The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-31
funny
THINGS!
Skeletons and Other Cur
iOuS Articles Cone in
Free Of Duty.
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Washington Cor. Brooklyn Eagle. n
Revising the tariff law is not all =
dry. uninteresting work. There is !
humor to be got out of the schedules !
as well as solid chunks OF entertain
ment and even joyous information.
Wnen the tariff thinkers get TO work
to remodel the present Dingley law
IL will not be necessary for the news
paper readers To be fed constantly on
heavy, unpalatahle statistics.
Whoever undertakes the revision
job will find many oddities In the
law. Take the item Of skeletons, for
example. They are-on the free list
being regarded as necessaries. Obyi-
ously, no one can get along without
skeleton. To the poor man it is
even more essential than to the rich |
man, inasmucn as the former is com
PEELED TO work for his living, while
the latter, II bored like turkey,
might still repose comfortably In a
deep sea-going chair and be fed by
his valet.
About $4,000 skeletons are imported
into this country every year, nearly
all of them from Paris, where the art
of preparing such osseous remains is
understood heUter than anywhere else
In the world. They cost $40 each,
but one can buy nice skull for So.
Turtles are free, too, as well as
snails and shrimps. So are fish
skins, and fossils. 1t is the same
, way with the eggs OF all kinds OF
! insects. They pay no tariff. lm-
ported varieties OF bugs are thus
brought within easy reach of anybody
! who wishes to raise them. Bees
! come in without duty under the head
e of "animals imported for breeding
! purposes.
e Fish eggs are in the free list, and
D likewise joss sticks. Congress has nc
y desire TO make religion luxury tC
:, the Chinese In this country. Two
}, familiar volcanic products, lava, and
! punice, are not required to pay Gus.
u toms tax. Inasmuch as there are ne
active VOLCANOES worth mentioning IN
n the United States, 10 infant indus
IS try is threatened 10y this provision
Is There is no duty on ice, though Il
u has been suggested that iceberp'
lie might be towed down from Labrado
IL to Boston or New York, to be broker
rs up for the market Unfortunatel!
lie the water of the Atlantic shore is s.
is shallow as to render this plan dir
Is cult OF cumplishment.
le There is a tariti on acorns and dan
delion. Both OF these are imports
u in considerable quantities. They ar
p ground and used as substitutes fo
r coffee. Cologne pays duty, but th
r time may yet arrive when this coun
10 try will produce such scented spirit
IL In sufficient quantities to satisfy th
or commercial demand. There ar
be great districts In the United State
al which are admirably adapted for prC
co ducing the requisite towers. II
latter are Of the simplest varieties
an common roses and other everyda
ne blossoms possessing more inten'
le. odors than the cultivated kind
a Elevated land is the best. 40 a
u tempt TO raise orange blossoms
he Florida proved failure chiefly b
be cause the land was too low.
ter Amber is on the free list. This
ID. fossil gum Of an extinct cone bea
le- ing tree. 1t is dug up in parts
OF the great plains Of north German
IA where the tree once ilourished. III
EAR gum is found along the shores OF u
er' baltic. 1t is got from mines, pick
pa from cliffs and good deal of 1t
lie gathered In the shape Of nodules ca
be up by the waves. In the middle az
'ed it was more valuable than gold a
~n was used by princes and church dI
'eo nitaries for forks. At present IL
pa worth from 50 70 $50 pound, accoI
Inc ing TO quality.
by Crude bristles are not required
Is pay any duty. The best Of th,
OF come from Russia, where hogs OF
peculiar breed are regularly pluck
and to furnish material for the more CO
OF ly kinds Of brushes. Asbestos is
ich the free list. 1t j. a form Of ho
sm- blende rock, having a 0brous tsxtu
and so that 1t can be woven.
Iere Leecbes are on the free list. II
the are verV important animals. No S
. gical instrument can perform
=, operation Of bleeding so delicately
70 they. There are plenty Of leeches
49, this country, bot tbeY are mo,
,nlo bigger and too ferocions TO be Us'
g. for medical purposes.
,,na There is no tariff 90 msdder. I
,o,, is quite an interesting substance.
,ha has been found that IL will color
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