United States v. Manufacturers' Paper Co.

Barber Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court:

The. merchandise is roughly cut or dressed lava stones of various sizes and is used in paper mills. As imported each stone is 5 or *1116 feet long and about 9 inches wide by 5 inches thick. The 9-inch sides ai’o not exactly parallel, making the stones somewhat, though not' markedly, wedge shaped. The dimensions vary in different importations. They are sometimes known as lava bricks and the importations in this case are suitable, prepared for, and designed to be fitted to and cemented upon the outer surface of cast-iron- drums. The entire exterior…