The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-11
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

The Board OF United state, General An.
psatsrts henaed down Yesterday several
one ~ these rulings involved the corrar,
p poIt.a hv oi certain linen crash i'm
pany, the Piersou Schads ForwarJiny Co,m.
pany and tn. W schade Forwarding C",m.
bsnS 81 - Louis; This crash was cias.i-
,"t duty at the rate OF IS per cent adj
loren under paragraph :ss OF the tarir
a., 81 1918. The importers claimed said
NJ! ,hshuise 10 b" plain woven and properiy
lItahle at the rate Of but 80 per cent,
c co ysios sns. gEa.r ~..rasrsph :sa Juds.
.ne ntn'!aI samples duty MAS correctly
"i az The So per cent. rate.
SHIha 4 Co. sander W-isz and IN.
American and European Forwnriins con- w
nahN or mis- city were more successful he.
to' ,ns %rnerhl Appraisers In a test case
~ Ne. shirt bos"ms and blouses comnos.I
., y",,"n or fax. which were taxed Tor
under paragraph IS. 81 tn. tsrir nc, u,
go as articles made Ia whole or In par,
WIN H." J9dse Cooper decides that.
when, were embroidered. the m.rrhnndi.s
Sa,n'i nave been assessed FOR duty Al The
PARTY made cotton wearing appare unssr
paragraph 256 Tn. embroIi'rs hosn,r.
,,bo oi."s,S are he'd properly du,lahle at
The Alma 4 Do.pke COMPANY q, Cl.v..
lSha lost before the board In a dec,.ion
i"iIie, and other ray articles sror, .haanhh
,nItaus Were drawn and additional threads
maInirrSs' whi,a by drawing the loose ro-
m''.n'Hk threads together. formed an oman
work figure or design. The Ge,s oPrn.
prai,ers hold that these articles We're c ~p
per cent al valorem under p,r,ersnh' AZ
or IN" 'ar,n act ~ 1913 as ~"dr1wnworb"
az "ns7' me importers claimed duty a,
OF nax under paragraph est '
~Shsuppori'l protests fled by The Cunara
steamship Company. Ltd, and mo Pa'iat
~ ' nstIltAnA- Inc g. s.
,,isc9 and Boston william H rhornlsrf"ns
m n Jones q 80. ana the A,chison, Topeka
rrancis,a and the American Diese, Eneina
CompanS Wester Bros. Morimurs Rso.
S'S;"e bieizEsn Company. a. J. Hague
IRON ana Steel Corporation. r. G;utmsn a
CO.. ana r. r Downing & "a. OF his ci,v
' VI otSrru,ea ny the customs hoard.
appraisers II l. held that dana.k tow. -
S'",PossI OF cotton and FAX imported bv
", Gardner 4 Co, wer" correctly assessed
valorem as msnufac,ures PEI cent a.
psiasrhph 2ff Of the tarir act Of 1919 and
e s"st 'G snJ union faericS composed Of
and Henry Glass 4 90. we're Nrln
G.a.sinei a. manufactures 81 Max. Win
'n.nrrm. under paragraph :sI Protests
tanning lower rates are overruled
Two VII" drawing machines and on.
4 Downer Company of Ros,on. ws,. s'..e
s'ssed FOR duty at the rate 81 20 nsr CO..,
al va!"ren under paragraph Isf NJ, ~.
present tarin law. as manufactures or
meta not specially provided for. The i'm
por'ers claimed before the hos 81 ~,
dutN should have been assessed at The 80
OF but y per cent. ad vslorem under mara
graph i65 as machines. The boar Psr.
tainS the claim FOR the lower duty 80
the wire drawing machines. hut AZ IN ~.
wire punch grinder Judge Fischer w.t..
that no evidence whatever Was IN 1919
performed. N with IL
The board fnds that second hand lutte hs ys
male from = twilled fabric. imported hv r
A. Hogan 4 60 OF Portland Ne, zorro
correctly classified nv the customs nre.
cih,s as manufacture of vegetable nbra
with duty at the rate NJ sb per con, "a
Halorem under paragraph 2h ~ IN. tarir
act ~ 1919 The importers claimed dutv
sacks mad" from plain woven fahr,cs ~,
single Jute yarn, &c, under paragrsph