Pierce v. United States

This importation was of capers. Dutiable classification was made by the collector at the port of Boston as a vegetable prepared or *172preserved under paragraph 241 of the tariff act of 1897, which was in the following language:

241. * * •* all vegetables, prepared or preserved, including pickles and sauces of' all kinds, not specially provided for in this act, and fish paste or sauce, forty per centum ad valorem.

The provision is under schedule G, which provides for “agricultural products” and a specific subhead.thereunder of “farm and field products.”

The appellant maintains that the merchandise…