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Show COMING FLOOD OF j ADULTERATED TEA ii Si Washington, Jan. C. Declaring that ( i six million pounds of colored and i adulterated tea, which does not com- g (, ply with treasury regulations of tho V puro food law, will bo admitted and ; sold in this country within a few days, M unless tho government acts quickly, .gonator Root and a. delegation from 1 ? tho New York Tea association toddy 2 appealed to President TafL New m York importers, they said, faco a sen- " t ous business crisis if shipments now J on tho way from China aro not held E up when they reach the Unitod States. S! S Adulterated tea, tho president was I t; told, would flood tho markets if onco : ' 2 admitted ': j j Tho president will take the matter ' H jj up with Secretary of tho Treasury : .' I MacVeagh. ; g |