Cone v. United States

The merchandise in this case consists of vegetable fibers which are claimed to be free of duty under paragraph 578 of the act of 1909. The assessment was under paragraph 480 for nonenumerated manufactured articles. The report of the appraiser was that “the merchandise consists of piassava, a vegetable fiber, dyed and dressed, used in the manufacture of brushes, returned for duty, as a non-enumerated partially manufactured article.” In answer to another protest, the merchandise was referred to as “vegetable fiber cut into uniform lengths, dressed and dyed and bunched, used in the manufacture…