Plummer v. United States

The articles in suit are artificial horsehair hat braids imported under the law of 1897.

Paragraph 409 of the act provides for—

Braids * * * composed wholly of straw, chip, grass, palm leaf, willow * * * suitable for making or ornamenting hats * * * not bleached, dyed, colored, or stained, fifteen per centum ad valorem; if bleached, dyed, colored, or stained, twenty per centum ad valorem. * * * But the terms “grass” and “straw” shall be understood to mean these substances in their natural form and structure and not the separated fiber thereof.

Paragraph 339 provides for — •

Braids * * * composed…