Salomon Bros. & Co. v. United States

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The tariff act of 1897, in paragraph 463, imposed a duty upon waste not specially provided for of 10 per cent ad valorem. Paragraph 479 of the act of 1909. is identical.

Paragraph 566 of the act of 1897 reads as follows: .

Grasses and fibers: Istle or Tampico fiber, jute, jute butts, manila, sisal grass, sunn, and all other textile grasses or fibrous vegetable substances, not dressed or manufactured in any manner, and not specially provided for in this act.

This paragraph appears in the free list. The corresponding paragraph in the act of 1909 is identical with this with the exception…