WORTHINGTON V. UNl'fED STATES.
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WORTHINGTON et al. v. UNITED STATES. (Circuit Court, S. D. New York. No. 1,792. , 1. CUSTOMS DUTIES-CLASSIFICATION-METALLIC PINS.
December 16, 1898.)
Fancy pins, with metal shafts, and' metal, glass, or paste heads, are dutiable under paragraph 20G of the tariff law of 1890, as "pins, metallic," and not under paragraph 108, as "manufactures of which glass is the component of chief value, not specially provided for"; paragraph 206 containing no exception of "pins otherwise provided for."
2. SAME-HAT ORNAMENTS OF PASTE.
)iillinery or hat ornaments composed chiefly in value of paste, in the form of so-called "Rhinestones," their remaining material being metal backs and frames to hold the paste stones, are dntiable under paragraph 459 of the tariff law of 1890, as manufactures of which paste is the component of chief valne, not specially provided ,for, and· not under paragraph 108, as manufactures of which glass is the component of chief value, not specially provided for, nor nnder paragraph 452, as articles of jewelry.
This is an appeal by Worthington, Smith & Co. from a decision of the board of general appraisers in affirming the classification for duty of certain imported articles of merchandise. Albert Comstock, for importers. J. T. Van Rensselaer, Asst. U. S. Atty. TOWNSEND, District Judge. The evidence in this case shows without dispute that the merchandise covered herein, which was imported under the tariff act of 1890, consisted of fancy pins, with metal shafts, and metal, glass, or paste heads, and of millinery or hat ornaments, composed chiefly in value of paste, in the form of so-called "Hhine· stones"; their remaining material being metal backs and frames to hold the paste stones. Duty was assessed on all these goods at 60 per cent., as manufactures of which glass is the component of chief value, not specially provided for, under paragraph 108 of the act in question. The importers claim that the pins were dutiable at 30 per cent. only, under paragraph 206, as "pins, metallic," irrespective of the component of chief value, and that the other articles were dutiable at 25 per cent. only, under paragraph 459, as manufactures of which paste is the component of chief value, not specially provided for. It was decided by this court in U. S. v. Wolff, 69 Fed. 327, that pins with metal shafts were '.'pins, metallic," in the sense of paragraph 206, and the evidence in the present case fully supports that conclusion. As the paragraph is unqualified by any exception of such pins "otherwise provided for," all such are dutiable thereunder, however much they might otherwise meet the provisions of paragraph 108, or any other part of the act. As to the other articles, the proof shows that they are not composed in any part of glass, except in such sense as "paste" may be glass; the evidence showing that paste is the component of chief value. But con· gress has long discriminated between paste and glass in tariff acts, and the provision cited by the appellants is, as between that and paragraph 108, the only one applicable to the goods under discussion. If, however, these articles are jewelry, there is a paragraph (452) which
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more specifically provides for them, at 50 per cent., than does "manu· factures of paste not specially provided for." The common acceptation of the term would not include a paste buckle to be sewn into the trimmings of a hat. The evidence in this case shows that these millinery ornaments al'e fol' spch use, and are of too cheap and fragile a character to be much handled, or constantly removed and replaced, as is the practice with jewelry.· Furthermore, it shows that in the wholesale, millinery trade, to which these articles pectain, they are never known commercially as "jewelry," as pal'agraph 452 l'equires that articles should be, in order to come within it. Thel'efol'e there is no paragraph of the law applicable to these articles, except No. 459, cited by the appellants. Paste and metal "cabochons," acticles of the same class and materials, were held dutiable as unenumerated manu· factul'es of which paste was chief value, by the circuit court of appeals in U. S. v. Field, 29 C. C. A. 458, and 8f) Fed. 862. The decision of the board. of appraisers is reversed, and it is held that the pins are dutiable .at 30 per cent., under paragraph 206, and the other articles at 25 per cent., under paragraph 459, both of said act
UNITED STATES v. SEHLBACH et al. (Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. December 7, 1898.) CUSTOMS DU'rIES-Cr,ASSIFICATlOK-ALIZARINE BLUE.
Alizarine blues, commercially known as such when introduced into this country, though not known in the commerce of the country until after the passage of the tariff act of 1890, are free of duty thereunder, as members of the class of dyes' called "alizarine blues," made duty free by paragraph 478.1
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southem District of New York. James.T. Van Rensselaer, for the United States. Edward Hartley, for appellees. Before WALLACE, LACOMBE, and SHIPMAN, Circuit Judges. SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge. In November and December, 1893, the firm of E. Sehlbach & 00. imported into the port of New York three kinds or 8hades of a dye entered as "alizarine blue;" known, respec· tively, as "alizarine blue 5 R.," "alizarine blue O. W. R. R.," and "alizarine blue O. W. R. B." The collector classified each as a c:.oal·tar color, under paragraph 18 of the tariff act of October 1, 1890, which is as follows: "All coal tar colors or dyes, by whatever name known, and not especially provided for in this act, thicty.five per centum ad valorem." The importers protested against this classification upon the ground that the dyestuffs in these importations were commer· cially known as "alizarine blue," and were in the free list, and duty free,under paragraph 478 of the same act, which is as follows: "Aliza· rine, natural or artificial, and dyes commercially' known as alizarine 1 For classification of goods for payment of duties generally, see note to Dennison Mfg. Co. v. U. S., 18 C. C. A. 545, 72 Fed. 258,