Show A FREAK OF THE CUSTOMS This world wo ld Is full of funny freaks that do some funny things says sars one of the popular songs Truer words were never spoken and the government cus customs customs custOms toms department has more than thaI its share of the freaks Witness a recent I decision by the United States board of or general genera appraisers In an opinion handed down on a case known as Pro Protest Protest Protest test with reference to the fhe im importation Importation of bits of ot prismatic glass the appraisers say e y Had the Importers claimed cl the mer men merchandise merchandise chandise to be dutiable at 45 per cent ad valorem under paragraph no we would feel constrained to sustain their contention Inasmuch as ns the conditions of ot this thi paragraph have been fulfilled by bythe the goods Not having made such sucha a claim the protest is overruled and amI amIth the th collectors decision although er erroneous erroneous erroneous stands as If It affirmed This decision means that the Im lm Importer Importer porter must mut pay duty at it the rate Tate of 60 per cent cen ad valorem instead of at 45 per cent simply because the claim was based on the wrong paragraph in the regulations that ridiculous The decision of oC the collector was admitted to be erroneous but It was affirmed nevertheless Its enough to make that particular importer rise In Iq his wrath and proclaim himself now and forever forevermore more a free tree trader |