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Show CUSTOMS OFFICIALS MEETING IN NEW YORK NSW STORK, Nov 13. Customs appraisers, ap-praisers, assistants and examiners representing rep-resenting twenty-live of the h-jullus ports of entry In the I'nited States, met here today for a week's conference on uniform 1 appraisement and classification, .-specially as regards articles affected by new t;rjff raies. James S CurtlBS, assistant secretary f the treasury, is presiding. in addition to attendance ihe conference; con-ference; Assistant Curtlss took up with a committee of tea experts the protest of cistern merchants to the alleged admission ad-mission at San Francisco of teas which ;t Is declared should have been excluded heca.us of their artificial coloring. The committee submitted to Mr. Curtlss analysis of lea made iiv private chemists, chem-ists, showing a wide variation from many ol" the returns made by government govern-ment experts. Mr. Curtlss snid the matter would go i over until the annual meeting of the of- I ftclal tea board in Pebruarj . |