A. H. Baldwin.
Edgar B. Brossard.
John F. Bethune, Secretary.
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CONTENTS
| Introductory: | Page |
| 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 ] |