The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-19
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

pERFTMERY -Judse Howell ~ The Board
Of General Appraisers HANDED down yesterday
a reappraisement decision advancing tho for,
eign market values Of rcrfumerN. Sc shipped
to Chicago bv j { Bll.oo' nj Amsterdam,
Holland This decision reads Eau de cologne
a blk. bottles. entered at . q advanced TO
50 forms per dozen bottles ditto, :. bottles.
entered at 5 -. advanced to 800 forms per
dozen bottles Discount % tor cent Packing
extra Thi~ merchandise Vas exported 80
vemhcr 90. 1915, and entered at Chicago on De
cember -, 1875.
GoLF SCORERS The Board ~ General
Appralser- held Yesterday That golf scorers IN
chief value NJ metal. imported by Happel 4
McAvoy, are properly duuable At the rate Of
20 per cent, al valofem a. manufactures OF
metal under paragraph 10 of the tariff act OF
1913 rather than al the rate Of 50 per cent. ad
valorem under paragraph 80 a. taxed by the
collector. The Eult scorer IN question Is in
the shap. Of a watch and OF tho same size
BY pressing on ,hc stem u records the point
made by u golf player in the game Of eolf. II
IL IN chief va Ie Of metal nickel plated.
ENLARGING CAMERAS The duty on en-.
lars1nE cameras. imported IN the name OF the
American Express Company. l. lowered a.
cordln- 10 a ucc.sion rendered yesterday by
the Board of General Appraisers. These
cameras We're classified under paragraph %
OF the tariff act Of 1879 as optical instru.
mon,s. and durv assessei at the rate OF 20
per cent. adj valurem The board sustains a
contention of the protes;ants for classitca.
ton "a Photographic cameras with duty al
paragraph $50. The testimony showed thst
the article at Issue ls used 70 enlarge photo.
graphs. the negative being photographed
with IL.
ANTIQUES William l. Monro OF Pitts.
burs won before the Board of General APP
pral,er- yesterday IN a customs controversy
involving the classification Of goods invoiced
as antique Sheffield plate chased border
and centre tea tray ana antique sheffield
plated .eperanc with four arms. and Ave
glasses" Duty was assessed az the rate OF
20 per cent, al yalorem under paragraph 49,
Of the tariff a., Of 1919. The importers
claimed free entry under parasraph ss as
sworn IN the case. and according TO the
board, tho evidence supported the claim that
the articles were manufacture more than 100
years before their importation.
RUGS.-Advancrs arc made on the foreign
market values OF rugs imported AT Kansas
City from John Crossley * Sons of Halifax.
England. in n reappriispment decision handed
van. Judge sullivan in fixing the higher
values oil these russ writes "RaIah wilton
squares sewed, frlnged, l'i.N94, entered At
7ss, cd, advanced TO Nis lod. each; ditto. i:x?,
entered at eye cd, advanced to zoos. "a each
ditto. sx6, entered at 3is advanced to 3ss
each, ditto. 9x5, entered at hCa. Cd, advanced
to 81. I'd. each. Is special, ditto, oys. entered
at 81. Cd, advanced to zoe. 9d. each. ditto.
sSd; entered at i3s. Cd advanced to as. Cd
vanccd to sis I'd each ditto, l2x9, entered a,
Ne lod. advanced 10 1888, ID each, And sim
liar goods Discount IA per cent Add OIL
cloth and rollers. Cash discount q, per cent
Less carriage" These rugs were exported Au.
gust II. 1915. and entered at Kansas City on
September "A, 1915.
SILK MOIRE CHAINS Merchandise In.
voiced az SILK MORE beaded long chains, -
imported by Guthman. Solomons Il Co, was
the subject of a decision handed down yes.
,eriay, by the Board Of United States Gen,
cral Appraisers. The official sample con.
sisted OF six strips of black silF MORE. each
about threc-eighths OF an inch wide. each
strip connected to the other by an ornament
composed of two sections of steel bands with
an imitation pearl in the centre. In the md.
die of the article was attached a blactcned
metal suaphook. The articles are intended
to he PLACED around n woman's neck and used
TO eusIsand a fan. watch or other small arti-
Gle thcrcirom The customs officials classi'
fed the articles as iowclry under paragraph
26 Of tho tarin act of 1918 and duty was
collected AT the rate OF e. per cent, ad va.
loren. The board sustains a clam of the
importers for classification under paragraph
$3.50 as ARTICLES not embroidered nor ap.
pliQued and not specially provided for In this
section, composed wholly or in chief value Of
beads" with duty at tho rate of but 80 per
cent. adj yalorem.