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._