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SIXTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Crr. 356. 1922. 943 ences in the wholesale selling {prices of domestic and foreign articles in mw ”°“°”°“· the principal markets of the nited States; (3) advantages granted to a foreign producer by a foreign government, or by a person partnership, corporation, or association in a foreign country; and (4) any other advantages or disadvantages in competition. _ Investigations to assist the President in ascertaining)difl’erences in @{2 {’.¤'°e;°1°m costs of production under this section shall be made y the United §,‘:_"Y'*`•'** States Tariff Commission, and no proclamation shall be issued under Hmm, M this section until such investigation shall have been made. The commission shall give reasonab e public notice of its hearings and shall give reasonab e op ortunity to parties interested to be Spesent, to produce evidence, and) to be heard. The commission is au orized to adopt such reasonable procedure, rules, and regulations as it may deem ¤°°°$SU'.Y· . . xumontymmoarxy The President, proceeding as hereinbefore provided for in proclaim- ew., mw ms. ’ ` rates of duty, shall, when he determines that it is shown that the §ere¤ces in costs of roduction have changed or no longer exist which led to such procllimation, accordingly as so shown, modify or _ terminate the same. Nothing in this section shall be construed to T"‘“S‘°”'°““°t°"· authorize a transfer of an article from the dutiable list to the free list or from the free list to the dutiable list, nor a chang; in form of duty. _ Whenever it is provided in any paragraph of Title of this Act, that ,,§¥g°g’·‘§‘§,'}‘}‘§ ‘{,°Q°§§'} the duty or duties shall not exceed a specined ad valorem rate upon ¤¤<>d·¤d- the articles provided for in such parafaph, no rate determined under the provision of this section upon suc articles shall exceed the maximrtg al? vaéprem rate so gptehqgied. al md ded Comm mum or e urposes o section an co -tar p act rovi mm; ,_,mP,.m , °°“j for in paragrapphs 27 or 28 of Title I of Act shall be coliisidered r>¤j%¢· Sm 0 mm similar to or corrlipetitive with any coal·tar product which 'p‘ ‘ accomplishes res r ts substantially eq to those accomplished by the domestic product when used in substantial1$ the same manner. (e) The President is authorized to make needful rules and regu- m§¤°§“l'**i°'“ ‘°‘ °°‘** lations for carrying out the provisions of this section. ` (f) The Secretaryx of the Treasury is authorized to make such rules et§°¢‘§_?§;'”f{,:'£{,; and regulations as e may deem necessary for the entry and declara- ¤¤11f¤¢ pri¤¤ valuationtion of imyiprted articles of the class or kind of articles upon which the President as made a proclamation under the provisions of subdivi- ‘M°’P°°°2' sion (b) of this section and for the form of invoice required at time of entry. Sec. 316. (a) That unfair methods of com tition and unfair acts 0 U°'°“' ?“°°" in the importation of articles into the United)(States, or in their sale dzmgm wfullam by the owner, importer, consiguee, or agent of either, the eHect or *°“°°“*“‘*°"· tendency of which is to destroy or substantially injure an industry, eiiicien y and economically operated, in the United States, or to prevent the establishment of suc an industxg, or to restrain or monopolize trade and commerce in the United tates, are herepy declared unlawful, and when found by the President to exist sh be dealt with,din] addition to any other provisions of law, as hereinafter provide . (b) That to assist the President in makmg' an decisions under this - $""”°§"“”"·¤‘¤.°° section the United States Tariff Commission isliereby authorized to 11:6.:slm mw vmmvestigate any alleged violation hereof on complaint under oath or upon its initiative. _ (c) That the commission shall make such investigation under and c°,*Qg,,Y;'h;;'•$,',,;g'g°da,c§° rn accordance with such rules as it may promulgate and give such ' notice and afford such he , and when deemed proper by the commission such rehearing with opportunity to offer evidence, oral or written, as it may deem sufficient for a full presentation of the facts involved in such investigation; that the testimony in every