The Hartford republican., 1915-12-03
mission of the manufacturers related

mission of the manufacturers relate
TO the number and extent of machir
. cry and steam power employed l
. their factories. the number of me
J engaged, the wages paid, the quaint
, ty of domestic and foreign raw mater
= ial used, the quantity and value o
animal products and the quantit
and values of sales at home an,
abroad. The list of questions woun,
up with this query: what sugges
tions have you to make as to meas
ures to betaken for the encourage
ment of the production and exporta
tion OF the article you manufacture
especially with regard to foreign com
petition at home as well as abroad?
These questions were sent to more
than fifty thousand manufacturers,
of whom more that 92 per cent. re-
piled, thereby providing a mass of
data and other information which
proved invaluable to the work of the
commission.
In the meantime n draft of the
new Tariff was prepared by the Treas
ury Department, and before the close
of 1898 copies of the draft we're sent
out for criticism and suggestions to
the governments of the states consti-
tuting the Empire and to the Imper-
ial Ministry of the Interior. The
draft was now discussed by Tariff ex-
perts and customs officers Of the con-
stituent. states, as well as by the Off
cials of the Ministry of the Interior.
After the copies of the draft were
returned to khe Treasury Depart
ment by the different government in
stitutions, with their criticisms and
suggestions, the Treasury officials re-
cast the entire draft and in the fall
of 1899 sent out the new draft to
the same bodies. The new draft was
gone over with the same care as the
first and returned to the Treasury
After remodeling the Tariff sched-
ules in accordance with the new sug-
gestions, the Treasury submitted the
draft in its complete form to the COM
on January II. 1901. e.,
after nearly three years preparatory
work on the part of the government
officials. !
The commission did not confine its !
abors to the work of its own men, |
bers. but in addition to that consult
ed recognized leaders in the business |
world, technical and economic ex- !
perts. chambers of commerce and ma
tional associations of manufactures
organized by industries. In all more
han two thousand experts took part
in the work.
While the hearing of the various
experts were conducted by the COM
the replies from the manu-
lecturers and the farmers to the in
luiries sent out by the commission
lad all come in and were sifted and
lnalyzed by the commission with the
lid of technical and statistical ex-
,erts. The results. when compiled,
we're not made public, but turned
,ver to the Treasury.
Thus the two bodies-namely, the
of business men and the
Treasury officials--starting at the be-
,inning upon distinct lines of proce-
lure were now, after nearly three
ears effort, in a position to ex-
hange the results of their prelimi-
lary work. The commission took up
low the draft of the Tariff schedules,
by the Treasury officials,
While the latter undertook the study
4 the results of the statistical in
uiry of the commission, which were
o be used as a basis in working out
he different rates.
The rates set down by the Treas
ry officials for the different Tariff
chedules were accompanied by de-
allied statements, in which the, statis-
lcal data obtained by the commits
ion were used as basis for deter
inning the degree of Protection re-
uired by the various products.
When the entire Tariff was thus
ompleted the whole draft, consist
lg of the schedules, rates of duty
nd the explanatory statements on
hich the rates were based, was sent
ut again by the Treasury Depart
tent to the various departments of
lie Imperial government interested
lerein. as we'll as to the seperate
overnments OF the constituent states
nd to the commission.
After recastlng the entire Tariff
nee more in accordance with the
iggestions received from the bodies
lst mentioned, the Treasury Depart
ent was finally in a position to sub