Causse Mfg. Co. v. United States

The importations in controversy are cherries from which the pits had been removed, the fruit then washed several times in water, as a result of which the dirt and free juices were removed, then exposed to sulphur fumes, and then packed in casks in a weak solution of salt water in order to preserve the fruit in transit; the salt ranging in percentage from .118 to .402. They were designed to be converted into candied cherries, which is done by washing out the salt and sulphur dust, then boiling them in fresh water and then boiling them in sugar sirup. They were subjected to a duty of 1 cent per…