Shallus v. United States

(orally). This is an appeal by Frank H. Shallus, the importer, from a decision of the Board of General Appraisers dated November 19, 1902, overruling the protest of the importer, and affirming the action of the collector. The merchandise in question is principally pig or hog hair, and is the accumulation of sweepings in mills at which curled hair is manufactured, and in some cases of *846the sweepings of brush factories. It contains a large per cent, of dust, scruff, and some particles of the skin of the hog or other animal from which the hair was taken. It was assessed for duty at the rate of io…