United States v. Aki Co.

Paragraph 718 of the tariff act of 1922 reads as follows:

Salmon, pickled, salted, smoked, kippered, or otherwise, prepared or preserved, 25 per centum ad valorem; finnan haddie, 25 per centum ad valorem; dried fish, salted or unsalted, lht cents per pound; smoked herring, skinned or boned, 2J^ cents per pound; all other fish, skinned or boned, in bulk, or in immediate containers weighing with their contents more than fifteen pounds each, 2pá cents per pound net weight.

The merchandise involved in this case was obtained in the following manner: Large fish were skinned and boned and the flesh…