The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-26
CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

CIGARETTE BoXEs-The Board Of
General Appralsess hela that litnorrGphed
irch deep. with hinged tops, used az con
tanners Tor cigarettes, imported BY the
American shippins CompAny. were n,roperlgy
act IT 1918. as smokers articles.
SURGICAL FORCEPS, &C-The tr,v Is
lowered on surgical forceps, media holders.
Si],eSci.l5amn PI hlssTniisii' down yeste-dsy b. The
Board OF United States General Appraisers
shou.i have been levied 1T tho rate OF
but 20 per CEN. al va.orem.
CLARET wlNE-C1aret wine, assessed
by the customs officials az the rate Of 30
cents per gallon under paragraph 24i. tarit
act OF 1913, as containing more than -
under the same paragraph at the rate OF
but A. cents per gallon as containing less
than IA yer .ent alcohol. scoring 20 a
Hoard Of General Appraisers This ruling
s~ustains a protest OF Kraus & Co, OF Pitts
burg.
case brought before the Board OF General
Apprais. - hv + II, Nardeerltt 4 Co. and
Maltus \ Ware ala not show. that orchids
ar Wild orchid plants entered here nv the
protpsts-.- were imported exclusively .0r
prop. gazing purposes %severa! protests 10Y
tree enf'y under paTosraph 20, iaF'r nst
on these plants At the rate OF ?5 per cert
al valorem under the hrst part OF para
7 NJ gu NutIo u az tD'NlaANait
provided for.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Bros OF san
Francisco lost before the Board OF General
Appraisers in a claim FOR a lower rate OF
duty than that assessed by the Collector
on clr'Benvare syphon closets, which were
printed with the name aud address OF the
"Verihest" Duty was assessed al the rate
OF 40 per cent. al valorem under para
graph ~ Of the tartf, I't Of 1913 as
printed eartherwsre and calm was made
under the same paragraph for duty at
the rate Of but IS pc cent nd Nalorem
A. the hearing one witness testified that
The marking on the earthsnware was burnt
in ard NOT printed The board, IN. re
ferrlus to this testimony, writes. From
his testimony he was apparently spcaklng
without any knowledge relative thereto
OIL OF CASSIA. sc Judge McClellani
Of the Board OF United states General Ap.
~prnisers handed down two reappraisemeni
eicu market value Of OF! OF cassia shipped
here by NV Wo on OF Hangkong. CHINA.
kct value OF nnisect oil shipped here BY
Frost 4 Cundul Of Hongkons As 70 the
oH OF o"'s,' lthe o'onSr"' Hrp'ahn sy,.ceii a.
20 sST psr round. les y e charges: en-
tered At l32 Mex, 'cr pound, plus packing
rcsppra!sed At ~ per pound G. l. { NeN
York Packing and mating included %
This oil WAS exported December : lalh.
and entered here on February 10 i9la,
oil IA question, Judge McCIe.laui writes
"Aniseci oil. invoired at ?Iil'., less
! tFtlEOtt Filltlfl az ~ MtNt' pllf lhA hlN
roappraised az 9/lls per pound @ I Z
! New York Packing included Th's OF
VT exported December /, 1915 and entered
} here on February ~, 1915.
GERMAN COCHIN OIL-Nsrchariise In
voiced as "46 casks OF German cochin OIL
imported In the name OF william A. Brow n
n CO., anu concerted 10 De Mai is n.o~u
as Cocoanut oil. was the subject ~ a Gus
toms controversy adjusted yesterday by the
poard of United States General APPRAISERS
Duty was levied at the rate OF three and
one-half cents a pound, under paragraph
2p3. tariff act OF 1909, Tho protestant,
/ claimed free entry under paragraph, $50 "a
,ocoauut oil, not refined or dcndoriz"d L.
sustaining this claim Judge Waite writes
1.-The evidence leads us to believe that thu
question whether Il has huJE gcfEod Sc
pends on the absence OF free fatty acid snt
the absence Of odor, IN the part OF tn,
importers II appears that there Is sum cien'
free fatty acid TO show that Il Is not refined
and that also there IL odor. which Is al
mitted by all 20 be evidence that 4, has no
been rchned On the part Of the Govern
ment we have the testimony alone OF III,
Government chemist, that he detected NJ
odor. We are OF tho opinion tina, the testi
muuy OF the importers predominstts ss L
the question OF refinement, We, therefore
hold that the commodity In this case Ia.
not been refined. sustaining the protest"