The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-11
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

because he failed to comply with the
lures. SC. brought by professional artists.
lecturers or scientists arriving from abroad
ton. Hiram Percy Maxim of Hartford,
Conn. Will. the Board OF United states
General Appraisers held Yesterday. have to
pay Il tarin tax on certain lantern slides
and photographs Aim for moving pictures
which were imported for exhibition at the
.coth anniversary cele bration of the town
protes,antts father, Sir Hiram Maxim. was
born In Sangervi!le and II was the desire
anniversary celebration and deliver a lee.
ture. Being a gentleman well advanced
In years Sir Hiram Maxim asked his son
to represent him at the celebration. This
was consented to and the slides and Aims
we're shipped from England for use In the
Lecture at ssnEsry.tie, ,s in I ssilIvan mas nss
that no bond was given and that there
was no attempt whatever to comply with
davit showing that the importer was a
professional lecturer.
The Board OF Appraisers fnds in an
Christmas label books" imported by the
Gibson Art Company OF Cleveland. ohio.
were properly assessed for duty by The
customs officials at the rate Of 80 cents
per pound under paragraph Az of the act
Of 1909 as photographic labels. In this
same ruling the General Appraieers hold
mas seals of the kind passed upon in q
A 1891, and in part Of other hthgraphic
prints conceded by the Collector not to be
labels, should have been assessed at but
20 cents per pound under the provision In
said paragraph Al? for al, other articles
not exceeding eight one-thousandths or
one inch In thickness"
In a reappraisement decision of interest
to the woollen goods industry both here
and abroad, Judge Brown reappraises the
foreign market values of wool cloth I'm
! ported from James Drummond & Sons OF
Bradford, These goods were exported from
A,<,Gt az tn Santana her q l4lh and en-
tered at New York. september 3 to Sep.
TENDER 90. 1915. In view OF the unsettled
condition OF the piece goods rrade owing
cent importations OF woollens TO this coun-
try from England It is OF Interest to note
praiser reappraises some of the values at
below the entered prices, Instead OF sus-
tanning the advances made by the, ap-
praiser Judge Brown permits the eoods to
he brought in at lower figures than those
stated by the importer as repressnting the
as fixed By the General Appraiser read as
TYPE Ia. c%oat,nss blue, inyoioed. at
per yard; type ., invoiced at IS, entered
at 81, reappraised at 5-oh per yard
type i?i. lnyoiced a, -. entered a,
/, invoiced at 3--ii, entered at "a, reap,
praised at "a per yard; type 20, invoicei
At snil' entered yp at 10 20, oy reinpgra at a.
entered AT 40, rcappraised at - per
yard; type IA blue. invoiced at IS,
entered al 81. reappraised at b-0h pei
yard; type i31, i%nvoiced at IS. entered
at 81 reappraissd at s-oh per yard
IS, reappraised at - per yard type
ies. invoiced at 81. entered at 50, re-
appraised at 4-llH per yard. and similar
goods, Less lar and 10Th, Add eases
Merchandise classified as wool cloth OF
wool dress goods at rs per cent. undei
paragraph 2Ss or paragraph $50. act oi
1913, Is held by the general appraisers &c
be dutia BILE as wool %fannels at "a or 80 pc
cent. under paragraph 2S9. This decision
s~us.alns a protest OF ]. j, Gavin 4 90
The customs appraiser reported that thu
merchandise was fannels, but that II wai
not classified under the flannel paragraph
because II is used In the manufacture n
outer wearing apparel. Judge Brown
holds, In supporting the importers CLAIM
for the lower duty, that tho provision fr
nanncls In the existing tariH law Is no
limited to nannels for underwear, but In
cluded woollen flannel material used 70
certain outer garments and also To-
patamas' &C.