The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-08
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

inc oIl0WInR 0eTtSiOno DY The lima
States Court of Customs Apr~ais wers
made public yesterday by Assistant AZ
torney;GeneraI HANSON. u chsrs. o. Gus
preserved in tins. held Sy thu Ge"er.i
Appraisers to have been prop.riy ssse~l
' S9..s Sr'y a. ar. S ssid P By , R%u'a sou as +, lea: |:
free of duty Is so,a beans.
Harris a Co; ct al ". 7. s. TIL. colr
praiserA in which a claim of IN. ia.
porters for an allowance in dutA Re
rot in certain grapes imported In b4rs
opinion . clahm OF the importers 'hs4
f sy 1ss ca sHses; rs az 80 On" S.r rs ses,' a. ..,:,a
Sid. wholly or partly polished. v.~ M
POLISHED Within the meaning OF m. stat
He and therefore dutiabls at IS ~
Il. g. We. bliss 4 Co. ct a.. Tn. eoun
sfhrns the General Appraisers ~ a de-
tants and ~octants, assessed b. the ~.
lector a. optical Instruments. Nerc prop
erly dutiable az manufactures ~ meta!
To kstad- Burger Company W I : The
importers fail In this opinion TO have huy
hxed on Ash skinned or boned. packed Ia
tin. but not In oil, at y cent r.r pount
The board overruled this contention, hoii.
ing that the goods ~er" properly asessAl
for duty at Is per cent. as nsh IN 10
packag6 and the decision OF tn. hoard
Carl FISCHER vs.. United states s,r,nu
for musical instruments composed ~ cats
gut wound with -ilE are held Ia ms %.
cent. as manufacture in ohief value q
silk.
George ouirk .. al vs. United sta'.' In
this ruling a claim for free entry on bud
ding knives and pruning knives a. sgr.
cultural implements Is denied. The couH
afnrms a decision by the General A,ppras.
ere In which these articles were held .
have been correctly classified by Inc -.
lector as budding knives ana pruning
knives.
cotton goods trade IL Interested In hts
case. In which the court reverse me zen
eral Appraisers and fnds that cotton tAne
covers. assessed by the Collector as ar'lcls
made from velvets. are properly dutitoe
as jacquard figured upholstery goods.
w~ilenborx 4 Co. w. United siatts An.
other textile case in which the inlpor'.1
are successful involved the oorrect olass''
ncation of certain silk tassels. These n'
tlcles. assessed by the Collector at 90 p
Alarmed by the board OF General Ap'
praisers, are now held by rhe sour 30 y
properly dutiabis At ~ per cent az COINS
Horstmann a Co. va United stat.s me
court IN this decision ashrins she hoaris
opinion that military epauiets we're prop
erly assersed by the Soiec'of q" " vi
button 4 Co. vs.. United states s.snt.
ard literary works. largely used IA ehos,
tional institutions. were proper Ssse'aN
by the Collector as books. according 20 az
cher decision by the court This decision
ov.rrui,s the I'm port-rs' claim FOR ~
entry a. textbooks used In scNNos ans
other educational institutions
Gerrnanis Importing company 70 Ifrss
States. The decision by we genera ~
praisers that certain paper Nss propet'
assessed by the collector a.. tissue psr.
is affirmed by the court tn. inrot'ec
claimed a % per :eut. duty az NrAI0N"s
The board of u,i,cd states genera se'
praisers decided Yesterday hat W"'n ~
angles, used In orch"sfras, are ro' Nv
allie under the tHrin act Of 1871" a. ~
yato Of IS per cent. al valorsm ae ~ H-
instruments. This decision s%ustsIts ~ no
test OF Sears. Roebuck 4 60, of 'h'' ~
for duty at the rate Or ~ prr '"' -
Nalorem a. manufacturer ~ metal rn' sps'
cially provided for under paragraph
Ia smother decision rcudcif- 'fS
the hoard finds that woven fahri'S ~
piece. imported by Alexander NHrT"'
Co. were properly claseiued 10y i|' -.
toms appraiser as being composed ' H
value OF silk. with duty a. ihe rA'- ~ -
per cent. al valorem under Ne prn" '''ohs
Of paragraph as. tarin act ~ ~
importers claimed classification f''I'
composed IN chief value of NETS 'r'''
with duty at tho rat. Of hI' ~ pF LIZ
ad valorem under paragraph l' us
claim the general appraisers oN'rru'
In o reappraisemeni decision '"iie,
down by board /. United states renef&
appraisers. advances are made on 10 10y,
eign market values OF cotton hauikr'. f''n
imported from Rappolt & %. - - -,
! stitches, entered at 40 Plus ~ 30 ''i.
plus cases and boxes. are adyau - ~ ~
france per dozen net. outside pr S'ns 81
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