United States v. Gage Bros.

Certain silk velvet ribbons and woven silk fabrics were entered at the port of Chicago in the months of January, February, March, and April, 1909. The ribbons were assessed for duty at $1.50 per pound and 15 per cent ad valorem under the provisions of paragraph 386 of *440the tariff act of July 24, 1897. Some of the woven silk fabrics were assessed for duty at $3.25 per pound and some of them at $4.50 per pound under the provisions of paragraph 387 of the same act.

The importers protested that the weights as found by the'appraiser were in excess of the true weights of the merchandise, that the…