The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-23
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

COTTON GOODS William Anderson 4 Co
won yes'erdlv before the Board of Tinted
State. General Appraisers in a claim for low
loon cr"pe.' The goods were class He'd a.
ihlc fabrics and duty levied nv the customs
officials ~ the ri'. OF 70 ncr cent, AL vsloram
under paragraph -, OF tho tarIn act of 1913.
Tho hoa,l .dsia.ns the contention Of the I'm
ror'"r.. thai thee fabric should have heen
taxed for duty ~ the rate ~ but H. per cen,
cloth"
TABLE COVERS The tarir TAX on turkcy
red iamrs''. table covers. imported hy Mar
decision lust rendered by thu Board OF Tinted
sta'., General Appral.sr. rhc.e cover. were
alarl figured upholstery goods ami duty A..
s"s."d a. tho rate Of q por cent al valorcn
nnIer nara-ranh 9, of the tarn a- of 1919
OF NC importers for classification OF the
merchandise Al issue AZ cotton table dam
ask with duty at the rate OF hut z isr
cent al vsiorem under parag raph ?s3.
S\RDINES. -Judsc Brown Of the Board of
United states General Appraisers handed
down yesterday the following rcspprai.-.
Of .ard,nc,. imported here from ~ 1 \
pinton of London: "sardincs in olive oil
Mare Elisabeth Brand, tnvo,ced- at ; on,
states dollars per ease OF 10 -. ounce iins
Packing included. Less sea freight. marine
1~d war r,tk. "hsrlaSr; 49,; ana consul ie. :.
:. lgl5, and entered az this port on January
i 1919.
PEPPERS. No advance i. made on the
here from Parodi & Bianchi Of Genoa Italy,
according. to rcappraisement DECISION
Board OF United States General Appraisers.
When these peppers were entered here the
customs officials held that the entered values
we're lncorrcct and advances we're levied
The importers appealed to eappraiaemen
and the issue was heard before General An.
pralser Brown In the ruling iu.t handed
we're not undcrvalued when entered a, hi.
PIT, The values az fixed by the Genera al
.Nppraiser read; Peppers under vinegar, en-.
Pcpprrs under vinegar. entered At 81 lire r~r
case OF - an or tins Tins and eases m
'luicd. Al no advance"
WEARING L-Advanres are made
on IN" entered values OF various articles Of
wearing apparel shipped here by Wo Sanz
4 Co Of Yokohama; Lspan, IN a rcappraisr
mcnt do"l ion handed down Yesterday by
judge Cooucr Of the Board Of General Al
i,ra s'rs Thes" goods were exported an Or
,oh"r n 's'i and enterct ., ,hls port OF
I"'cmncr {. 1918. The ruling reads Cot
ton 'r,u" and emhrold, rcd ions robe. No, y
rnto'cd Al -. advanced 10 Yen ea"h; ditto
each Hahuiai embroidered kin,ono. No .
'cSS''rG''' dt,o. No :, sn,crod a, -. adya,'r,
70 a. yen each Creme embroidered Man
DARN coat, No T. entered at go advance
20 3a' yen each. Creme embroidered kimono
,'on T. 1nI,Sr.1 a, .m nbr; aaTa|'" Chen. no 81. s% 20 So
10. entered a, 20, advanced TO ~ yen each
Crepe. ditto, No IS. entered At II, advance
10 80 ven each. And similar goods, ADD
boxes and packing
REEDS In a rsappraisement decision, hold
ing that reeds shipped W this country by sh,
Hing Of Canton. China, were not undervalu~'
when entered AZ this mort, Judge Mcclellan
OF the Board OF General Appraisers writes
The evidence before me concluaively show
that these reeds are not extra selected' bu
rather moor selected The Examines valu
alton was fxel by reducing the private la
voice price =, ! e. New York TO Honskont
currency. All Of the witnesses, aside from
the cxnminrr, testified that the freight rate
had been advanced very much, and that TN
advance in =, / T. prices New York was oi
account OF the sdyance In freight rates rathr,
Than the Chinese home value for reeds. Thu
importer testified that a very large proper
ton Of his Importation, which had beef
sold by him, had been returned" In hxini
the correct values the General ADpraise
writes: 'Unmanufatured rattan cores, extri
sslectsd. entered At s'aS u x per picul
iohin tag srd boss ~ ssells hire Al
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