Mens Sewed Straw Hats

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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
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UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION WASHINGTON
MEN'S SEWED STRAW HATS
REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
INVESTIGATION OF THE COSTS OF PRODUCTION OF MEN'S SEWED STRAW HATS IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN THE PRINCIPAL COMPETING FOREIGN COUNTRIES
WITH APPENDIX PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1926

UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION
Office: Eighth and E Streets NW., Washington, D. C.
COMMISSIONERS
THOMAS O. MARVIN, Chairman. ALFRED P. DENNIS, Vice Chairman. EDWARD P. COSTIGAN. HENRY H. GLASSIE. A. H. BALDWIN. EDGAR B. BROSSARD.
JOHN F. BETHUNE, Secretary.
ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE PROCURED FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D. C. AT 5 CENTS PER COPY

CONTENTS
Page Introductory: Reference to files 1 Rates of duty 1 History of investigation 1 Scope of investigation 2
Information obtained in the investigation: Domestic production 2 Kinds of hats produced 3 Organization 3 Labor conditions 3 Imports 4 Effect of imports 6 Principal competing country 7 Foreign production-- Types of hats produced 8 Organization 8 Working hours and wages 8 Costs of production-- Methods of obtaining cost data 9 Description of cost items-- Material 9 Labor 9 Overhead 9 Selling expense-- (a) Domestic 9 (b) Foreign 9 Tables showing cost comparisons 10 Competitive conditions-- Transportation and marketing costs 11
Formal statement of conclusions 11 Summary of conclusions 13
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 15 Determining the dividing line for tariff purposes between higher and lower priced hats 15 Some omissions from and doubtful features in the commission's report 16 Representativeness of samples 16 Importers' selling expenses omitted 17 Deficiencies in comparative overhead data 18
Appendix: Proclamation by the President 21

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
JULY 17, 1925.
The PRESIDENT, The White House, Washington, D. C.
MY DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Herewith I have the honor to transmit the report of the Tariff Commission in the investigation, for the purposes of section 315 of the tariff act of 1922, of the costs of production in the United States and in the principal competing foreign country of men's sewed straw hats. Included in the report is a "Separate statement of Commissioner Costigan, in part concurring and in part dissenting, in the investigation of men's sewed straw hats."
Respectfully,
THOMAS O. MARVIN, Chairman.

UNITED STATES TARIFF COMMISSION WASHINGTON

MEN'S SEWED STRAW HATS
JULY 17, 1925.
To the President:
The United States Tariff Commission respectfully submits the following report upon an investigation of the differences in costs of production of men's sewed straw hats in the United States and in competing foreign countries, for the purposes of section 315 of Title III of the tariff act of 1922.
INTRODUCTORY
Reference to files.--The basic documents in connection with the investigation on men's sewed straw hats are in the files of the Tariff Commission and are available to the President. They include the transcripts of the public hearings and the original cost schedules and other data. These include confidential data, the disclosure of which is forbidden by section 708 of the revenue act of 1916:
SEC. 708. It shall be unlawful for any member of the United States Tariff Commission, or for any employee, agent, or clerk of said commission, or any other officer or employee of the United States, to divulge, or to make known in any manner whatever not provided for by law, to any person, the trade secrets or processes of any person, firm, copartnership, corporation, or association embraced in any examination or investigation conducted by said commission, or by order of said commission, or by order of any member thereof. * * *
Rates of duty:
Act of 1922--Not blocked or trimmed } 60 per cent. } Par. 1406. Blocked or trimmed } }
Act of 1913--Not blocked or trimmed } 25 per cent. } Par. 335. Blocked or trimmed } 40 per cent. }
Act of 1909--Not trimmed } 35 per cent. } Par. 422. Trimmed } 50 per cent. }
History of the investigation.--On May 29, 1924, the commission ordered an investigation of men's sewed straw hats for the purposes of section 315 of Title III of the tariff act of 1922, and on the same date ordered a preliminary hearing for June 12, 1924.
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