The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-09-28

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la preparation Tor thts work
l'rol Euefy visited Eu1op, aud de-
voted it very considerable ttnto &"
constitution with bureaus IN Ger
many. IN Austria. aud IN Other coui,
tries In which similar bureaus @ete
engaged in this same work Tie
made a full report To Ne SECRETARY
OF the ,rcasuiy. aud. pc.ee dins up
oil the lines OF experience which
were pointed cut by tAo reports OF
these foreign bureaus. the beard
have organized an oiiice in which
they empty so persons. of whom
many are technical experts in the
the Investigations that they are max
ing ana reporting TO their tribunal
for its analysis and consideration.
The Print Paper Report.
They We're called upon 10 make a
report upon the comparative eost OF
the manufacture OF print paper in
Canada and in this country. They
first made a preliminary report, and
then they made a final report. and !
venture TO say that never before has
Il report so complete. so comprehen-
sive and so satisfactory as to the
comparative cost of amy product in
two countries been made as this up
on The pulp and news-print paper.
The data on pulp and paper included
in the report were secured from 33
Groundwork mills, % sulphite mills,
! and So news-print mills. making a
total OF ll6 mills. and representing
94O.4TS tons of news-print paper, or
so per cent of the news-print paper
production of the United States. The
data for Canada We're taken from
l3 groundwork mills, ) sulphite
mills. and : news-print paper plants
Reports were secured covering 1S.2
per cen of the news-Erint paper. CO.,
per cent OF the ground-wood. and
55.7 per cent of the sulphite-pulp
capacity in Canada, All OF these
figures. including those from Cana
da, were secured directly by repre-,
senlatives of the board from the
books of the different companies.
a study of this report will salts
fy any candid, impartial observer OF
the completeness with which it is
possible to secure information with
out the inquisitorial examination un-
der oath, and the greater accuracy
that may be had in a quiet, friendly
examination of the books than by q
@ination OF the proprietor of the bust
ness when on the stand. The report
virdicates the judgment of the Euro.
pean authorities. whom Prof. En-.
cry consulted, that the use of for
nal cross-eXaminations to secure
facts in regard to the cost OF tho
manufactured articles is not the hes
course for getting at the facts.
Methods of Board.
1t will also appear that the meth,
cd of investigation is quite differen'
from that of a congressional commit
tee, and the information afforded
much more detail in character
and, on the other nand, is much more
condensed than the information de
veloped by the verbal examination oil
& vyif,nccoc Tho .Drly OF ,1,N I,~a -,
up to date in the way of detailed in.
quiry has been through several doZer
agents working on the books of per
sons engaged in the production oil
manufacture of the articles in Ques
ton in foreign countries and abroad
What congressional committee eve
even attempted such an investiga
ton, covering, as it must, many
months of time? Besides this worl
of investigation, there has been mucl
work done in the preparation of /;
glossary for many OF the schedules
covering not only the important sta
tistics but a description of each ar
ticle enumerated in the tariff, Will
an explanation of it's relation to the
industry, its Importance to produc
ers and consumers, and the nature oil
the tariff duty imposed. Besides
this, technical experts have been EN-.
ployed to make special reports or
special schedules of the tariff, which
will serve as a basis for later inves.
tigation of a more detailed charac
ter. Preliminary work of this kind
for instance. has been done in thu
case of iron and steel, which will be
the next subject Of inquiry after the
completion Of the work on cotton
and woolens.
1t is objected that with reference
to the cost of production there can
be no scientific conclusion. If by
this is meant that there will be found
to be no exact mathematical mea
sure of the difference in the cost of
production of goods in one country