United States v. Lord

Straw hats trimmed with silk imported at the port of New York were classified by the collector of customs as wearing apparel composed in chief value of silk, dutiable at 60 per cent ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 402 of the tariff act of 1909, which in so far as it is pertinent to the issue, reads as follows:

402. Laces, * * * and articles of wearing apparel of every description, including knit goods, made up or manufactured in whole or in part by the tailor, seamstress, or manufacturer; all of the foregoing composed of silk, or of silk and metal, or of which silk is the…