The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-03
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

BOTTLES DBcoRATED-rhe Board OF
Genera tpprai.er- held yesterday, that dec
smith 4 Co. we're correctly taxed for duty
AZ the rate ~ - pei. cent. ad vaioren
1918. This opinion overrules protests Of the
importers for assessment Of duty at the
rate of but 70 per cent. al vaiorem under
paragraph 80.
scREENsECerta!n screens imported by
the W. II. Allison Company o. Detroit are
held In a decision handed down Yesterday
By the Board Of General Appraiser prop
erly dutlabie at. the rate OF 20 per cent.
al yalo,em under EaTas,spn rs OF n:
. protest Of the importers in which Il was
claimed that duty should have been as:
valorcm under paragraph l7c as furniture
OF wood.
WEARING APPAREL-Advsnces ar.
made on the foreign marke, values o:
here from |. d r. Morley Of Nottingham.
England, in a reappraisenent decision JUS,
5 5u%se ,ior nG VICE. "Tassa' .M MPpSh hoe "S wit.
silk and wool. No. $40. 4 inch. entered at
in@h.., entered a, mI4, a'dyanccd' TO. I7lS
per doz.; ditto. u inch, entered at II a. ad-
Sanced to - per do, 40 ass 1s, DIS.
Ing apparel was exported April 10 and
entered here on April %, 1910.
PAPER HALLOWEEN N~OvELTIEs--
phia won before the Board OF General
Appraisers yc.'.rday In a customs con
trDkersN lnNulklnk 'ne correct tld-slnCd-
,ion under the tarin. act Of 1919 OF fancy
hats or caps made OF tissue or crepe paper
or ordinary paper. worn ON festive ogcs.
cent under paragraph ,542. as toys. Ths
caps, composed In chief value OF ordinary
paper. coiored, are held by the General
Appraisers properly dutiable A. the rate OF
81 per cent nd valoren under paragraph
S32 as manufactures of paper, Will" the
hats In chief value Of tissue or crepe paper
are held properly dut!abie at the rate Of
0a3 az article manufactured from tissue
or crepe or crepe paper.
SPUN SILK YARN-The foreign market
values OF spun SILK yarn imported here
from wood, Robinson 4 Co, wood Bros.
4 Sons and Ormcrri Bros, all Of Brad
ford, England, ar" involved In two reap
terday by judge Hay Of The Board OF
United staiss General hpp,a'ssf., In
tho goods are Sustained, The entered
values. however. are higher than the In
voiced values Yarn imported from Wood.
voiced at 5ls, en,ersi' at''iil-:p per ID,
carriage and packing 'nSluasd; Discount,
seree d' vsiue .us,alncd." Is to goods ship.
pei BY . TS9a n .psn : sils so 3: !u "issrod HT X
the grey, inyolccd at 81 l-e entered AT
7/s per H.. Discount s per cent, carriage
:us,aincd," The yarn from ormSrsd
Bros is reappraised as follows; spun
waste yarn IN warp ana grey ./2s tubsah
cleared, .invoic"d at $40, entered at 81!
per 10. Discount. 6 per cent, packing and
carriage included Entered value
sustained
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. several recent
decisions advancing the foreign market
values Of large shipments OF diamonds to
this port from Amsterdam, Holland, Cen
eral Appraiser sullivan handed down yes
terday two additional nppraiscmcnt
stances, the entered values Of diamonds
imported here from Alter Lowinson and
VI, 5. SchWarzstoin Of Amsterdam. The
diamonds covered by these decisions were
valued a. over 500. o0o. As to IN" gems
shipped here by 4 Lcwinson Judge sui.
carat.. entered at $50. advanced to 300
'iorins per carat; 10 stones. 1856 carats,
entered At .15, advanced to 500 rorins
per carat, 30 stones. "3.77 carats. entered
at :la, advanced TO $50 forms per carat.
add packing The stones imported from
lows: -Four stones. 81 carl's. entered
~ $50. advanced to zoo tiurins Der carat:
10 stones, 80 rara'H, entered NJ 60, nd.
Nanced to So HORNS per carat, 100 stones,
e.0l c%arats, entered at ~. advanced to
SO tlorins per cara, COZ STONES. s csrats,
carat. us stones. 1855 Carats, entered ~
rs, advanced 10 ~ forms per carat; 2sb
stones. l7.92 carats, entered at 20. ad-
NanCed to 20 f"rins per carat: 39s stones.
800. %carats. entered at 20, advanced 20
80 norins per carat. $50 stones, rs 80
no advance. And similar goods, Add
packing" The stones from 4. Lewinson
we're exported April 10 and entered here
nm. May b., 1915, The stones from N =.
sehwor 10 t,in were exported March % aud
s4fsssd at this port On Nay .. 1919.