The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-11-11
WHAT ARE SssARDlNES2s
Al Omcial Decision by q Custom

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Ordinarily we do not look for humor
IN tariff bill, but question which
same before the United States !, APP
praisers recently IS not entirely desti-
tute of that element. It was whether
sprats are sardines.: This question in
yolved the broader one as to, what are
sprats, sRaddines, pilchafds,, sbristlings
and other queer fishy things that are
now playing SO conspicuous a part ssun-
der the new tariff. The word bristlitig,
when it was discoverd in the Dingley
bill, startled its readers, and diction-
aries were appealed to in vain, People
had eaten s'bristling," but did not know
it at the time. II It was useless to tell
them that bristling is the same as BRETT
ling and-hwafsbuk..T The appraisers took
up all these intricate questions and dis
posed Of them by levying duty ofl2A
cents box on all Of the things men.
toned, no matter what they are called.
A.5Theakston &sCo.l imported into Gal
WESTON on December %, 1896, 100 cases
containing 100 quarter boxes of sprafs
in oil, IL to 16 fish in each box, Of the
brand of sLoqueran & Co., upon which
duty was assessed at 21a cents a box,
.as. 1"sardines," under the tariff of 1904.
The importers held that they were duti-
able at 20 per cent. ad valorem. Gen.
eral Appraiser Lunt, in his decision,
Says: i. ..ftasz q, it.rs,n. ts.,;4i... IN
lis "fhese boxes contain very small, inn
mature fish, belonging to the genus
icluPea,, the scientific name being Clupea
7sprattns,y which fish are known in Nor
way as sprats, or brisling, and when
preserved with spices, as apchovies, and,
when smo ked and canned in oil, as Nor
wegian sardines. The Century Diction-
,ary defines sardines as: - ~ One OF
several different small clupeoid i fish
suitable for canning in OIL. small sar-
{. dimes lip are most priced. Large, coarse
fish put up in the United States as sar-
dimes under the name Of shaddines, arc
young ndenhaden.. ,(2) The >Gulg men
haden:: (3) The common, mrteenhade,ni,
when prepared and boxed as sardines.
(HS An anchovy.',, The Standard Die
tionary defines sardel as: ~ "A s,f-
dine (2) A small clupcoid fish Of the
Mediterranean, often prepared as a sar-
dine, Sardine: Il one of various small
'clupeoid fishes preserved in oil as a
delicacy' especially the European pill
chard' (Cupea pi1chardus). +" ~ The
young of the herring, menhaden or
some like fish similarly prepared.
Sprat: "A herring like clupeoid fish
(Cupea sprattus), found in shoals on the
Atlantic coasts of Europe. (2) The
young of the herring or related fishes
: Definitions and descriptions are also
given from the American Cyclopedia.
Chambers Encyclopedia and from Ger
vais and Boulart's work on fishes. IT es
Poissons." The last authority says that
sardines are found under the following
names: Sweden, hwafsbuk; Norway,
brisling; England, pilchard; Germany
,pilchard and breitling; Spain, saraine;
Portugal, sardinah; Italy, sardella.
''The foregoing citations establish con-
clus1vely,," says the appraiser, that sew
eral different small fish of the herring Q,
family, when preserved and packed in
oil, in particular manner, are popular
~ and universally known as sardines
:, The. packing of sardines in the
United States, is large business, and
they are known in trade and commerce
as American, or domestic sardines. The
designation conveys to those informed
on the subject the idea that these s:,r-
dimes differ from the Trench and Por-
tuguese sardines in that the fish are, III,
fact, young 'herrings, menhaden, or
some other similar fish, differing from
the European varieties, Indicating to
those familiar with the trade that the
fish are superior in delicacy of flavor,
quality of the oil and perfection of
processing and that the fish are in fact
young pilchards.' ." ~: s-'.!
The appraisers ruled that sprats are
sardines and that the latter term in
cludes brisling, hwafsbuk and any small
fish preserved and packed in oil. The
late Frank Buckland was travelling or
ar English railway with his coat pockets
full of tortoises and a. monkey in his
arms. The guard demanded pay for the
latter, and auckland became indignant
and showed the tortoises, saying: 81
suppose, you want pay for these, also ?"
mo, "said the guard, monkeys is dogs
and dogs. pays, but them''s. hinsects."
So now we have it clearly laid down that
sprats are sardines and. brisling are
h by, Importers will take notice.
Gazette ;. 80, =.
Glacier Kept Body 31yYears. -;
Capt. Henry Arkwright, who was
aide-de-camp for. the lord lieutenant of
Ireland; a guide named Michel Simond
and two. porters, Francis and Joseph
ToGu lr1 were killed by an avalanche
on the Grand Plateau Of Mont Blanc in
October, 1866: The bodies Of <thesguide
and porter were found after week, but
Capt Arkwright's body was only re-
covered from the ice theotl1er day. o 900