Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-05-24
SEEK DATA FROM
TARIFF ENEMIES
Democratic Senators Ply Manu-
facturers With Twenty nine
Questions.
MUST REPLY UNDER OATH
VIII Force Men Fighting Proposed Re-
vision to Give Details of.
Business.

Washington, D. c., May Ex-senator /
Simmons, chairman of the senate f. /
nance committee, made public last
night list of 80 questions relating
TO the tariff prepared by majority !
members of the committee, which will
/ be sent TO manufacturers of the coun-
try. To avert any clash over this &C
ton In the senate. the majority will
send with their list the original 16
questions proposed by Senator La Fol-
/ lette, although most of them are in
corporated in the majority list.
! The committee announced in a state
ment that if manufacturers or persons
who have filed briefs or have made
/ written or oral protests to the finance
( committee, will send answers before
the bill is reported back to the senate,
/ they will be printed
/ But" the statement added, neither
the report of the bill to the senate nor
final action by the senate on the bill
will be delayed for answers"
! All interrogatories must be answer
ed under oath.
LIST OF QUESTIONS ASKED.
The preliminary questions relate to
the manufacturers identity, the COM
modify produced, the raw materials
used in production, whether they are
produced here or abroad, and if i'm
ported, from whence, cost per unit of
raw material and cost per unit of SINH
lar production in foreign countries.
The other questions are as follow
What part of your production do
you report; to what countries and in
what quantities and values and what
rates of duty are paid at the several
foreign ports?
Are you interested in any other con-
Germ exporting this commodity? If
So, give name, amount of product ex-
ported and the actual selling price of
this product here and abroad.
What were the wholesale prices
charged by you, and by any concern in
which you are interested, for this COM
modify in the domestic market; and
what were the prices charged when
sold in foreign markets during Jan
uary, April, July, October, 1912, and in
January, 1913?
ASK COST OF TRANSPORTATION.
What was the cost of transporta-
ton OF your product from your fac
tory to the principal foreign markets;
giving the names of markets for the
same periods specified?
What country or countries are your
chief competitors in the foreign mar
! hets to which you EXPORT?
is there a tariff differential for or
against you in any of the countries to
which you export this commodity? If
so, what is the amount of such differ
, entail? What rates of duty have you
paid?
| How many concerns are engaged in
2 the manufacture or production of this
commodity in this country, and who
Q are the principal producers?
/ ASK As TO TRUSTS.
l Are any of these producers organ.
lied the price or output, or for any
troll the price or output, or for any
other purpose, and have you any con
nection or interest, directly or indi
: rectly, in such trusts or combinations
= q. What proportion of the production
o o. this commodity in this country is
t produced by such trust? What pro
t portion by the Independent producers
y rs there any difference in the price
= charged for this product in the do
y nestle market by the independent pro
I Queer and the trust producer?
What We're your Wholesale prices
3 +. o. b. factory of this commodity solo
~
= April, July and October, 1912, and il
e January, 1913?
} What were your wholesale prices
+ OF this commodity f. o. b. factory fol
c export in foreign countries during the
same periods?
WANT COST OF Production.
what was the cost of production
!, in your plant, per unit Of your product
for the fiscal years 1910 and 1912
> Give cost of materials, labor, overhead
K charges and depreciation charges il
) separate items and in as much detail
/ Is possible.
! In this connection give capitalize
ton, amount of common stock, prefer
/ red stock, and amounts of bonds is
sued; amount of actual cash or it
! equivalent in the property received il
consideration OF stocks and bonds: rat
{ OF dividend paid on preferred stock ant
I common stock and rate of interes
! borne by bonds for the last ten years
how much Of your earnings for eacl
Of the years 1910. 1911 and 1912 hay,
been credited to surplus and how muci
| devoted TO additions 10 the plant; sal
] aries paid during each of the forego
! ing years 10 each Of your principal off
/ Gals; statement of assets and liabili
/ ties, 1910, 1911 and 1912, and compare
tive balance sheet for these years.
] SEEK VALIE: OF PROPERTY.
! Give value for which the propert,