United States v. Jacobson & Sons Co.

The merchandise in this case was imported from Canada and was produced there in the following manner: So-called scrap brass, consisting of duds or spoiled shells, was purchased for the purpose, among other things, of recovering the brass therein. Solder was used in making these shells. In reclaiming the brass it would spoil the mixture if the solder was not separated from the brass, and as in the smelting operations it became liquid at a lower temperature than the brass, it was drawn off, poured into shapes and forms called ingots, bars, molds, etc., and in that condition imported. Some at…