United States v. Geo. S. Bush & Co.

The merchandise involved in this appeal is invoiced as “single silk fishing line” and is referred to throughout the record as “artificial fishing gut” or “silk gut” and is made by coating silk threads or strands with a composition of formalin and gelatin. The merchandise was imported in 1928 in lengths of from 10 to 100 yards and in strengths of from K-pound test to 150-pound test. As imported it is not dyed. *243In this country most of it is dyed. Approximately 2 per centum of the same is sold undyed. After importation it is used either as fishing lines or as material for making fishing leaders,…