The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-02
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

CRUDE "A protc.; of Thurston 4
Bra.dich that crude gum j. Tree OF duty un
der paragraph ~, rather than dutiable a, the
rate of ~. per pound, under parsgraph ID,
act Of 1918. is sustained III a deci.ion lust rcn
dered 10y the Board Of General Appraisers
MANCANlTE "A claim Of the Anglo.Amcr.
lean incandcs,en' Ligh, Company of Pits
burs FOR the free entry of certain merchandise
invoIctsi Us mang ANTE, under paragraph IN,
act of 1919, providing for oxide of mans aiesc,
Is overruled III al opinion handed down yes
tcrday by tho Board of General Appraiser
Jude Brown finds that duty was properly -
scssed on this mans ante at the rate Of u per
'ynt ad Nalorrm under paragraph -, as 4
chemical compound
FISH PARTIALLY BoNED Spit salt cod
with one half or more ~ the backbone re-
moved are properly entitled To free entry Nm
der paragraph 49,. act of 1919, according to \
decision handed down Yesterday by the Board
OF United states General Appraisers This Ne
and the Maine Central Railroad Company of
Portland, Me. and revrrscs the action Of the
customs officials III taxing this fish with duty
at the rate of ~. per pound as hsh hoied
under paragraph .l6.
QlARRIES In a reappraisemen decision
handed down YESTERDAY advancing the foreign
Tat TSs , vsiu o; Ct nnsTr,r, imn"r'ea from >
writes exit? buf auarrles. entered at l's, cd,
per 100: 6x3 buff auarries, entered at Us. per
100; tx3 red a%larrles, entered at vs. ed. DER
lao; less 10 per cent and . per cent Add 10
per sent war advance Crates of United
ltl VI NIN ~ ny ilIllTk III "
cent 10 inyoicc prices"
DISINFECTANT The Board of General
Appraisers Yesterday ruled that merchandise
imported by william, II Stiner 4 Son. de.
scrlhed on the invoice ~ dislnfecting huid,
consisting OF an alkaline solution OF soap and
coal tar ami which l. used a. n general disin.
the Collector At the rate of u per cent. All
valorem under paragraph -, az, Of 1919, as a
coal tar preparation The importers claimed
the merchandise Ia ne free Of duty as sheep
dip under paragraph S9d,
AROMATIC SUBsTANCEs-In u dcci.ion
just handed down by the General Appraisers
II is held that dried rose leaves, flowers.
roses, buds and petals, imported by Mckesson
4 Robbins = =. Anderson 4 Co and the
Dodge & Olcot, Company. were properly taxed
for duty by tho customs officials at the rats
IN paragraph a., act Of 1913, Tor aromatic
subsiances : used IN manufacture of.
hut not marketable as, perfumes or cos,
metics' The lmportcrs claimed free entry
under paragraph a., as crude drugs.
CARD CLOTHlNG GRINDING MACHINES
Leigh 4 Butler OF Boston won before the
Board OF General APPRAISERS yesterday in u
decision txin- duty at the rate of u per cent,
al yalortn on imported Dronsheld patent
for grind ne card clothing, DUTY was levied
a, the rate OF - pcr cent AL valorcm under
raragraph ~, oct OF lsla, as manufacture.
contention for duty AT the lower rate under
paragraph idb rs machine tools.
WOVEN FIGURED COTTON CLOTH Sew
cral protests OF James M'tut'hror 4 Co, ri
al are sustained by. the General Appraiser. IN
u decision handed down yesterday, The mcf
rhandisc IN question consisted of woven ts
urcd cotton cloth. classified by the customs
appraiser as jacquard figured manufarturr.
OF cotton with duty ~ tho rate of 30 per
cent, ad valorcni under paragraph ~ Of tho
net of iHlj. The importers contcnuie,i that
this cotton cloth should have been assessed
with duty nj the appropriate rate according
to the average size Of the yarn IN the cloth
under para raph .;2. In addition to the Nc.
Cutchcon concern the following importers
have protests sustained by this decision:
Adair 4 Bruyere. Alliston, Mcintyre 4 Co,
J " Goddard 4 Sons, e. A, Haynes 4 Co
r. J, Rendsll 1 Co, and q. v, Taylor.