United States v. Gross

In this case it was found by the Board of General Appraisers, on evidence concededly ample to support the conclusion, that the imported merchandise is turkey feathers which have been chopped, dyed, and sewed together on a cord in the form of bands or strips about a meter in length, differing only in colors; that while in this condition it is, after importation, sold to manufacturers who further process it into what is called “marabous,” which appears to mean a feather trimming, and that when imported it is not suitable for use as millinery ornaments.

We quote so much of paragraph 347 of the…