Mr. Justice BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the court.
The general meaning of the act of Congress in the passages under consideration is sufficiently clear. Congress evidently intended to tax as "wholesale dealers" as well those who sold goods as commission merchants as those who sold on their own account; always excepting manufacturers, selling at the place of manufacture, or by sample at their principal office and place of business. The intention is equally evident...
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