United States v. Kraemer & Co.

The importations in question consisted of brooches or pins made of brass and tin and having an artificial red rose in the center, necklaces constructed of glass beads and cotton strings with a brass clasp, and celluloid bracelets. The pins and bracelets were assessed for duty at 60 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 448 of the act of ■1909, as “articles commonly or commercially known as jewelry, or parts thereof, finished or unfinished.” The necklaces were assessed at the same rate of duty under paragraph 421 of the same act, which provides for “articles not specially provided for in this…