St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-24
ROSE LEAVES IMPORTED.

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and in 1906 $3.50, the value Of rose
leaves imported in the decade ending
with 1908 amounting to over $4,000.
The extension Of the chewing gum
industry and the use Of that product
among the people Of the United
States is illustrated by the fact that
the Importation of '.chicle7 in 1905
chiefly for use in the manufacture Of
chewing gum, amounted to more than
100000 pounds. This article,
"chicle," is obtained in Southern
Mexico from the trunks Of the sapo.
dilla plum tree, and the Importation
of this gum during the last decade
has amounted to about 100000
pounds, or over 1900 tons, valued
at over 100000.
Dragons blood" imported, amount
ing on the face of the returns to
$1,000 pounds in 1903 and to over
100000 pounds in the last decade, is,
Of course, not in fact dragons blood
at all, but a mere name for a deep
reddish resinous substance obtained
from a variety Of trees in the Orient,
especially the east coast Of Sumatra,
and used as an ingredient in varnishes,
stains, and dentifrices. The value of
the Importation Of 1908 was about
$4,000, and during the decade about
$4,000.
Infants foods also form consider
able item Of Importation, $4,000
worth in 1908, and during the decade
have amounted to nearly a quarter Of
q million dollars, on which the duty
collected amounted to nearly $780,
900.
'sNux vomica' forms a more inn
portant feature Of the import trade
than would probably be realized by
the average individual unacquainted
with this particular trade. The Bu-
reau of Statistics figures show that
the Importation of nux yomica
amounted, in round numbers, in 1908,
to 100000 pounds, valued at $751;
900, while the quantity imported in
the decade ending with 1903 amount
ed to about 25,0 00,O 900 pounds, valued
at over $400, 900. This article comes
in the form Of large round seeds of a
tree grown chiefly in Southern Asia,
and is used in the manufacture Of
strychnine and certain tinctures and
toniGs prescribed as medicines, and
since it does not compete with any
product of the United States, enters
free Of duty.
MUSK AND PALLADIUM.
Musk importations in 1908 amount
ed to over $4,000. The musk Of
commerce is a secretion of a special
gland Of the musk deer, and comes
from China, Tonkin and other
Oriental countries, being thus e1-
in most cases in the gland as
cut from the slaughtered animal, and
when imported in this form is de-
lcribed as musk, crude, in the natural
oods,' and when entering in this form
s free Of duty.
Palladium is also an article Of
commerce, though in extremely small
since the quantity of pal
adium imported in 1908 was but
one-hundredths Of one pound.
This small quantity, three one-hun-
lredths Of one pound, was, however,
yalued at S21, q pound, therefore.
,eing worth approximately 500. In
,ther years the quantities imported
rave been much larger, amounting in
1905 to over $4,000 in value, and in
1904 to more than $4,000 in value.
rare metal, associated with plat
mum, while found in it's native state
n small quantities in Germany and
Brazil, is chiefly supplied from the
working over of platinferous residues
# various minis, and is used in the
manufacture af astronomical instru-
nents, and by dentists, when alleged
With silver, as q substitute for gold.
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Bristol Va, Does Not Go Dry.
Bristol, Va, July 18.-By the mar
'oW majority Of 80 out Of . total Of
S44 votes polled, the anti-prohibition-
SITS won the local option election
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