Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws Volume 21 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... in cotton cloth, all the warp and filling threads, whether ordinary or other than ordinary, and whether clipped or undipped, shall be counted. Two samples were introduced in evidence, Exhibit 1 representing the merchandise in controversy, which was returned as counting over 100 and less than 150 threads to the square inch, and illustrative Exhibit A, which was returned as counting over 50 and less than 100 threads to the square inch. Exhibit 1 has a bleached or unbleached foundation and figures formed by the introduction of threads of two colors interwoven with the foundation threads. Illustrative Exhibit A is similar, but the figures therein are formed by threads of one color. The case was submitted on the following stipulation: It is stipulated and agreed that the foundation of Exhibit 1 and illustrative Exhibit A is less than 100 threads to the square inch. It is stipulated and agreed that in Exhibit 1 and illustrative Exhibit A the count of threads in the foundation plus the count of threads in one color to form a figure is less than 100 threads to the square inch. It is stipulated and agreed that wherever there are two colors forming a figure and the foundation, as in the portions marked "X" on Exhibit 1, the count is more than 100 threads to the square inch and less than 150. The contention of the importers that duty should be levied on the merchandise in the condition as imported is undeniable. There is no evidence before us as to how the fabric is woven, but it is conceded that it is madras muslin, which is defined as "a light fabric figured by the insertion of thick weft threads, which are cut away where there is to be no figure." (Design in Textile Fabrics, by Thomas R. Ashenhurst.) The same writer describes madras muslin as f...