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Show DUTY ON RADIUM? ( . , Importers Protest on the Ground 'That It Is. a Crude Mineral. , NEW YORK, Sept. . Radium for th first time In this country has become be-come the cause of a custom controversy. controver-sy. Protest baa been made against the payment of a 25 per cent ad valorem duty, on the (round that radium Is not a chemical compound, but as a crude mineral should be admitted free. A meeting; of the board of United States appraisers will . be held next Tuesday to consider this difficult quee- . tlon, and several expert will testify. The consignment over which the protest Is made Is valued at $1000, and weigh only a few grains, so that even If the Importers win their case,' no great reduction re-duction In the price of radium, is ex-pected. ex-pected. - |