The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-04
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.
oRNiNFNTrD DRESSING GOWNS

oRNtNFNTrD DRESSING GOWNS -n
boarl - G'u"rsl Appraisers ruled yesterday
oruamcr'ed With braid and tucked shirts I'M.
rsrtci ~ the name Of F b Nandegrft
under ,ha provisions. OF paragraph So. "a II
act OF 1913. with tuty al the rate o. - p'r
cent al valorrm TIE hoard sus,sins the
We -ins %,nttrcl under paragraph 20 with
fu'' AZ the rat ~ 81 ror cont M van-em
LINENS An advance Is made on the for
hrr" hv \ Clcniennlns & CO Of Belfast
ireland accordins 10 = esprraisemeu do
'islon handed down yesterday nv General Az
prsi>or CONFER The decision reads - inch
white uuiou quality isf. tyne "a, invo,c-d At
~ en'"rrd n :; rcspnrai.ed a, Sd per yard
discount ~ rer cent Adj case" Thi. mer
March y. 1915
COAL TAR coLoRs In . oraaon inst
r.ndered ov"-rul'nG = rro'e~ Of c. Tower
General Appra.or. writes, The merchants.
classified as a coal tar color or Aye al ~ per
ie cla,ne ~ IL free under paragraph Ssi az
~alizsrin Al the trial The samrie presented
was no, property Identified. and ~ adm i.ron
Therefore without proof ~ an au,her' o,
sample srd without evidence Of the chNscj,r
81 the .oo'- the protest Will have 10 20
overrulcd
TABLE COVERS Thc r,v 4 walker Dry
Goods Compare 81 - Louis was suc,ssstn'
before tho Roar' ~ General Appraisers yes,cr
IVA, assesses W the Colier-or on ,co,,%m
turkey rod ant white table covers TIE
customs, tnr,ai.er c%lass,hei rhes.. cover. as
jacquard Injured upholstery goods ana duty
VAS lev"i nj the rate OF :. per cent az
y%Ssior~r nIlcr rarasrarh - ia1r st ot
rrossstsn's TOR class fca,ion ms cotton tab.
dsmssk: with duty al the rate Of but q per
cent M valorom under paragraph :6s.
LIVE FoXEs The fur ,rade Il. interested
In a Nruf.apNA o~-s.Ap tn., $500
down nv Board : United States General Al.
praisers, in which II Is held that live black
SILVER foxes imported at Boston from 4 r
Mclean oi Summrrsidr. Canada. and entered
At $3.50 should have been entered AZ $500 per
pair THIS lssue was decided several weeks
ago by General APPRAISER Brown. rhs i'm.
ruling Of tho single General Apprslse ser ap.
pealed for erespurais"mont The i.sue was
reviewed before Board and the finding. Of
the advance ~ made by Judge Brown
scissors lf'. rtsCNcr % he Boaci of
rcapprSismru' lrcl,on advancing The iorcign
market values ot SCISSORS imported hcr, from
ludwig wecrth 4 Co. ot Rarmen. Gcrmany
,urrr Edwari rortrs,n of Merscheid Scls.
.ors 1875 a., " - %.s,n'erct at l4H mark. per
MARKS marx per sr' gross ~ d,HHo - = ~ eO G,Ss. n nt Z,
~m and . pei, cont Advano"d hy adding
cent only, Pn',ins IN, s., ,nsiuded" TIhcsc
scissors were exported from Bauen on NJ.
yemhcr 20 l9'i, and entered at this port on
March :, 1910
EASEMENT CLOTH Easement cloth. con
sis,ing Of fabrics composed % cotton and
ute, cotton chief value. used IN the uphol
stery trade. was tho subject Of q customs con
,roversy adjusted yesterday 10y the Board oi
Trt'ed states General Apnraisers Tho cloth
the subject Of this case imported nv the
Stone & Rowner Co and F 4. Foster & Co
Inc Of Boston. was classified by the custom.
officials as Jacquard figured upho!r,cry
goods and duty was cole, ted Al the rate nj
IS per cent nj valorem under paragraph sSS
tariff act Of 1918 The prote-tants contended
that this cloth should he classified az manu-,
features Of cotton under paragraph 2is, with
duty at the rate ~ but 30 per cent ad va
loren Al the trial the importers abandonrd
the protests ~ to all OF the merchandise ey
ccpt that involced as item Da2siN. and claim
was made that this item was not made ON the
| Jacquard loom and Therefore was not JAG
guard figured upholstery goods. The boar
finds that the easement cloth represented nv
this item number should have been taxed foi
duty under paragraph ?Gs, as claimed by the
importers The deposition Of tho manufar
| turor IN Ireland ~a- taken rrsrrciiny III.
method Of manufacture Of this ohanli- -.
On this testimony the board finds that IN,
cloth 81 itsue was not made on q Jacousr,
loom and therefore, was improperly classi6e,
ss Jacquard figured upholstery goods,