The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-16
QUESTIONS.


/. State and county in which the mandatory is
situated'
Kind or description of the mandatory; and
whether water steam, or other power
g. When established and whether a joint-stock
concern?
A. Capital invested in ground and buildings, and
water power, and in machinery
5. Average amount in materials, and IN cash for
the purchase of materials and payment of wages
6. Annual rate of profit the capital invested
since the establishment of the mandatory; dstln-
gushing between the rate OF proht upon that por-
ton of the capital which is borrowed, after provl-
ding for the interest upon it, and the rate of profit
upon that portion which is not borrowed!
T. Cause of the increase Cor decrease, as the case
may be) of profit
s. Rates Of profit on capital otherwise employed
in the same State and county,
9. Amount of articles annually manufactured
since the establishment of the mandatory; descrip-
ton, quality and value Of each kind?
10. Quantity and value Of different kinds of raw
materials used distinguishing between foreign pro-
ducts and domestic products
IL. Cost in the United States OF similar articles OF
manufacture imported from abroad, and from what
countresi
10. Number of men, women, and children, en-
ployed, and average wages of each class
10. How many hours n day employed, and what
portion of the year,
a. Rate of wages of similar classes otherwise
employed in the same State and county, in other
States and in foreign countries
l5 Number of horses or other animals employ
ed'
16. Whether the manufactures find market at
the mandatory; if not, how far they are sent to
market
II. Whether foreign articles of the like kinds en-
ter into competition with them at such place OF sale;
and to what extent
lS Where are the manufactures consumed
49, Whether any of the manufactures are export
lad N md WhereI
90 Whether the manufacture is sold by the man
ufacturer for CASH. and if credit, at what credit
If bartered, for what
81. Whether the cost of the manufactured article
Ito the manufacturer) has Increased or decreased;
and how much, in each year, from the establish
ment of the mandatory; and WHISTLER the increase
has been in the materials or the labor, and at what
ratei
o. The prices at which the manufactures have
been sold by the manufacturer since the establish
ment'
49, What rate of duty is necessary to enable the
manufacturer to enter into competition IN the home
market with similar articles imported
"a. Is there any change necessary IN levying or
collecting the duty on such ARTICLES TO prevent
fraud?
25. What has been the rate Of your profits, an
nually for the last three years. and if 1t be JOINT
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
not divided out annually
&c. 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 portion OF
the profits of capitall
81. What amount Of the agricultural productions
of the country is consumed in your establishment,
and what amount of other domestic productions
%. What quantity amount of manufactures,
such as you make, are produced IN the United
States, and what amount in your own State'
M II A.. 1,,t,, t,c fnreI ma ac
the kind of goods which you make were reduced to
l2t per cent with corresponding reduction on all
the imports would it cause you to abandon your
business, or would you continue to manufacture at
reduced prices'
80 If il would cause you to abandon your bust.
ness, in what way would you employ your capitalf
81 Is there any pursuit in which you could en-
gage from which you could derive greater profits,
even after reduction of the import duties to l2i
per cent?
mote from the points of importation, out of foreign
competition within certain circle around them and
what is the extent of that circle?
49, Amount of capital; and what proportion the
borrowed capital bears to that which is real!
"a What amount of reduction in the duties would
enable the actual or real capital employed to yield
interest of six per cent? and how gradual the reduc
ton should be-
35 If mnmums should be abolished, and the
duty assessed upon the actual value of the imported
article In the American port, what rate oi au
duty would be equivalent to the present with the
minimum
&C. What would be the operation OF this change
upon the frauds at present supposed to be prac-
tisedi
81. Proportion which the production by the
American manufacturer bears to the consumption
49, Extent Of individual and household manufac-
lures in the United States, and how much it has in
creased since the tariff Of 1912
80. Average profit Of money or capital in the
United Satess
40 Average rate OF wages
III. nyruy prnNv pApFp Tka e., n,,,ber