The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14
TRUST COMPANIES
NOT MEM BERS OF
FEDERAL RESERVE BA NIX
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

UPHOLSTERY GooDs-rn a reap
praiseneni decision advancing the foreign
ported at sprinsfe'd from Blair. Smith
q Iceland OF Dsrvel. Genera Appraiser
bieached l 1874. SC. entered At 3tsc. per
yard And similar goods Discount 81,
per cent and -, per cent Add cases
cent. only These goods wer" exported
January II aud entered at springfield on
February :, 1916
DENTAL. FORCEPs-pental ~forc.p..
IKE surgical forceps. are properly olas-l.
liable Tor duty at the rate OF "a per cent
All Nalot.m under Paragraph 49, Of Tn"
specially provided for. rather than du'i.
snl- a. the rat. III 40 per cent AT vsloi-m
under The" proyislon IN psrasrsph le' o.
se.trrdaS by 'hs Boa.S Of United s,s,r.
General Appraiser This ruiins ~sus'aIns
d protest Of q \ sykes
BlRTHDAN CAKE CANpLES-The
Strobei ~ wilk!n Company won before
The Board OF General Appraisers yester
birthday cake candles Duty was levied
on these candles at the rate 81 - per
t1"' arm sd '', SSt Of 'G isis p'F TIE PSnss 3D. IN
sustaining the contention Of the profess
tants. hNes duty at the rate of hut Ii
per cent ad valorem under paragraph
TEASl.ED CI.OTH-The Board o. Gem
.rtl Appraisers held Yesterday that, upon
tne common meaning or IN" term used,
"a" different meaning having been .s,ab.
'ish"d, certain woven fabrics In chief
value OF Ansora goat hair, having a
properly du,iable under paragraph 3o9,
act Of 1913, as pitcher; >.lve's and all
other pile fabric" a. the rate 81 a. per
"cloth aud all manufactures Of every de-
s"ription mad" by any. process. wholly or
goat az the rate OF 30 per cent ad va
loren. under paragraph 3os The boards
findings sustain protests OF 9 4 HAYNES
represented the importers IN their con-
tsntion before the board for the lower
rHts OF ds,y' Rro ,The .,tstimGny shG"s;n
question are Manufactured by 4 so -called
t,asling process. which rnughens the sur
gives a soft effect. which the Government
claims makes II a plush. Will. the i'm
porter claims, on the other hand. that
II does not have that effect. The CONNER
cial testimony is very conflicting. most Of
the Government witnesses t-stifying that
!, is Gonsh, and sold as a pin,h and so
Der of equally creditable witnesses pre-
sented by the importer testified that II Is
trade" In c"nciu.,on the board decides
that the goods are not pushes within the
common meaning Of that term as used In
paragraph 800.
titled The Concise oxford Dictionary"
imported by the oxford University Press,
American DrdnCn, were the subject OF a
decision handed down YESTERDAY by the
Board OF, General Appraisers. Duty was
assessed by the customs. officials az the
rate Of 10 per cent. ad valorem under
paragraph 500 OF the act OF 1919 as hooks
not specially provided for. The importers
claimed that they should have been ad-
mitted free Of duty under the provision In
paragraph i?s OF said act for 'text books
used In schools and other educational in.
stitutions" In overriding this claim
Judge Fischer writes: THE proof shows
that a large lumber AZ these dictionaries
are sold to certain schools and colleges.
presuma bly, for use In the classroom. hut
II is by no means established that the
books are known either commonly or COM
rnercialiy as text hooks II Is not sum-
c!ent to show that they are used In
schools II IL equally important that they
be primarily arranged and prepared In
the form OF text books, This dictionary
differs In no material sense from numerous
other dictionaries which are In daily use
rs the general public. Inasmuch as We
10 not consider the book a text book
in the sense that term IL used In para
graph &e6 the protest must he and here.
by Is In all respects overruied and the
decision OF the collector II accordingly ar.
frm.d,'