A. Steinhardt & Bro. v. United States

WHEELER, District Judge.

Paragraph 339 of the tariff act of July 24, 1897 (30 Stat. 181 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1662]), places a duty of 60 per cent, ad valorem on “embroideries and all trimmings, including braids, edgings, insertings, flouncings, galloons, gorings, *443and bands,” “composed wholly or in chief value of cotton flax or other vegetable fiber,” not otherwise provided for, and paragraph 320 (30 Stat. 179 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1661]) for one of 45 per cent, on “bandings, beltings, bindings, bonecasings, cords, garters, lining for bicycle tires, ribbons, suspenders and braces,…