AN ACT TO PROVIDE REVENUE, TO REGULATE COMMERCE WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES, TO ENCOURAGE THE INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, TO PROTECT AMERICAN LABOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES VOLUME XVII SPECIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS JUNE 12 and 13, and JULY 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1929 INDEXED Printed for the use of the Committee on Finance UNITED STATES FURNIFOLD MCL. SIMMONS FOREWORD } Under authority of Senate Resolution 335, Seventieth Congress, second session, the United States Senate Finance Committee, for the purpose of investigating the effects of the operation of the tariff act of 1922 and the proposed readjustments as set out in House bill 2667, commenced general tariff hearings on June 13, 1929, pursuant to the following public notice authorized by the committee on June 7, 1929: Dates of hearings and tariff subcommittees 9. Cotton manufactures... June 14.. 10. Flax, hemp, jute, and June 19.. manufactures of. 11. Wool and manufactures of. June 24... Subcommittees Subcommittee No. 1, room 212 Senate Office Building Shortridge, chairman, Smoot, Watson, Harrison, Shortridge, chairman, Smoot, Watson, Harrison, and Connally. Watson, chairman, Smoot, Shortridge, Harrison, and Connally. Smoot, chairman, Watson, Shortridge, Harrison, and Connally. Subcommittee No. 3, room 301 Senate Office Building Bingham, chairman, Greene, Sackett, Simmons, and George. Greene, chairman, Bingham, Sackett, Simmons, and George. Bingham, chairman, Greene, Sackett, Simmons, and George. July 1 (2 p. m.).... Sackett, chairman, Greene, Bingham, Simmons, 12. Silk and silk goods....... 13. Rayon manufactures. July 8. and George. Sackett, chairman, Greene, Bingham, Simmons, and George. Subcommittee No. 4, room 412 Senate Office Building Deneen, chairman, Couzens, Keyes, Walsh (Mass.), and Thomas (Okla.). Couzens, chairman, Deneen, Keyes, Walsh (Mass.), and Thomas (Okla.). Keyes, chairman, Couzens, Deneen, Walsh (Mass.), and Thomas (Okla.). NOTE.-Hearings on "Valuation" will be conducted before the full committee June 12. All meetings will commence at 9.30 a. m. unless otherwise noted. Hearings on free list, administrative, and miscellaneous provisions will be conducted before full committee at the conclusion of the subcommittee hearings. Stenographic reports were taken of all testimony presented to the committee. By direction of the committee all witnesses who appeared after the conclusion of the hearings on valuation were to be sworn. The testimony presented, together with the briefs and other exhibits submitted, is grouped together as far as practical in the numerical order of the House bill, which has made necessary the abandoning of the sequence of the statements and the order of appearance. III |