Ball v. United States

Barber, Judge,

delivered tbe opinion, of tbe court:

Tbe importations in tbis case are made of steel. Tbeir method of manufacture is stated by a competent witness as follows:

The steel is first cast into square ingots. These square ingots are rolled into round solid blooms.' These blooms are cut up into short lengths,’ and the short lengths are pierced under- a steam hammer, which expands but does not lengthen them. They are then heated up again and rolled in the same type of mill as you would roll solid bars, over a cast-iron plug. ’ After the first rolling they are pickled and ground to remove…