GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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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: