  | 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 |
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