The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-05-02

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cd TO expel the moisture from the opium,
This process Of heating is supervised
most carefully, for were the opium TO be
overheated It would spoil and become
valueless. After it leaves the oven, il Is
in dried condition. and to reduce it to
the various degrees of ineness IT Is
ground Or crushed
The board of appraisers held that an
article that had gone through such a
process, with the use Of expensive and
specially constructed machinery, and re-
auiring the services Of skilled labor,
should properly be considered a manufac-
tured article.
The collectors Of customs al New York
and Philadelphia claimed that it should
be classed as Grade and unmanufac-
turedn opium and made to pay a duty
ut 81 per pound, because II WIS not
in its final stage for use either as a
drug or f0r smoking purposes. The inn
porters, however. contend that II should
be entered as a drug lguml advanced in
value By refining Or other process, and
subject TO duty Of only one-quarter
Of cent per pound and 10 per cent.
I'D valorem.
This contention was upheld by the
decision Of The board 50 the importers
were only required 70 pay from 60 TO so
cents per pound instead Of one dollar.
1t Is common thing. according to all
reports, for the small boy who wants to
see The ball game to make the excuse
that his erandmothef" Il III, but II ia
unusual for a grown man TO resort to
such subterfuges,
Yet that IS just what got private VIM.
Dales Of the oath United States Infantry
into trouble. Stationed at Fort Ontario
this soldier wanted to visit Buffalo. So
be faxed" a telegram from his Aunt
Jennie" saying that his grandmother
was very sick His deception was found
ont and he was promptly conrtmartialed,
with the result that he WAS dishonorably
discharged, FORGETTING All pay and allow
ances due him, and sent To prison with
hard labor for six months
The European startling has been placed
upon tAe Hst q eeli'Alons v'iu9 NnVse
tied by the treasury department and the
agriculture department despite its at
taetive plum8eo and cheerful song.
It has been found that the starting Is
very destructive 70 wheat and other
grain crops. introduced into New York.
it has spread through that state and
southwark to Pennsylvania, and ii is
teafea thas y W. li'akg ~ Wy lileo VIZ
western wheat hest, @neIe y "nu'" rs
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customs eol'sesof.
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