De Ronde v. United States

This is an appeal from a decision of the Board of General Appraisers which confirmed a decision of the collector of customs of New York in assessing duty on bleacher's blue. The merchandise was assessed under paragraph 45 of the tariff law of 1897, which provides for—

blues, such as Berlin, Prussian, Chinese, and all others, containing ferrocyanide of iron, in pulp, dry or ground in or mixed with oil or water, eight cents per pound.

The appellant claims that the importation was dutiable under section 6 at the rate of 20 per cent ad valorem as an unenumerated manufactured article.

The contention…