The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

FrRs-A heavy advance. ~ell within the
seizure point ~1s made yesterday by Judge
General Appraisers on. the foreign market
value Of fur. shippcJ here by 1evey 4 Co.
Of london 1hcs, 'rs, .acor'sd Soysmesr
1915, were valued on the invoice Al -. ~.
peT dozen. The customs appraiser advanced
porter appealed TO rcspprai.tmeni' In the
rulin Il Iust. rendered the General Appraiser
hnds that the furs, consisting of rabbit skins
ers adj, arce IL upheld. Unless the importer
now carrie. the case 10 q board of three
verses tn. hiding. OF the single General Az.
irAiser. these fdrs Will he coniscated By
the customs authorities for underv Alustion
..sHovEI.s The E~lknap Hardware and
before the Board of United ststes Genera
Appraisers yesterday III a Gain that shovcls
.aonid h. admitted ,.:: Of duty under para.
these shovel, were correctly classned by
metal not spec ally provided. for, with duty
=, The rate q - pei sent. ID v.lsrsm Inds.
tbs case. writes: The testimony OF the
importers witness fails far .hor, OF es,sb.
i,sins ,si' The .hGyt,I III sn.''' sho, are
have sIch vide and varied uses that TO pre-
vail under. paragraph 80, II must ne con,
clnsiv'ly shown tina, they are agricultural
pi"yed As si'h Tia, ist ma. not, been
proved ID this Gaze
FEATHERS The method OF apprai.n.
Cor du,isble purposes feather. of various
kinds lnvoiced a, an average price u fully
covered III a reresppraisemont decision
state. General Appraisers The test case. the
sIh!ccr OF 'his ruling. involved the question
Of the torel-u marhet value OF .rud. ostrich
Port Elizabeth The shipment consisted OF
four case. OF feathers ,nNolSet AZ All averase
pr,- OF .. per noand I've Of the cas";
the ca~s unss.or,-d females and tho re
mAindor unassor,cd whites and unassoricd
females In the mc,thand.e
,or,ed white. and thu uns..or,cd femsle
and played a valuation Of IS per pound
latter Tho cVluencc IN the 'aS showed
that tho s-.rcsa'c OF The appraised value
uss los than tho total in,oi'r or entered
value
II Vas admitted he the importer tina, II the
Appraiser was justified III making the separa-
tlon and txiu- separate values on the ron
,erts OF the several cases tine appraised values
were correct, aud II Wa con'eded by the Gos.
crnmcnt that ms. per pound actually repre-
,har,lisr as n ran. that - tn cav, that that
Vas tho correct AVERAGE value ~ Port Eliza
beth a, the date OF Shipment The questions
involved were NJ la" namely First, whether
the importers acted within the statute in M.
Ing all average price OH the feathers; second.
whether the Appraiser acted within the Law
III separating the feathers IN fAlng separate
values on III" tvo kinds IN the importation.
The ease vac hrst heard before Judge M,Clel,
land, who hplu that the importer WAS lusti.
tied. a. supported 10y the evidence. IN inyoIc-
ins the merchandise separately The General
Appraiser further held that the Appraiser
Vas not Warranted III separating the two
kinds of feathers ior the purpose of appraise.
ment ana tixin. value. thereon. vhIch. n sls,
tanned, would have resulted IN the imposition
of pcnal,ics. Following this ruling the uoS.
crnnient appealed the ISSUE to the board ~
three General Appraisers The finding. OF
this board lust rendered affirm the decision
Of Judge McClelland Tho value as fixed by
the singlc General Appraiser and the appeal
bo.rL READ. tnsortel Uhites and females.
at h's. per pound. Add sorting and
psckin: No advance"
PAPER Greaseprooi or imitation parch.
mrnt paper used tor wrapping butter. lard,
a., Ia held ~ u decision JUS, rendered by the
Board of General Appraisers properly dutiable
AT the rate OF 81 per cont. al yalorcm under
paragraph ~ OF tho tariff act OF l"l3, This
decision overrules a protest OF Alexander
Murphy 4 Go. Of Philadelphia, III which II
tsAc,! a, the rate Of but % per cent AL va
loren under the general provision IN para
srsph rs Tor ~raprin. paper not specially
provided for
FISH NET MAKING MACHINE The Board
OF General Appraleers sustained YESTERDAYS =
Of tho Linen Thread Company Of Bo.
ton Tor a low rate nj duty on a machine at
DUTY vi. levied on tins machine a, thu rate
vi =, per cent al ,alorem under tho provision
IN PARAGRAPH ~" Of tho tarlh act Of 1913 for
machines tor making lace clrtalns. nets ar
MEETINGS The General Appraisers sustain
the claim for classification a. . manufacture
al the rate OF hut ~ per cent. AL ,slorrm uu
der paragraph l6S