COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

OSCAR W. UNDERWOOD, Alabama, Chairman.

CHOICE B. RANDELL, Texas.
FRANCIS B. HARRISON, New York.
WILLIAM G. BRANTLEY, Georgia.
DORSEY W. SHACKLEFORD, Missouri.
CLAUDE KITCHIN, North Carolina.
OLLIE M. JAMES, Kentucky.

HENRY T. RAINEY, Illinois.

LINCOLN DIXON, Indiana.

CORDELL HULL, Tennessee.

WINFIELD 8. HAMMOND, Minnesota.

ANDREW J. PETERS, Massachusetts.
A. MITCHELL PALMER, Pennsylvania.
TIMOTHY T. ANSBERRY, Ohio.
SERENO E. PAYNE, New York.
JOHN DALZELL, Pennsylvania.
SAMUEL W. MCCALL, Massachusetts.
EBENEZER J. HILL, Connecticut.
JAMES C. NEEDHAM, California.
JOSEPH W. FORDNEY, Michigan.
NICHOLAS LONGWORTH, Ohio.

PREFACE.

Tariff hearings were begun on January 6, 1913, pursuant to the following notice:

The Committee on Ways and Means announces to all concerned that it will hold hearings at Washington, D. C., looking to the revision of the present tariff act as per the following schedule:

Schedule A: Chemicals, oils, and paints; Monday, January 6, 1913.

Schedule B: Earths, earthenware, and glassware; Wednesday, January 8.

Schedule C: Metals and manufactures of; Friday, January 10.

Schedule D: Wood and manufactures of, and schedule L: Silk and silk goods; Monday, January 13.

Schedule E: Sugar and manufactures of, and Schedule H: Spirits, wines, and other beverages; Wednesday, January 15.

Schedule F: Tobacco and manufactures of, and Schedule M: Pulp, paper, and books; Friday, January 17.

Schedule G: Agricultural products and provisions; Monday, January 20.
Schedule I: Cotton manufactures; Wednesday, January 22.

Schedule J: Flax, hemp, and jute, and manufactures of; Friday, January 24.
Schedule K: Wool, and manufactures of; Monday, January 27.

Schedule N: Sundries; Wednesday, January 29.

Free list: Administrative features and miscellaneous; Friday, January 31.

The hearings will be conducted in the hearing room of the committee, 321 House of Representatives Office Building.

Sessions will begin at 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. unless otherwise ordered.

Persons desiring to be heard should apply to the clerk of the committee previous to the date set for the hearing, to be assigned time on the program for that day. In making such application the following information should be given:

Name; permanent address; temporary address in Washington; person, firm, or corporation represented; paragraphs of the act concerning which testimony will be given; brief mention of attitude to revision of the tariff; and the amount of time desired.

In addition to this the person intending to give testimony should forward in advance to the clerk a copy of his brief and of any documents he desires to file with the committee. In preparing this brief it is desired that the following outline be observed: 1. State by items and paragraphs the changes in duties recommended, assigning in each instance reasons for recommendations.

2. Estimate the increase or decrease of imports by paragraphs and items, which would result from suggested modifications of duties.

3. Explain methods or experience relied upon in making estimates.

4. Suggestions as to changes in phraseology of present tariff law.

5. Suggestions as to the betterment of the administrative features of the present law.

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

DECEMBER 11, 1912.

O. W. UNDERWOOD,

Chairman.

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