Show ft U 5 TRIUMPH n ON J SUGAR 0 DUTY U TY Court Of or Customs Appeals Rules Rule S Syrup rup Subject To Levy Utah Manufacturer Sees Secs Great In Decision V WASHINGTON Dec 5 The 5 The domestic sugar industry and Commissioner Commissioner Com Corn missioner of Customs F. F X A A. Eble Ebbe won a notable victory this week when the United States State I court of e cr customs appeals ruled against the importation of liquid sugar and barred from American markets foreign sugar in liquid form unless it pays full tariff duty on the entire sugar content of the liquid In other words the court sustained the customs bureau in its efforts to end the attempted fraud of importing sugar dissolved ed in water under the name of syrup in which form it might I have entered American markets on sn the payment of a nominal duty I instead of a full fun 2 cents a pound The ruling which Commissioner Commission Commission- er sr Eble predicts will commisSion I be affirmed by the United States supreme court ourt if appealed makes the 2 cent tariff uniformly an and l universally universally ally illy effective as against Cuban sugar and guarantees the domestic domes domes- tic ic industry the full measure of I protection granted by congress The court of customs appeals I rendered an exhaustive opinion affirming the lower court and the customs division of the treasury department in holding that sugar dissolved in water and imported into nto the United States for refining I I ing ng under the guise of being im- im imI I imported as syrup was a clear evasion of the Smoot-Hawley Smoot tariff tariff tar tar- I iff ff act It denied that sugar so treated was entitled to be ass assessed assess assess- ed d by customs officials as syrup ss-I ss and end therefore was not entitled to i admission on payment of a nominal I al 1 tariff but must be assessed on onis its is true sugar content and pay duty luty accordingly I The rhe decision was regarded by byI I Utah tah beet sugar manufacturers I as s a step in the right direction i j and nd would be of great help to th that t of the thel parts industry in western United States I |