Produced by David Garcia and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net 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