United States v. Wertheimer & Co.

This appeal brings here for determination the question whether certain gloves imported at the port of New York, known in the trade *455as Paris points, are “stitched or embroidered, with more than three single strands or cords,” as that term is used in paragraph 459 of the tariff act of 1909. The phrase occurs in identical language as it did in paragraph 445 of the tariff act of 1897. The question is one of importance, affecting alike great industries in this country and merchandise imported in very large quantities, both to meet an extensive popular consumption of every-day wear. No subject…