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FOREWORD

For the purpose of examining the effects of the operation of the Tariff Act of 1922 with a view to making readjustments where found necessary, general tariff hearings were commenced on January 7, 1929, pursuant to the following public notice authorized by the Committee on Ways and Means on December 5, 1928:

Preliminary to general tariff revision, the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives announces to all concerned that it will hold hearings at Washington, D. C., beginning January 7, 1929.

The distribution of time among the various schedules will be as follows:
Schedule 1. Chemicals, Oils, and Paints...

2. Earths, Earthenware, and Glassware
3. Metals and Manufactures of..
4. Wood and Manufactures of..
5. Sugar, Molasses, and Manufactures of.
6. Tobacco and Manufactures_of__
7. Agricultural Products and Provisions.
8. Spirits, Wines, and other Beverages
9. Cotton Manufactures...

10. Flax, Hemp, Jute, and Manufactures of
11. Wool and Manufactures of..
12. Silk and Silk Goods..

13. Papers and Books..

14. Sundries_

15. Free List..

Administrative and Miscellaneous....

January 7, 8, 9.

January 10, 11.
January 14, 15, 16.
January 17, 18.
January 21, 22.
January 23.

January 24, 25, 28.
January 29.

January 30, 31, February 1.
February 4, 5.
February 6, 7, 8.
February 11, 12.
February 13, 14.
February 15, 18, 19.
February 20, 21, 22.
February 25.

Hearings will be conducted in the hearing room of the committee, room 321, House of Representatives Office Building. Sessions will begin at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m., unless otherwise ordered.

Oral testimony.-Those desiring to testify should apply to the clerk of the committee at least one day prior to the date of the hearing in order to be assigned time on the program for that day. The following information should accompany the application: Name; permanent address; temporary address in Washington; person, firm, corporation, or association represented; paragraphs of the act concerning which testimony is to be given; and the amount of time desired.

So far as practicable, the committee will seek to recognize witnesses who are qualified to give first-hand information. In order to avoid duplication of arguments and to conserve the time of the committee and witnesses, it is suggested that those interested in the same items, and having the same problem to present, agree, if possible, upon one representative to present their views.

Briefs.-Witnesses are requested to file two copies of their briefs with the clerk in advance of the date of hearing. It is suggested that briefs should follow the outline given below:

1. Items and paragraphs in which interested; changes in duties recommended; reasons for such recommendations.

2. Importance of industry; development of industry and future prospects; number of employees affected.

3. Domestic production costs and wages and comparable costs and wages in foreign countries; also, if available, information concerning dumping, unfair competition, or other practices aimed to impair or destroy domestic industries. 4. Source of imports, volume, and prices at which offered.

5. Suggestions as to changes of phraseology or classification in the existing law. 6. Suggestions as to administrative features of the existing law with a view to tl eir betterment.

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All briefs and other papers filed with the committee should have indorsed thereon the name and address of the persons submitting them and the numbers of the paragraphs of the present tariff law to which they relate.

More than 1,100 persons sought a hearing as a result of this notice, and instead of the 35 days indicated in the notice the committee was compelled to sit 43 days and 5 nights in order that all might be heard, concluding its labors on February 27, 1929. Stenographic reports of the hearings were printed and distributed daily, which reports in addition to the oral statements contained briefs, resolutions, and other data pertinent to the subject under discussion. Copies of the daily prints were furnished to all witnesses who were requested to revise and correct their statements for this edition.

The subject matter of the testimony presented, together with the papers and other data submitted, have been grouped together, as far as practical, and arranged in the numerical order of the paragraphs of the Tariff Act of 1922 to which they apply. The sequence of the statements and the order of appearance were thereby necessarily abandoned in the compilation of this edition.

CLAYTON F. MOORE, Clerk.

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