The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

hEAN ,ooptt '" NV
Board OF General Appraisers rendered yes
,.rday the following .reappralsement deci.
sior hem aav. ;arn' ,m ins i.ls, q A m. a ~ y''TSe '
from Linincio Is Canspiacio Nszionaie Of
Milan. Italy; Italian hemp TOW yarn. en-.
to GENOA and freight 10 destination and ali
insurance. advanced to .;3ls unl,sdsS tates
%as exported January and entered al
Albany on February 10. 1915.
STEEL sTRIPs-The Board OF General
Appraisers sustained yesterday. protests OF
rate Of duty than tina: assessed by the
customs collector on imported steel strips:
This merchandise was appraised As stee,
at the rate Of Is per cen. al vaiorem
under paragraph 1903 Of the tsriH act OF
lsls. The General Appraisers decide that
duty should have been taxed a. The rate
Of bu, IL per cent. ad vaior.m under he
provision in paragraph lo5 for strips of
steel. not specially provided for"
Observation-Disclosures described az
ph!ox or other herbaceous plants with
McHutchison & Co. were the subJec, Of "a
decision handed down yesterday By the
Board OF United states General Appraisers.
nuty was. taxed on these plants az nursery
stock. not specially provided for. at the
rate Of 10 per cent. al valorem under
%psrasraph, FL, 'ar,G aS, q 1919. Ths
assessed under tho provision in paragraph
9l0 for al! other bulbs. roots. root stocks.
anu tuners. WnlCn are cultivated Tor their
flowers or foliage. 80 cents per thousand"
meni decision Just handed down Judge
Fischer Of the Board OF General Apprai.-
err advance: tn. foreign mark., values .,
needles were exported October and en-
The General Appraiser writes: Utopia
ss..d t a, ilii' D ssys.''S Io 10 q !" gross;
lnets OF Star crochei hooks, assorted. Nos.
per gross. Discount q, per cent. Add
box and tin case"
MANUFACTURES OF wooI-Advanee.
are made on ne foreign market values of
.siess s'"s g ~ S'.l psf. OF, f s"S '-p'iRs r..
~ r raS%ai nSrs"a a.c 4 so" sa Gf sur DOWN in
, yesterday by Judge Brown of the Hoard OF
General Appraisers. These articles were
Writes ''s;,.smins bisnk.,s ). iH npeh. sS-
E.sS,a a. 20 q ,n saS'. .",sr. 10 s".p::... ya .S:
ysGsed 70 s/sr ger yard, L.ppi"ss ::
yard. Discount 5 per cent"
TiMERs-Timers which are specially de.
signed for timing horse races and other
speed contests and for use by physicians
the Board Of United states General APP.
praisers. properly du,iable at the rate of
20 per cent, ad valorem under paragraph
1877 OF the ,arin act Of 1913 as manufac-
lures OF metal not specially provided for.
scHhwob; Hipp. DidisS-in 4 Bro. and u,
e Huguenin against the Collectors clss'
sihcstion OF these timers under the. PROV.
duty at the rate Of 80 per cent ad Saior.m,
The board handed down another decision
yesterday sustaining several protests Of
OH these timers.
WARP MACHINERy-The duty IL low
cred on merchandise invoiced by overton
+ %S, ' aow wa's s.. %:Sh.Ser Gy IL, H. board asT,i'" OF
i %eaer". ASSESSED e"s'di duty on This m%sTehandisc
under the provision In paragraph. ioi .oi
the tarin act OF 1918 for machines 10,
making lace curtains; nets or nettinG,I
have been assessed at the rate OF 70 pei
cent. ad valorem under paragraph 10! as
wa nam "a" ud S1 WssI, "" who p renders IN,
boards opinion In this case. writes; we
find from the uncontradicted eHiuence W
condition Is not a machine capable OF
making nets or MEETINGS. a. classsned by
the collector, and we accordingly sustain
the protest and reverse the deeisioh OF ths
Collector"
IRON DRUMs-Ths Mallinckrodt Chem
teal Works Of ST.. Louis. lost before the
Board Of United States General Apprais,
OF iron drums imported hiled With bin.
oxide OF bsriun. Duty was levied on these
drums a. the rate o. 20 per cont, ad Val,
OF II. sarin scs Of ISIS for "cylindr,cai
or tubular tanks or vessels for holding
gas LIQUIDS, or ether material, whs,he,
that the drums we're entitled 70 free en-
Try as the usual containers OF merchsn-
dise subject to . spscine rate Of duty