Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1909 — RUSH TEA TO EVADE TAX [ARTICLE]

RUSH TEA TO EVADE TAX

Tons Hurried Across Pacific to Escape Expected Advances In Duty. San. Francisco, June 18.—Rushing across the Pacific loaded with over a thousand tons of tea, the steamer Asia is seeking to land her cargo at this port before the additional tax which importers fear will be fixed on thin commodity by the present congress goes into effect. In. order that no time may be lost the steahier has been scheduled to cotue direot omitting the Honolulu stop, and thereby saving two days.

« - X' In Honor of War Song Author. Hartford, Conn., June 18. —The monument erected in Spring Grove cemetery to the memory of Henry Clay Work, author of “Marching Through Georgia,has been dedicated. United States Senator Bulkeley made the chief iddress.