United States v. Pierce

The importations m controversy were invoiced as' “rossed pulp wood,” and consisted of spruce wood in the form of sticks or logs of about 10 inches diameter, cut in lengths of about two feet, and “rossed.” They belong to the class of woods, chiefly poplar and spruce, used for making pulp in the manufacture of paper. Before the date of the present tariff act they were imported in various forms, cut into suitable lengths; sometimes with the bark on; generally with the bark peeled off; and occasionally, though seldom, “rossed,” that is, with the bark, skin, and rough places of the log removed by…