An Englishman, who had been residing in Calcutta for a number of years, decided to make his fature home in the United States, and was. desirous of bringing with him his household furniture and other articles of value which he had collected in India. Before leaving Calcutta— and being anxious, if possible, to escape the horrors of the castom-house Inquisition at New York—he consulted the American Consul at Cal- cutta, and was informed that if he would make out @ schedule of all the articles for shipment and make his afidavit before a notary public, he could pay whatever duty was chargeable, receive the Consul's receipt for the same, and be given papers signed by the Consul admitting bis goods free of daty ip New York, and that the packages themselves would be so marked by the Consul tn Calcutta that they would be passed by the custom- house officers free of duty or examination. All this was done, and the gentleman had the papers fully endorsed and recetpted, and the packages on arrival at New York were found marked as agreed upon. The packages had been very carefully packed in India; light, but strong, boxes having been made of bamboo and other Nght woods and then completely covered with BABE AND WALLY. “ squezz matting, 80 as to Insure their safe passage to thelr final Imperialism. destination tn the United States. In face of all the evidence, soon as imperialism was found to the receipt and signature of the Consul at Catcatta, these fA" cases were literally chopped to pleces by tho ronstabouts * : wearing the uniform of the United States, and theircon- its ravages were speedily checked. tents scattered promiscuously over the foor of the custom Centuries pass, centuries of prosper- Bosne, [Site tera fect of ie Spot. wnare ity and peace. Mts outrage was being carried on, a popular ee ‘vinci . actress and her friend, with several large trunks, _‘Zt is evening. A little child bends were pleasantly greeted by one of the officers, OVer a picture in her book. and her trunks were not even unlocked. “ Papa,”’ she lisps, ‘* who is the man A venerable Bishop, a friend of mine, was without any clothes, glaring fiercely handled tke a smugglerand charged full yon oh a ¢ ad blaaeulas sutero daty on a few souventr apostle spoons FOUR a compound binocular mic which could not be produced or manu. scope?” factured tn the United States, while the That, my daughter,” replies the party standing near him, bailing from Englishman, witha flush of pride, ‘is Nebmaka, was charged no duty whatever bs : s St. George and the microbe. ‘on $200 of $300 worth of wearing apparel purchased for himself and bis wife > LEC y factured or duplicated in bis own town to the profit ofthe =~ quoted as saying: home industrics “Mr. Cockran is a splendid man ; You will pardon this somewhat lengthy note, but a8 1 there ig none better. have been a purchaser of Lirs from No, 1 to date, I naturally “ take # great interest in the good work It 1s doing. If the Mayor-clect had said: “ Mr. Yours vary:craly Cockran is a splendid toice,"” that JUST PILLS THE BILL Cmicaco, November 3, 1903. Wd: would have been true. , and its germ isolated, comicbooks.com