Stanley Matthews

“ That if the jury should find that silk is the component material of chief value of the goods in question, and that they are suitable for and are occasionally used for hat trimmings, but that they are generally used for other purposes, then, as they are not exclusively or specially used for hat trimmings, they cannot be said to be 'used for making or ornamenting hats' within the meaning of the act of congress so as to subject them to a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem, and your verdict should be for the defendant. ”

“ It certainly could not have been the intention of congress in framing this clause of the law to admit the importation, at a low rate of duty, of articles which may be used for certain purposes, but which are used chiefly for another and different purpose. ”

“ There was a verdict for $856.56 n favor of the plaintiffs, and judgment rendered thereon, to reverse which this writ of error is prosecuted. The goods, which were the subject of the duty, were velvet ribbons made of silk and cotton, of which silk was the material of chief value. ”