Barham v. United States

This case is a consolidation of the protests made by some six different importers in the matter of entries made — five at the port of San Francisco and one at Los Angeles. The testimony is brief, but undoubtedly sufficient to present clearly the issues.

The merchandise is made'wholly of undyed sea grass (so called) or sedge. In view of the record and for the purposes of this case, the terms sea grass and sedge are treated as synonymous. There are several exhibits showing the condition of the merchandise as imported. One form thereof is in the shape of a cord between two and three sixteenths of…