United States v. Douglas

The goods imported in each of these cases are similar in character and were each assessed for duty under paragraph 284 of the tariff act of 1913 covering “all woven articles, finished or unfinished, and all manufactures of flax,” and are claimed to be dutiable at a lower rate under paragraph 283 as “plain woven fabrics.” The question presented in the case therefore is whether the goods imported are plain woven fabrics.

In the main body of the cloth as woven the threads interlace in the ordinary plain weave, one under and one over. Along each border there appears a stripe or stripes made in…