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2636 FROCDAMATIONS, 1927; 4 IN WVITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and canmed the sealofihe United States to be aiiixed. ( · Dona at the Gityof Washington this 14th dayof February inthe

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A PROCLAMATION 'p°ng.i$iEF°ld1°°{` Whereas in and by section 315 (a) of Title III of the act of Congress €·‘§‘f“,§_°’,“{';§‘{Y“‘°“· approved September21, 1922; entitled "An act to provide revenue, to regulate wommcrce-with; foreign countries, to encourage the indus- tries;of.the¤United,States,·_eud for other purposes,T’ it is, among other thingéprovidedthat wheneverithe President, upon investigation of the ` 9I’6I10BS.iIY008iiB;0f Broduction; ofarticles wholly or in part the growth or productof the cited States and of like or similar articles wholly erm part the growth- or product of competing foreign coun- tries, shall find-ittherglbiw shownethat the duties fixed in this act do not equalize the saidf ` erences in costs ofplroduction in the United Statesand the principal competing :oountry e shall, bly such investi- gation; ascertam·sa.id,diii’erenoes,and.determine an proclaim the changes in classiiications or increasesor decreases in rates of duti provided in said act shown by said ascertained differences in suc · ls costs ot production necessary to equalizeathe same; p 1 1 v°" "•°‘°‘2· inaudby section 315 (c). efsaid act it is furtherprovided thatin ascertainingrthc differences m costs _of production, under the provisions et subdivisions (a). and .(b) of said ,section,.,the President, med fa¤;as.heeIi11ds itiimctxcable, shall take mto consideration (1) the

iinéconditions in production, including wages, costs of

material, and other items in costs of production of such or similar articlesiin the United¤‘States;and in competing foreign countries; (2) the diderences in the wholesale selling Bricesof domestic and foreign V, aiiticleain the principal markets of the uited States; (3) advantages gra.uted~to;» foreign sproduceriby a foreign government,~zor·.by a person,.partncrship,icorp01*ation,o1·_·-association ina foreign country; and (4) anyother advantages ordsadvantages in competition; `·:;Whereas, junder »and=,byi virtueof said section of said act, the United States _Tariif Commissionhas made aninvestigation to assist · · the.P1‘B•iden»t.m ascertaining thedifferences in costslo J>1·odu·c‘tion of and ofiallother facts and ·eonditions,enumerated in sai section with V°L*2·P·°*"• mepept-gn -the;art1cledesc1ibed.in paragraph 383 of Title -=I of said ta11fF_act_ of, 1922, name%, gold leaf, being iwholly or in part the owth or roduct of the nited States, and of and with~respect·to a gba orteiingut articleiyvhollyc or impart the growth oripmduct of com- petmg,iomigncountues; : i ~‘·c , ,—- :»»;» xr e ·. » , i {iWhBD€88·H thecourse of said investigation a hearing-was held, of which reasonable public notice was given and at which parties interested were givenreasonable opportunity to be present, to pro- duce evidence, and tobe heard; , » · » And whereas the President upon said investigation of said differ- ences in costs of production of said article, wholly or in part the growth or product of the United States and of the like or similar