The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-04
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

ICHTHYoL-A protest OF the Charlin Drug
Company Of New Orleans claiming that icl,.
thyol is free OF duty under rar aSrarh h6l. acf
Of 1918. IL sustained in q decision handrf dn"n
yesterday nv IN. General Appraisers. THIS
ruling reverse. the action Of The Collector n
calorem under paragraph D a. % chemicai or
meiicinal comround.
CARVINGS OF IVORY. Certain carvings
pany OF San Francisco were properly. 40:
sessed for duty At the rate OF ~ per cent ad
valorem, As manufacture OF ivory under
pa,asraph SS.; iar,m ac' %f 'I,S s , a".G noard 20 20
General Appraisers. This DECISION overrules .
claim OF the importers for free entry a. org'
NAL works OF art under paragraph sc.
sULPHATE OF STRONTiA The Board OF
United states General Appraisers yesterday
decided that sulphate of strontia or salts OF
stron,ia imported by the Import Chemical
tun. officials az a chemical salt, with duty AZ
the rate OF IL per cent; "a yyaiorem; Mndsr
proyiiing Tor "Strontia. oxide OF. protoxide
Of s,ron,ia NJ and strontiari'e or mineral car
Donate Of strontis"
on the foreign market values. OF nix sham
rocks imported here from Kyotoi agiki Kaisha
of Yokaichi. Japan. in . reappraisement de
CIeliand OF the Board OF General Appraisers
These advances follow: shamrock toy 40i
entered at .+S. advanced 10 10 ven per gross
bV4 " We = :. Y "
e5 yen per gross; shamrock toy 4os, entered
at 90. advanced TO ~ yen per gross; sham
rock 10y 90, entered a. ,M; advfnssd to -
freight. And similar goods
GROUND PEPPER "A claim OF G, W Shell.
don 4 Co, that merchandise assessed by the
customs officials as ground pepper at the rate
of cent per pound and 20 per cent. AL VA.
loren, under paragraph 235, tariff act of 1918,
should have been taxed at the rate OF but |
cent per pound under the same paragraph as
tit,yr nI nd VnrIIar - nvnFFllRI m "A atAall air N
10y the General Appraisers. Judge Waite
writes that rs the importers offered no evi
drnce to overcome the presumption of cor.
rcctness OF the Collectors action the protes.
stands unsupported and 10 overruled for that
reason.
CRUDE GENTIAN ROOT The Mclaughlin,
yesterday before the Board Of Umted States
General Appraisers IN a test case involving
the correct classification OF crude ~geutian
root. Duty was assessed on this Uerohandi Sc
a, the rate OF &c. per pound under para.raph
~, act Of 1913, and the importers claimed
free entry under parasraph ~ as a crude
ton writes: "The importers contention seems
to he thar being eentian root 1t does come
under the provision for %gentlan. and there IL
no provision for gentian root. but he has
failed to point what would come under the
term '%gentian' II it did not cover The root
From the context Of the paragraph II seems
PLAIN that the provision for gentian would
cover both leaves and roots. Tho protest is
overruled."
PEARL BUTTONS -Judg. Waite Of the
Board of General Appraisers yesterday handed
dow two eappraisement decisions on the
foreign market values Of pearl buttons i'm
ported from Kobe, Japan. In advancing the
values Of buttons imported here from X
Kegawa the General Appraiser writes: ia.
kase ball buttons. 10 ligne. III, entered M
81, ~. advanced to 81 yen per ION gross: takase
ball buttons, |: liGnes, entered at 81 az, al.
vanced tn II 10 yen per 100 gross; takase ball
buttons, 10 lignes. entered At 81 10, adv an,pd
TO ~ ID ven Ier 100 rross; ,akase ball buttons,
II lignes, entered ut 1853, advanced to "a 40
yen per 100 gross. Add ,ase and packing" Al
to buttons imported here from Winckler 4
Co. Judge Waite writes. 'Takase ball but.
tons, ~ lignes, cat eye. entered at II. u. al.
yahced to ND ven per 100 gross; takase ball
buttons. 10 ligies. cat eye and clear. entered
cases and vackinS."