The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
Open iGh-Low- Clos. Pew
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

CARDBOARD h Board Of Genoa
hoard. known in the trade as wall boar "
ported by the Continental Paper Companr
Officials a, the rate Of Is per cent. adj va,or4m
under the provision for cardboard - va.
graph So 81 the tariff act Of 1915 Tie IN
por'ers claimed classification a. "cpumn.
paper box hoard with duty a, the -s'e -
but Der cent al valorem under para-r'.
go Thus paper is made and impo'i'l %
sues , feet by feet . inches ant : usaf H
sheathiu- the interior Of du| ell'uGs ant 'Is
Ink" a. a substitute for la,h ans rla>t'r
BRAID Judge McClelland of tho G,'rd II
United states General Appraisers haW.r
down Yesterday q reapprai-encut dc"i~io' "'
van"ln. tho foreign market values ot '.ri'
braid -hIrp'd here by kami'.M Of h%''
utal hcmp braid, quality | ~ entered a.
-, advauccd to ~ yen per piece d'o
Yen per piece; ditto. hi Entered at q, -
van'ed 10 - yen Yer piece Natural hcn
brad Milan. quality ! S.1'; entered At
g." THIS brad was exported from koho .r
January 4, 1915, and entered at this por, .
March q. l'ls.
BLU ERG WITH BRAID -Marsra
Field 4 Go Of Chicago won before tho Boar.
OF United States General Appraisers yes'r~|8'
IN a customs controversy involving tn" go
rect cla-sih' alton under tho tarln act Of 'r''
feather the Jacket Of which was 81
on tn" front with pieces OF silk braid ta.s
fcation was based OF tho pieces Of hro
sowcd on tn" garment, duty heinz loNtcf r.
the rate OF 80 per cent. ad Nalorcm under 'NA
prov OF paragraph as for vcariil- ..
rtr"l appl!Guod. The importers clnm"! 'H'
the costume was not appliqucd and that 'Dtr
should have been assessed At tho rat" Of lI
B. per cent. AL valorcm under psra-ragN
rs wool wearing arparol m" board afa
rrvievlu- much trade testimony. comes To- %.
conrluslon that Ia" ulcoes OF braid on 49,
Jacket did not bring the costume within 's
provl-lous of tho tariff at for applg"s
Wearing upplrp1 TIN, CLAIM fnr m. l,tr
dutN - sustained
COMMISSIONS In a decision hauded Do
yesterday .o,erruling a protest of t.ipp'nco,'
Johnson { 60 Of Philadelphia General ~
ported ~ these cases il woollcn- from E-a
fore. Eu-laud. The importers clam th,' =
'uar.c of commissions appearing Oh the .
'ot'rs l. - uon-duuahle item. for tho res
maj II VAS a compensation paid TO w.
agents FOR purchasing the goods, The. o.
stamped upon the invoices n form WHIT 4,
h!lri ~ with the invoice valu. AMI .c.l-
tiuuS q! non iutiablc charges and What j.. n,
s,rihci as tho entered value. We assume o. =
ralu" OF the goods II so the so called ''r"
Of commission WAS included in the cu'o-e
value As We have held heretofore. a -'a's
nlcrt IN a protest Is not proof upon Nh =
finding can bc made There Is nothlr.
these Eases TO show that the liquidation 90.
incorrect or that duty was assessed uror =
which We should assume would Re tn. , .
mentioned as the entered value The pro'cs,
are therefore overruled
POLISHED CYLINDER GLASS t~-t,'
polished cylinder GLASS. used IN Its imuN-
condition 10 manufacture automobile ri '
shields or lowclry eases, MAS the -tit!ct- .
decision rendered yesterday nv the BNa-- ~
'cu'rsl APPRAISERS. The merchants. .rf
sstiug OF sheets NJ glass - Incic. b.,
inches AMI = inches by ~ inches m 20 ~
nortci nv shrouk 4 Co. was class tict Nv .
customs officials az manufactures - net.
under paragraph o. Of the tar,N 49, ~
and duty was collected a, tho rate 81 .r
cent ad Nalnrrnl Tho importers cla tu,t r
AZ ~" appropriate rate psr SQUARE foot t
pdraErdph NJ, aud per cent adlltlpu,' ~
ntra-raplI ~. ~ cylinder glass. po.sre. f.
disclosed that tins ucra. 4, .a
"on~Si"d 81 Two plates Of polished tt..-
-lA>- glued together, II has a t'ark 20.
hu.-h around the edges c~npo-.t 90
-litllN" material which the tssiln'orN = .r-
J., 10 iNulI Iinluless getting ~ hr'V,..
$50 Sheet, of glass The glass : u-.
imported condition to mauuf,rLr. t....
hl'" wludshlrlfs or lewelry Eases On .,
Witnesses tcstit"d tina, nv reason Of a,
s'tru-th II was adapted for lcvC'r, -.
t"cau-c II would not 10 easy 10 ~.
cas-" 10 extract tho icwelry Tho Dn,rr
roiiend'i. that tn. glass az lmprtlc
wlndshtrlls ami Therefore proporl,
as manufactures OF glass Tho apirl
tanning the contention OF the lmpor','. o..
mat the fact that the glass come
suitable for the making Of ut,I.. -..
mat y - so used does not mali -
iacturr Of Glass