Carter, Webster & Co. v. United States

Citations

• 137 F. 978
• 1905 U.S. App. LEXIS 5026

Syllabus

<p>Customs Duties—Classification—Embroidered Hosiery.</p> <p>The provision in paragraph 339, Tariff Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 1, Schedule J, 30 Stat. 181 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1662], that “no wearing apparel * * * when embroidered * * * shall pay duty at a less rate than that imposed in any schedule of this act upon any embroideries of the materials of which such embroidery is composed,” is not limited to wearing apparel not specially enumerated in the tariff; and embroidered hose, though covered by paragraph 318, Schedule I, ■of said act (30 Stat. 179 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1660]), relating to “hose and half hose,” are subject to the embroidery rate -when that exceeds the' rate provided in said paragraph 318.</p>