The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-02
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

WIRE DRAWING MACHINES. Roheri. x.
Morton Of Boston won before the Board OF
General Appraiser. yesterday IN q customs
h. assessed on wire drawing machines DUTY
was taxed by the Collector AZ the rate Of
70 per 'rnt AL valor,m under paragraph To-.
tsrih act of 1913. a. a Manufacture of metal
not specially provided for. and the board
Axes duty at the ratio OF Il per cent nj
valorcm under paragraph tS Ms a machine
tool The rrotest Is sustained accordingly.
SALTS OF ANTHONY. Tho protests oisa
large number OF importing firms. claiming
= low duty on salts of %antimony. ar -us
tained IN 4 decision handed down Yesterday
by tho Board of Geisrsl Appraisers Duty
was assessed on thus merchandise e n the
graph ~ of tho tarin 40 of 1918. The
board upholds tho importers contention for
graph 8 for chemical aud medicinal com.
pounds. prrpar ations. mixtures and salts. aud
combinations, thereof not specially provided
for with duty AZ tho rate OF hut 10 per
cent ad valorem. Amons the importers
whose protests are sust aimed ar" 4 kllrstein
william A Brown 4 Co. Paul rhllch 4 Co
J. Friedenberg 4 Co. Davies. Turner 10
r.. = Downin 4 Co and the Import Chem.
zeal Company.
DYES OBTAINED FROM INDIGO The
Board Of United state. General Appraisers
held YESTERDAY tina, ihio,ndiEo red. thioindiro
pounds pound s saa aniS.oa ne c% Rl%s; efi.,iS" snro%o
phoric sroup of indigo. are III a 'arln sense
0s,s,ned from 'ns,s1 within W.T. 'hs "' and .r 1i
therefore. free of duty, although by I'M
proved methods Of manufacture they ar"
nj AIDE directly. -yntheticslly. without CONVEX.
son into indigo itself. Thi. ruling %sustains
several protests filed With the board IN tho
nsnc OF Heneel. Rrucknann l. LoroSrher.
when entered here the merchandise at Issue
was classified by the customs appraiser ne
coal tar .rolors or uye- not spccialIy pro
,alorem The importers rlaimed free entry
s srai i;,%S, rn.4-rIs. IN. merchandl.e
under parasraph Jt
MoHAIR COAT LlNISGs.-A customs Issue
Of unusual interest Inch has been nehdins
y fore tho courts for some time. involving
the correct classification under tho tarih act
OF 1913 Of imported mohair coat lthlns-. ma.
lust been adjusted by the United states Court
NJ Customs Appeals. In deciding this caaf
the court oyerrules a claim OF tho importers
for a lover rate II duty than that Assessed Nv
ported by : Ro-enbrr- & Co, consisted ~
thin cloths Of variou. colors imported III ihe
web or piece IN chief value o. hair OF IN.
AugurA goat The sole controversy was
whether tins merchandise should I've CLASSIFIED
under paragraph 3Js, tariM act of 1919, Win
duty Al the rate of ~ yer cent al valoreni, as
'olOth and all manufactures OF every destrip.
ton male by an, process. wholly or IN chef
value of the hair of the Angora goat alpaca
aud other like animals not specially provided
ernmrnt aud held by the BOARD OF United
States General Appraisers. Or under para
cent nd vslorem. q. coat imngs" Tho
court sfhrins the board : decision hSlng dutv
AT the HIGHER rate. The importers contention
Was that the term wool both IN its com
mon meaning and as used IN schedule X, IN.
riude- the hair Of the Ansora goat; that
therefor. WOOL ~ used ~ paragraph 40 in
cludrs such hair; that tho term coat I'm
ings' employed III ssid para.raph y an GO
nomine description ~ the merchandise here
aud takes precedence over tho genera name
cloth" ~ paragraph Js as veil ~ over the
descriptive designation all manufacture. ~
very description made nv any process.
wholly or IN chief value Of the hair Of the
Ansora goat also Contained therein. ana
or legislative history Of Schedule X showing
an intention TO remove coat Innings" from
! paragraph 30 and its predecessors, In over
ruling this contention Judge Barber writes:
'1'ha coat Innings III this case being cloth IN
chief value OF Angora eoH hair and being
also COME ssedly q manufacture thereof, We
| think they cannot BE- classified "a claimed by
tho importers'