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"The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Men’s Sewed Straw Hats Report of the United Stated Tariff Commission to the President of the United States (1926) Author: United States Tariff Commission Release Date: December 6, 2006 [EBook #20041] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MEN’S SEWED STRAW HATS *** Produced by David Garcia and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net -1- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. [i] -2- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION WASHINGTON -3- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. MEN’S SEWED STRAW HATS -4- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -5- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. INVESTIGATION OF THE COSTS OF PRODUCTION OF MEN’S -6- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. SEWED STRAW HATS IN THE UNITED -7- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. STATES AND IN THE PRINCIPAL COMPETING -8- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. FOREIGN COUNTRIES -9- The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. WITH APPENDIX PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT - 10 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1926 - 11 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. [ii] UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION - 12 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Office: Eighth and E Streets NW., Washington, - 13 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. D. C. COMMISSIONERS - 14 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Thomas O. Marvin, Chairman. - 15 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Alfred P. Dennis, Vice Chairman. - 16 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Edward P. Costigan. - 17 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Henry H. Glassie. - 18 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. A. H. Baldwin. - 19 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Edgar B. Brossard. - 20 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. John F. Bethune, Secretary. - 21 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED - 22 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING - 23 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 5 CENTS PER COPY - 24 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. [iii] - 25 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. CONTENTS - 26 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Introductory: Reference to files Rates of duty History of investigation Scope of investigation Information obtained in the investigation: Domestic production Kinds of hats produced Organization Labor conditions Imports Effect of imports Principal competing country Foreign production— Types of hats produced Organization Working hours and wages Costs of production— Methods of obtaining cost data Description of cost items— Material Labor Overhead Selling expense— (a) Domestic (b) Foreign Tables showing cost comparisons Competitive conditions— Transportation and marketing costs Formal statement of conclusions Summary of conclusions Separate statement of Commissioner Costigan, in part concurring and in part dissenting, in the investigation of men’s sewed straw hats: Both higher and lower duties indicated by the commission’s cost figures Determining the dividing line for tariff purposes between higher and lower priced hats Some omissions from and doubtful features in the commission’s report Representativeness of samples Importers’ selling expenses omitted Deficiencies in comparative overhead data Appendix: Proclamation by the President Page 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 6 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 11 13 15 15 16 16 17 18 21 - 27 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. [iv] - 28 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL July 17, 1925. - 29 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. The President, The White House, Washington, - 30 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. D. C. My Dear Mr. President: Herewith I - 31 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. have the honor to transmit the report of the Tariff - 32 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Commission in the investigation, for the purposes - 33 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. of section 315 of the tariff act of 1922, of the costs of - 34 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. production in the United States and in the - 35 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. principal competing foreign country of men’s - 36 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. sewed straw hats. Included in the report is a - 37 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. "Separate statement of Commissioner Costigan, - 38 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. in part concurring and in part dissenting, in the - 39 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. investigation of men’s sewed straw hats." - 40 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Respectfully, Thomas O. Marvin, Chairman. - 41 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. [1] UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION - 42 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. WASHINGTON - 43 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. MEN’S SEWED STRAW HATS July 17, 1925. - 44 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. To the President: - 45 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. The United States Tariff Commission - 46 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. respectfully submits the following report upon an - 47 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. investigation of the differences in costs of production - 48 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. of men’s sewed straw hats in the United - 49 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. States and in competing foreign countries, - 50 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. for the purposes of section 315 of Title III of the - 51 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. tariff act of 1922. - 52 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Introductory Reference to files.—The basic documents - 53 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. in connection with the investigation on men’s - 54 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. sewed straw hats are in the files of the Tariff - 55 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Commission and are available to the President. - 56 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. They include the transcripts of the public - 57 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. hearings and the original cost schedules - 58 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. and other data. These include confidential - 59 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. data, the disclosure of which is forbidden by section - 60 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. 708 of the revenue act of 1916: - 61 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Sec. 708. It shall be unlawful for any member of - 62 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. the United States Tariff Commission, or for any - 63 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. employee, agent, or clerk of said commission, - 64 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. or any other officer or employee of the - 65 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. United States, to divulge, or to make known in - 66 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. any manner whatever not provided - 67 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. for by law, to any person, the trade secrets or - 68 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. processes of any person, firm, copartnership, - 69 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. corporation, or association embraced in any - 70 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. examination or investigation conducted by said - 71 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. commission, or by order of said commission, or by order - 72 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. of any member thereof. * * * - 73 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Rates of duty: Act of 1922— Not blocked or trimmed } Blocked or trimmed Act of 1913— Not blocked or trimmed } Blocked or trimmed Act of 1909— Not trimmed } Trimmed 50 per cent. 40 per cent. 35 per cent. } Par. 422. ... 25 per cent. } Par. 335. 60 per cent. } Par. 1406. - 74 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. History of the investigation.—On May 29, 1924, the commission - 75 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. ordered an investigation of men’s sewed straw hats - 76 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. for the purposes of section 315 of Title III of the - 77 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. tariff act of 1922, and on the same date ordered a - 78 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. preliminary hearing for June 12, 1924. - 79 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. An application was received from the - 80 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. National Association of Men’s Straw Hat Manufacturers - 81 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. of America requesting an investigation looking - 82 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. toward an increase in the rate of duty on men’s - 83 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. sewed straw hats, now dutiable at 60 per cent - 84 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. ad valorem under paragraph 1406 of the tariff act of - 85 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. 1922. The domestic field work was carried - 86 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. on during the period August to October, 1924, and - 87 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. the foreign work in Italy and England during [2] - 88 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. the period October, 1924, to February, 1925. After - 89 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. due notice, as prescribed by law, public - 90 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. hearings were held in the offices of the - 91 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. commission on June 12, 1924, and on May 4, - 92 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. 1925. The latter hearing was continued - 93 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. on May 14, 15, and 16, 1925. Oral argument was waived - 94 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. and the date for filing briefs was set for June 6, - 95 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. 1925. Scope of the investigation.—Costs of - 96 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. production were obtained for hats sold in the - 97 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. straw hat season of 1924 by companies whose - 98 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. fiscal years ended at or about June 30, 1924. This period - 99 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. was the latest for which cost data could be - 100 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. obtained at the time the investigation was made. - 101 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Domestic costs were obtained from 19 concerns in - 102 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Maryland, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The total - 103 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. production of these concerns amounted to 718,265 - 104 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. dozen hats. Of this number, 553,253 dozen were - 105 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. men’s sewed straw hats. The 19 concerns - 106 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. produce approximately 85 per cent of the men’s - 107 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. sewed straw hats in the United States and - 108 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. include makers of cheap, medium, and - 109 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. high-priced hats. They include nonmembers as well as - 110 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. members of the national association. - 111 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Costs were obtained in Italy from five - 112 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. concerns and in England from three concerns - 113 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. exporting men’s sewed straw hats to the - 114 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. United States. - 115 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Both domestic and foreign straw hat factories - 116 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. are characterized by lack of standardization in production. - 117 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. Variations exist in the quality of the hats manufactured - 118 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. by different establishments, because of variations in the type and quality - 119 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. of the braid, in the quality of the trimming - 120 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. materials, such as leather sweat and silk bands, - 121 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by United States Tariff Commission. and in the amount of hand labor employed in the - 122 - The Project Gutenberg eBook of Men’s Sewed Straw Hats, by Unite..."

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