United States v. Burley & Tyrrell Co.

Smith, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

Certain glassware imported at tbe port of Chicago was classified by tbe collector of customs as composed in chief value of blown glass and assessed for duty at 60 per cent ad valorem under tbe provisions of paragraph 98 of tbe tariff act of 1909, which, in so far as pertinent, reads as follows:

98. Glass bottles, * * * and all articles of every description, including bottles and bottle glassware, composed wholly or in chief value of glass llown either in a mold or otherwise, * * * sixty per centum ad valorem; * * *.

*402The importer protested that the…