United States v. Bouchsein

Under the tariff act of 1909 the appellee imported into this country a consignment of schappe silk yarn. It is conceded that the merchandise was dutiable under paragraph 397 of that act.

The pertinent parts of the paragraph read as follows:

397. Spun silk or schappe silk yarn * * * if valued at exceeding one dollar per pound, in the gray, in skeins * * * if advanced beyond the condition of singles by grouping or twisting two or more yarns together, on all numbers up to and including number two hundred and five, fifty cents per pound, and in addition thereto ten one-hundredths of one cent per…