United States v. Auffmordt

Fancy cotton dress goods, the selvages of which contained mer-ccrized threads, were classified by the collector of customs as cotton cloth, mercerized. Consequently, in addition to the appropriate rate for cotton goods having the weight, value, count of threads, and color effects of the importation, a duty of 1 cent per square yard was imposed on the merchandise under the provisions of paragraphs *237323 and 320 of the tariff act of 1909, which paragraphs, in so far as material to this case, read as follows :

323. In addition to the duty or duties imposed upon cotton cloth by the various…