United States v. Borgfeldt

Graham, Presiding Judge,

delivered tbe opinion.of the court:

On March 20,-1924, the appellee imported at New York certain oriental wool rugs. The testimony, together with an inspection of the official sample, shows the imported articles to. be oblong, each *241about 3 yi by 5 34 feet in size. They are made and in chief value of a foundation material of felted goat wool, pounded and pressed together, without further manufacturing process. About the margin of the rug the fibers of which it is composed are drawn out into a fringe from 2 to 4 inches in length. The rugs are ornamented with embroidered…