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Show Wlint 1 Commit Coat. The story Ih told qf an Inserted comma which cost the United States government $000,000. When the congress was drafting the tariff bill It enumerated lu one hcctlon the articles to be admitted on the free list. Among these were "all foreign fruit-plants." The copying clerk omitted the hyphen and Inserted a comma after "fruit," so that the clause read "all foreign frtilt. plants," etc. The mistake could not bo rectified for nbout a year, and during dur-ing this time all oranges, lemons, ha-1 ha-1 nanus, grapes and other foreign fruits I were admitted free of duty, with n I om to the government of nt least $!.', 000.000. Ijiwrence (Mans.) Telegram. |