Bayersdorfer v. United States

H. Bayersdorfer & Co., of Philadelphia, Pa., dealers in and importers of florists’ supplies, imported at that port a quantity of *447immortelles, colored or dyed. They were classified by the collector of customs as ornamental flowers and rated for duty at 60 per cent ad valorem under paragraph 438 of the tariff act of 1909, reading as follows:

438. Feathers and downs of all kinds, including bird skins or parts thereof with the feathers on, crude or not dressed, colored, or otherwise advanced or manufactured in any manner, not specially provided for in this section, twenty per centum ad valorem;…