Our country and its resources; . Weighing Cotton Yarn Inside an Oven forCustoms Determinations must he able to detect all the trickswith which unscrupulous manufac-turers delude the ignorant instance, in the textiles depart-ment, the examiner must he ableto tell whether a piece of goods eontains cotton, linen, or silk, and inwhat proportion. Saving determ-ined this, he must know the qualityof the material used in making it it is of silk, he must determinewhether the silk is artificial or natu-ral. If natural, what kind of silk,and where it came from. If he isin doubt about the
Our country and its resources; . Weighing Cotton Yarn Inside an Oven forCustoms Determinations must he able to detect all the trickswith which unscrupulous manufac-turers delude the ignorant instance, in the textiles depart-ment, the examiner must he ableto tell whether a piece of goods eontains cotton, linen, or silk, and inwhat proportion. Saving determ-ined this, he must know the qualityof the material used in making it it is of silk, he must determinewhether the silk is artificial or natu-ral. If natural, what kind of silk,and where it came from. If he isin doubt about the matter, he refersa sample to the laboratory, where HOW UNCLE SAM PROTECTS HIS REVENUE :\25. An Up-to-Date Smugglers Vest Has Thirty-six Pockets the fabric is subjected to a chemicaltest in order to determine accuratelywhat its composition may be. Natu-rally, an examiner acquires beforelong such an experience as to qualifyhim as an expert, an experience thatit is impossible to obtain anywhereelse. Recently, curiosities, works of art,and antiques, over a hundred yearsold, have been admitted free of duty. The examiner who has to appraise the work of artists has an exceed-ingly difficult task. In many casesit is not at all easy to distinguishbetween spurious and genuine oldmasters. The work of these exam-iners is of undeniable value to thecountry in preventing the importa-tion of counterfeits. Similar protection against fraudis found in the case of tea. No dutyis levied on tea. but all tea mustbe examined for purity before beingadmitted into the country. In thetea room of the New York Apprais-ers Stores a hundred thousand sam-ples of tea must be tested per of the photog
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