Evening star., 1913-02-18
U. S. Court of Customs Appeals.
Tuesday. February 1s. 1913

| Tuesday, February 1s, 1913.
Present: Presiding Judge Montgomery
and Associate Judges Smith, Barber, De
Vries and Martin.
The following decisions were handed
down today:
No. 9S0. T.. Stegeman. jr.. ct al agt.
United States; opinion by Montgomery, pre-
siding judge: thermos bottles. composed In
chief value Of blown glass, were assessed
by the collector at 60 per cent as glass
bottle: the importers protested that the
| merchandise was properly dutiable at ~
per cent, as plain glass bottles ordinarily
employed as containers Of merchandise;
the board Of general appraisers overruled
the claim Of the importers and the de-
cision of the board is affirmed.
No. 1908. NJ Z. Bernhard ct al agt.
United States: opinion by Montgomery,
presiding judge; automatic pocket light
ers were assessed by the collector at 60
per cent as smokers articles; the i'm
porters protested that they were properly
dutiable at As per cent, as manufactures
of metal: the board of general appraisers
overruled the protest of the importers,
and the decision of the board is affirmed.
No. 1O45. United States agt. Scheuer
& Co: opinion by Montgomery, presiding
Judge; small feather busters, eighteen to
twenty inches in length, were assessed
by the collector at 40 per cent as feather
busters: the importers protested that they
were dutfable at 35 per cent as toys; the
DOdTu VI general appraisers SuStdlHt0 Tie
protest OF the importers, and the decision
Of the board is reversed.
No. 925. United States agt. American
Thermo-W Ware Company; opinion by
Smith. associate judge; certain disks
of glass known as google disks were
assessed by the collector at 10 cents per
dozen pairs and 45 per cent as glass
lenses. polished. with edges ground:
the importer protested that they were
properly dutiable at rs cents per
nOlIn6 and = cent win
dow glass. bent: the board Of general
appraisers sustained the protest of the
importer. and the decision Of the board
is affirmed.
No. 92S S. S. Steiner agt United
States: opinion by Barber. associate
Judge; the importer claimed an allow
ance for certain fruit condemned by
the board of health; the government
contends that the claim Of the import er
was not filed in accordance with the
terms of the statute; the board of gen
eral appraisers overruled the claim OF
the importer. and the decision or the
No. 1904. Germania Importing Com
pany agt. United States; opinion by
Martin. associate judge: merchandise,
invoiced as white glace wrapping
at . cents per pound and 10 per cent
as imitation parchment paper; the i'm
porter protested that the merchandise
was properly dutiable at 50 per cent as
wrapping paper not SpSCIdhy pio iucu
for: the board of general appraisers
overruled the protest of the importer.
and the decision of the board is
affirmed.
No. 1905. The Hayden Company aGt
United States; opinion by Montgomery,
presiding Judge: certain tables. foun-
tains. mantels and so forth, made OF
marble were assessed by the coilector
as manufactures of marble: the inn
porter protested that they were prop,
erly dutiable as sculptures; the board
of general appraisers overruled the
nrotest of the importer, and the decision
OF the board is affirmed