The sun., 1916-01-13
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

Artificial or synthetic cryoite, which -
commercially known az cryohte or .rtlH-
ci.i cryoii,e, Is properly free Of duty under
paragraph tss OF the tarin act Of 1918.
,erday by tho Board of United states Gen
era Appraisers. This decision sus,sins a
protest Of the Roess.er 4 Hasslavher
Chemical Company OF this city against
the Collectors Classification of this msr-
ehandise as a chemical compound or mix
ture. with duty A. the rate ~ - per cent.
.d valorem. under paragraph 3.
Thomas Holmes OF Boston won before
the general appraisers IN another decision
handed down Yesterday involving the cor
rect classification under the present tArir
law, VI imported merchandise inyO!ced as
''Tus.ih elk noiis Duty was assessed
under paragraph sii az N. RAJ. Of 20
inches In lensth, and the board hnds that
the merchandise should have been sd
mi'ted free OF duty, under paragraph Ss9,
a. silk cocoons and silk waste
Tho board fnds IN a decision overriding
a protest OF Marshall Field \ 60 Of thl.
caso that adiantum leaves, co.ored green.
poses. were properly taxed Tor duty a, the
rate OF 60 per cent ad valorem under par
ssraph s+7 OF the TART, act Of 1913, The
importers claimed duty at the rate OF hut
- per cent. ad valorem under paragraphs
sst and ss OF the same act,
Various strands OF oatgu;. twisted In
,he form OF cord and coated with a
light .vsrnish substance or material I'm
ported by NJ l. Eckste'n 4 Co, are held
by the customs board to hav. been prop
erly assessed for duty a. tn. rate Of 20
OF the tarir act OF 1913 as manufactures
OF cstgut. The importers protested for
free entry Of the merchandis. under para.
graph <<3 AZ catgut unmanuractured. The
witness who testified on behalf OF the i'm
porters stated that the cstgut was i'm
ported In rolls 80 meters In length, and
for use on shuttle machines. that being
Il. only use
,Apprsis.r Sasue c,sssin.d Goddard =
pISte powder. imported by tho Acker, Mer.
powder with duty AZ the rat. Of is PEI
cent ad va'orem under paragraph II Of
saimSd he General ,pprais.ps iPSFsr, x
duty should have been assessed under
Sh,"s or y Pats Witt. ''"l or G%nna as
graph 76 at 81 ton as clay or earth.
%r9usht or manufactured Judge Brown
Collector at IN. Is per cent sd vaiorem s en-
rate.
Merchandis. invoiced as "Parafnn
son ,Schsde Forwarding Company Of -.
Louis, was the subject OF "a decision handed
down In favor Of the protestants Thes.
with duty at the rate Of 20 per cent sd
vaior.m under parssraph ~. OF the tariff
Should ns Id SaS. b.en asd MAJ hsy
tured articles, not specially provided for
with duty at the rate Of u per cent ad
valorem under paragraph 3S5.
Rafael del Castillo & Bro, was success
ful before the General Appraisers in a de
olsion admitting free OF duty an extract
of bark commonly used for tanning under
paragraph 6.% of the existing tartn law
DUTY was assessed at the rate Of 3-s OF 1
cent pound on this merchandise under
paragraph 30, as an extract of vegetable
origin,
Judge Brown sustains "A protest of the
against tho Collectors assessment Of duty
al the rate OF 20 cents n pound under
paragraph 36, tarin act OF 1913 on certain
Imported chiclo. as being refined or ad
vanced In value by drying, strsining &c
Tho General Appraiser hnds that from this
cisl sample the chicle at issue was crude
and should have been classified under
paragraph 81, with duty at the rate OF but
Is cents pound, Another decision In
volving exactly the same Issue WAS rem.
dered YESTERDAY by Judge Brown IN favor
OF schultz, Bunemann 90. OF this city