United States v. McBratney

The importer, Robert McBratney, imported, in December, 1897, into the port of New York, articles known as “linen doilies” and “tray cloths,” which were woven manufactures of flax, and completed articles ready for use, weighing less than ounces per square yard, and containing more than 100 threads to the square inch, counting the warp and filling. Duty was,imposed thereon at 45 per cent, ad valorem, under paragraph 347 of the act of July 24, 1897, which is as, follows:

“All manufactures of flax, hemp, ramie, or other vegetable fiber or of which these substances, or either of them, is the…