The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1845-08-27
QUEsTIoNs.

| QUESTIONS.
! j. State and county in which the mandatory
is situated?
| Z. Kind or description of the mandatory and
whether water, steam, other power?
8. When established and whether Joint
stock concern2
A. Capital invested in ground and buildings,
and water power, and in machinery2
D. Average amount in materials, and in cash
lor the purchase OF materials, and payment of
wages
6. Annual rate of profit on the capital invested
since the establishment of the mandatory dis
tinguishing between the rale of profit upon that
portion of the capital which is borrowed after
providing for the interest upon it, and the rate of
profit upon that portion which is not borrowed?
l. Cause of the increase Tor decrease as the
case may be) Of profit?
8. Rates OF profit on capital otherwise employ
ed in the same State and county?
g. Amount of articles annually manufactured
since the establishment of The mandatory: de-
scriptlon, quality, and value of each kind?
H. Quantity and value of different kinds of
raw materials used distinguishing between for
elgn products and domestic products2
H. Cost in the United States of similar arti.
Giles of manufactures imported from abroad, and
from what countries2
II Number of men, women, and children,
employed, and average wages of each CLASP
what portion of the year?
Ia. Rates OF wages of similar classes otherwise
employed in the same State and county, in other
States, and in foreign countries?
10 Number of horses or other animals en-
poyed
! 10. Whether the manufactures find market
at the mandatory; if not, how far they are sent
to market2
IL. Whether foreign articles of the like kinds
enter tyif Oh AZ e
sale and TO what extent2
H. Where are the manufactures consumed e?
- Whether any of the manufactures are ex-
ported TO foreign countries; and. if so, where?
20 Whether the manufacture is sold hy the
manufacturer for cash q? and if on credit, at what
credit 2 if barered, for what?
81 Whether the cost of the manufactured ar
ticle (to the manufacturer has increased or de-
creased (; and how much, in each year, from the
establishment of the mandatory ; and whether
the increase has been in the materials or the la
Dor. and at what rate -?
%. The prices at which the manufactures
have been sold by the manufacturer since the es-
tablishnentp
%. What rate Of duty is necessary to enable
the manufacturer to enter into competition in the
/ home market with similar articles imported2
| n. Is there any change necessary in levying
or collecting the duty on such articles to prevent
fraud ?
| 70. What has been the rates of your profits,
annually, for the last three years and if it be
Jolnt-stock company, what dividends have been
received, and what portion Of the income of the
company has been converted into fixed capital,
or retained as fund for contingent or other OBJ
jects. and therefore not divided ont annually?
70. What portion of the cost Of your manufac-
lures consists Of the price of the raw material,
what portion of the wages Of labor, and what Dor
lion Of the profits of ca piIal
u. What amount of the agricultural produc-
ductions Of the country is consumed in your es
Enlistment, aud what amount of other domestic
productions
%. What quantity or amount of manuEac-
lures, such as you make, are produced in the
United States, and what amount in your own
State
%. II the duty upon the foreign manufacture
of the kind Of goods which you make were re-
duced TO l23 per cent, with corresponding re-
ductioh on all the imports, would it cause YOU to
abandon your business, OF would you continue to
manufacture at reduced prices 4?
30. If it would cause you to abandon your