9.5,0.6/15/20 PREFACE. Tariff hearings were begun on July 25, 1921, pursuant to the following notice: UNITED STATES SENATE, The Committee on Finance will hold public hearings relative to the tariff at Washington, D. C., beginning Monday, July 25, 1921. It is the purpose of the committee to hear first the proponents and opponents of the American valuation plan. The committee expects first to hear members of the Tariff Commission and certain special agents of the New York customs office with respect to this plan upon Monday and Tuesday next. The committee expects to close the hearings upon the American valuation plan by Thursday next and then to take up the several schedules in order. Notices will be sent to all applicants for hearings as early as possible, advising them when they can be heard. In order to avoid duplication of arguments and suggestions it is requested that persons desiring to present the same character of information relative to any tariff item agree upon one representative to present their views. The hearings will be conducted in room 312 of the Senate Office Building. Sessions will be held each day from 10.30 a. m. to 12 noon and from 2.30 p.m. to 5 p. m. It is desired that witnesses endeavor to prepare their statements in such form that their presentation will not require more than 30 minutes. Persons wishing to be heard should, if possible, apply to the clerk of the committee, prior to the date set for the hearings, for an assignment of time. In making such application the following information should be given: Name, business address, temporary address in Washington, business or occupation, the person, firm, corporation, or association represented, and the item and paragraph of the tariff bill (H. R. 7456) concerning which testimony will be given." All briefs and other papers filed with the committee should have indorsed on them the item and paragraph of the tariff bill (H. R. 7456) to which they relate, and the name and address of the person submitting them, his business or occupation, the name of the person, firm, corporation, or association whom he represents. BOIES PENROSE, Chairman. The hearings were continued to and including August 31, 1921. Because of the unsettled and continually changing world conditions and the great length of time required to complete the tariff_bill, it was decided to put the internal-revenue legislation ahead of the tariff bill. The tariff hearings were, therefore, postponed, and resumed November 3, 1921, and completed January 9, 1922. The stenographic minutes of each day's proceedings were first printed in preliminary form in 58 parts. Copies were sent to each witness with the request that he make necessary corrections for clearness in his statement and return the revised copy to the clerk. Such corrections have been observed in preparing the revised edition of the hearings. In this edition the chronological order of the statements has been disregarded (except that of American Valuation and Dyes Embargo, Vol. I) and the oral testimony and the papers filed on each subject have been grouped and arranged, as nearly as practicable, according to the paragraphs of the tariff bill as it passed the House. III |