The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-25
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

TERfiNEot"--ln a reapprats"nlent Dc
.he foreign market value 81 torrinco|,
shipped her. by ". !. Rush 4 co. ot Lon
don, JHdse sr".n OF ~. sosJd Of %sn"rs,
Is. I'd, advanced 20 IS. per 10 Add drum.
TrXrBooks-rrc Free entry Is ~s'ioucl
on certain redicsl textbooks Untitled
"Walker's permat"logy' and "Whe.l"r1
Medicine imported b, T l. gaming q
20. In q d~ecislou just ~rendsret by til"
Bos-d ~ General Apprsisors puty Wa
'aNed lv III" collector ~ tn" rate OF y per
cen I'D valorer under paragraph 3!s OF
he act ~ 1918 IS books The hoard hnds
that they should have been admitted iTer
NJ duty under paragraph i-6 A. "teNthooks
used IN sgh"ois and other educational IN
sti,u,ions."
LEATHER GLOVES. -. Gentlemen. &
co and S,einoerssr & H,lish-r w"u before
'he Board OF United states General Az
praisers yesterday IN a claim for io" duty
on certain imported leather gloves These
gloves wee taxed vith cumulative ir'y
o: 40 GEMS per dozen pair. under para
graph 40 OF the tartn &C. OF 1870? a. he'ng
stitched or embroidered With more than
three .!ng" stand. or '"rds The i'm
porters' contention that the gloves IN qG"s
tion H.r" NOT :" stitches or ,nIbr%,Lerei
duty Il sustained by the customs board
| LIrHoGRApH,c PRINTS A,ner,.
can Express Company was uusucCessful be
fore the Board Of u"neral tpprais.rs !"s'
,ssday IN /. c:n,r"y.rsy invoking ,hc c's;.
s'''' ~ ~ ~ ~ - 49,
tng $1,000 Of an inch r. thickness Duts
was levied thereon a, me rate Of Is couts
therefor IN paragraph cg5 Of ,hc &C, o,
1918. and the importers Gained that iu'!
should have been collected AZ the rate Of
Is per cent, al "slor'm under paraxr.pl'
holds tina. the proof offered BY the I'M
porters vas wholly Insufficient 10 support
The claim Tor thc lower duty.
LAcEs.-Board l.. United States Genera.
..# Loo.
appraIsemcnt decision affirming al rauces
recently made by judge Cooper on the f'-
from george Mycrnft q Gutmaun 4 N"'
iiis" SH,ss' f fF:.. Unit, TN", @a, .a,"' ,oy'' real s%.
,sred =. y; 1av"n,.a to go per sr%.s
tered a. ~, .ayangcd' . rs'., e;r
pcr cent. Ala shook.. mink. otr' Les,
freight 10 steamer, Hox"S and wrapper
Included"
HuRRER TTBtNG.-Thc Hoard nj
United states General Appraiser handc,
down yesterday a decision involving the
correct Classification, under N" tarit ~"
Of 1919. Of rubber tubing aud so-callo,
india rubber policeman imported hy tr'
Henry llel chemical Company uf -. Louis
tiu'y was tsA'd on th's 'nerrhhliIse q,
the rate ~ IL per ccut al %y"'"r"n, ,nnd"'
pa! ps pTyst"'sH s.. Tn. "r r!s..s,snt s' s""tsna, b"
that the articles Were not druggists suH
dr,cs aud should therefore have been CHASE
flied as manufacturers of rubber subj,c' :,
duty at the rate 81 "a per cent, al vsloreu
under smother provision Of the same para
graph. IN sustaining this contention
Judge Mcrlellani writes: "The ,csttnunl
tends to show that both the ruhher tnhir,
and the rubber policemen are used b.
chemists in the making Of analyses au'
that they do not belong 20 tho class o
articles known and dea'' IN az drugg lsiS
Eundries. Tho protests are Therefore
Sustained"
INVITATIONS PEARL BEADS,-Judg
sullivan OF the Board Of lnit"I state
General Appraisers writes. IN II de"isio,
overruling 4 claim ~ sears, Hoenuck
co. Of Chicago 10Y = low duty IN certai,
imported Imitation pearl beads. a. follows
THE merchandise IN question Is strings q
graduated imitation pear beads. which III,
teal mony shows are rrstrung AMI clasp
attached. II also shows that. in RESTING
Ing. the beads hold the same relative posi-
tons IA before being resirung They wer'
assessed with duty as articles compose
wholly or in chief value of beads at III
rate ~ 10 per cent al ,alorem under par
agrapl 1913, tarin at Of 1913. aud whil'
upou appra-s to he that they are iutihhi
as Imitation pearl heads. not dreaded o
strung. or strung luoseiy On thread 10
facility IN transport utior only, at o. pt
cent. al valurcm under the same para
graph. There IL ~ proof that these head
are strung for facility IN importation only
IN fact ~ gather from the testimony thu
they, are strung for convenience 20 tina
the heads Will hold the same relative pos'
tions IN r."HtrinFins' The protests ~