Show DUTY ON DIAMONDS Assessed nt Real Value and Ten Per Cent Above Invoice Price Washington July liVord has reached the Treasury department that the board or general appraisers has advanced ad-vanced 10 per cent the value of a lot of diamonds Imported by a firm of Cincinnati Cin-cinnati Jewelers and valued at about 5175000 The contention of the Importers was that they had bought the diamonds at a bargain and that the Invoice correctly stated the price paid The Government however holds that duties are assessed on the actual market value of the goods Imported and that duty must be paid on that basis There Is no appeal |