The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-05-16
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Re as#sgg- livestock? II it Is bought
oTthe purpose of Matching, Is 1t live
STOCK for breeding purposes? Y
As;manE in Sioux City has the De
paTtment Of the Treasury worrying
about these and sundry colloteral
questions Just now. He is CT. Sat.
tar.sanl he has put up some very hard
| ones to tie department. I
Being Something OF a poultry fam
| eier.4Mr. satter sent to England for a
couple dozen eggs OF the Black Orp-
ng:on. an especially aristocratic ''gen-
eral purpose !" hen--that is, a hen that
can lay an egg or two every day, and
at st he same time -be eaten for dinner
whit So tisfaction and comfort. L
The Cheerful Joker who billed the
eggs out Of England, and who didn't
know anything. about the tariff, be-
cause they don't maintain such AN In
stitution$ in England, valued them at
800. When they got to the custom
house at Sioux City, duties of $25
were assessed against them. Mr.. Stat
ter talked some about the tariff, and
finally decided to pay. But he did it
under protest, and had his case APP
pealed to the department. i.s.5. r
MT. Slater had learned OF the fam
GUS ruling spf Secretary Shaw that
frogs are poultry for the. purposes OF
tariff, which seemed to have overlook
ed frogs legs in making the schedule.
Coming that in his mind, he figured
that eggs were live stock; potentially,
at least liza frog is a chicken, why
Isn't an egg Then? It looked good to
the Sioux City man.
He has, his petition for refund of
the duty presented with this rs its
basis. Under the law, registered live.
stock imported for breeding purposes
is entitledGto come free, on proper
showing andSregistry of pedigree. The
theory Is that it's worth while to let
good stock come In to improve the
home stock. nir. Slater Intended to
set those eggs and thereby do some.
thing for the uplift of the American
hen. Consequently they ought to come
IN free 49,
That Looked pretty good: but Mr..
Slater turned5tp the diamond schedule
and found twhat, he regarded as more
conclusive demonstration that an egg
is l:vestock.rIIe found that an uncut
diamond, destined 20 he cut in this
country;Ets regarded as raw material
and to be admitted free. while a tln-
ished diamond is subject to high duty.
Could 5an%thinE be sinrler? Raw
material fer shirtstuds IS 10 he admit
ted tree.%so that American working
men can ShareEthe wnrl: of making It
up into the finished product. why.
chickens be admitted free, so that the
American $b.ddy{ may have the work
of Matching it?
The department, BIZ some process OF
1rat:oc:nation which Mr.. Statter has
not set dsured&o iR. dacelded against
him. and he nnds$iha he has been
touched for SIS, beyond all hope of
recovery. His understanding is thu,
the department. reasoned thus:
Hens lay eggs, ROSTERS don't.
BOOSTERS are only useful to eat and
crow. The admission of eggs free of
duty for Matching ~ ould be. in fact. n
discrimination in favor of the hen rs
against the rooster. because roosters
don't set. AS approximately half the
poultry population Is composed Of
ROSTERS. it would be manifest dis
elimination against this half to per-
nit special farorto the hens There
Zero an the ground that 1t would be
class Discrimination the hens can't get
free eggs.
Eerart comes from Iowa that Mr..
Slater is looking farther into the mat
ter with view TO teopenlng the case.
Meanwhile he$is for tariff reform
not at the hands OF It's friends.