United States v. Mills

Hair nets imported at the port of New York were classified by the collector of customs as silk hair nets made on the Lever or Gothrough *535machine, and were assessed for duty at 70 per cent ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 350 of the tariff act of 1909, which paragraph. in so far as pertinent to the case, reads as follows:

350. Laces, * * * nets, nettings, * * * composed of cotton, silk, artificial silk, or otlier material (except wool), made on tfie Lever or Gothrough. machine, seventy per centum ad valorem: * * *.

The importers protested that the goods were not made on the Lever or…