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Show CLAIM8 EGG9 ARE LIVE STOCK. Importer Seeks to Evade Tariff by Novef Proposition. Washington. Is nn egg live stock? If ,lt Is bought for tho purposo of hatching, Is It llvo stock' for breeding purposes? G. F. Stattcr of Sioux City has the department of tho treasury worrying about thoso and sundry collatoral questions. Mr. Statter scn( to England Eng-land for a couplo of dozen oggs of tho Mack Orpington, nn especially aristocratic aristo-cratic "general purposo" hen; that is, a hen that can lay an egg every day and at the same tlmo bo eaten for dinner din-ner with satisfaction and comfort. Tho cheerful Joker who billed' tho oggs out of England and who didn't know nnythlng about tho tariff valued thorn at 100. When they got to tho custom house nt Sioux City duties of 25 woro assessed against thorn. Mr. Statter protested. Ho had "heard of tho famous ruling of Secretary Shaw that frogs nro poultry for tho purposes of tariff, and ho figured that eggs wcro llvo stock, potcntlnlly, at least. Under tho law registered live Block Imported for breeding purposes Is entitled en-titled to como In free. JJut tho department depart-ment decided against flio Sioux City man, and his only hopo Is to rcopon tho enso. Mcanwhllo ho Is for tariff revision not nt tho haiitls of its friends. ' |