The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-02
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

CoTTONS. An advance Is made on tho for
eign mHrke, value of cottons shipped hcrc 10y
Fiddea, Todd 4 CORY of Belfast. ireland. in a
respprai."nient decision handed down yes'sr
day b, Judge Cooper Of the Board Of United
states General Arprai-ers Tn" General An
praiScr writes. IL inch cotton checks pat
tern .. type -. No. - and ditto No IL. on.
tered a, ~. advanced TO Ed per yard Dt-
count ~. p.g cen, Add eases Makine w
included These cotton were exported from
Belfas, on January $. and entered here oil
January 81, 1916.
BISCUITS Baked articles madr Of dough
CONTAINING susar imported from, ,'erniany
and invoiCrd under German names 10y Never
4 l.auge, were the subject ~ q decision
handed down yesterday by ih' Roar OF
levied at the rate of . per. cent ad valorcm
under paragraph l9i. tariH act of 1918. as
biscuits containing confectionery Free en-
try was claimed by the importers as biscuits
no, specially provided for. Judge Waite. VINO
overrules this contention. writes All ihe
articles are Of a -eidish brown color on tho
inside, and more or les sweet TO tho taste.
The evidence does not -lvc VI any ininrr'd-
'on u, to "ha; the coating. i",n-- or tr's'.
!u.- are made of. The Collector assessed me
goods A. containing either irhit. chocolate.
nuts or confectionery The burden, then, q.
upon the importers 10 overgoue he 'r,'
We DO mot think they have done so, Inc
protests are oVerrulcd'
FIBRE In cNplsinins the issue involved ~
\ rcapprai semcnt decision Ju-, rendered al
vancine the foreign market value OF certain
vegetable hbrr iuvo,,ed a. African bass -
inch " shipped here hy 6 Itsternooi & Ioons
Of Rotterdam Judge Sullivan OF The Board Of
General Appraisers writes The merchandise
under consideration consists OF vegetable hbrr
imported from Rotterdam. inNol"ed at tis per
II: lbs In two of these rcapprliS meuts the
collector appealed. and III the third the i'm
porter, he having added on entry 10 make a
market value of liz. i, is admitted the mer
chandn SO - not sold IN the country OF protur.
ton IN what would ordinarily I've termed
wholesale quantities The trade is practically
retail For export II - sold ~ wholesale
NHN. - d "a ~. - t=n.Ha a nHft tnAs Co.
Quantities nur, hd-cd - and for export 'h'
market is So II seems 10 me- that under The
%.tatuie 'psrasranh H. wherein II refers to
wholesale quantities the meaning Is that the
quantity dealt m III the ordinary course OF
trade becomes the usual wholesale quantity
Tho county OF production il the governing
point, There "a the market The quantity
may not be what an oSnorter vould consider
a usual wholesale quantity: hut ~ IN the ord
nary .coursr of trade they are sold IN quaint
ties OF the usual amount. that becomes the
usual wholesale quantity sold IN the ordi
nary course of trade. and the price paid there
fore becomes the market price This We he
lieye IL the rule OF the courts" The decisior
of the General Appraiser advancing the en-
can bass % inch. entered at 64s, advanced to
is. Ter ~: lbs Packed. Less shippiu.
freight in.urance and Consul zee " This fbrC
here on December ;. 1915.
CAMEoS-Jud sullivan OF the Boari o.
General Appraisers has lust rendcied ihr'.
rcappral seneit decisions on the foreign mar
ket values OF canoes imported here from
Naples. Italy. h. explaining the Issue IN
volved the General Appraiser writes I'll
these reappralsemeuts the QUESTION at issue is
the market value Of cameos imported from
shown that there Is no Inference IN the
market price AZ Naples and Tore del Greco
Just outside Naples In fact. ihi, o'y - the
principal manuiact urlus pom, 10y canoes Dr.
Italy The testimony while conflicting doe
not sustain the entered value cSorp, IN a few
inst stances. As to canoes shipped here ny
b {. Nara of Naples, Judge Sullivan writes
advanced 20 : lire each ditto, 81, entered III
{, advanced TO 80 lire each ditto, 90, entered
al 80 lire each, no sdvans; ditto, -. en-
tered a; "a advanced TO - lire each; ditto
-, entered at . lire each. no advance: ditto
Is. entered al leo, rripprsisrd a. 10 hrs
each. ditto. g. entered at - lire each. nc
advance ditto, Il, entered at ! Ira c, j nc
advancc" .As TO cameo from Ninoouzo Bcne
hro, Judge sullivan writes Gamer concl
rosa, l5x!" m m. entered at l75 lire each
no advance: ditto, round .3is. entered AZ
lire each. no advance; ditto, skis, entered Al
10 lire each, no advance; ditto, 1:xi6, en-
tered at 10, advanced to % lire each
ditto. ioxl+. entered at / advanced to /
lire each: ditto, aNl", entered Al -, adv an"n,
TO Ira each; ditto sxio' emtercd, q - ad
smeos from + & l. Gentle Bro. Jud-e sui
Ivan writes PM shell cameo. !>Vr. IN
voiced a; -. entered at To. 20 i1nr7i cd a
tered ard r'appralscd a. - zach. Brow
shell canoes. OK. lUvo'ccd ~ 10 eutere,
and reapprais"d al - lirc each, ditto. isX!3
!nyo,ord AT - ent"rrI aud Ic'nprai-"d 3
entered AZ "a. reapprascd At - hrc each
ditto. 20, iuvolcrd ~ : entered and roar
praised nj . lire each ditto. &. lnvoiocd al :
entered and rclnprased at : ire each; d''
AZ 80 Ire each And similar Goods ADJ
packing