Chap. XIV. Steel Corporation's integration costs of Lake Superior ore for 1910. Chap. XV. Steel Corporation's integration costs of coke for 1910. Chap. XIX. Summary of Steel Corporation's integration costs for 1910, excluding and including transportation profits. Chap. XX. Introduction to investment and profit. Chap. XXI. Investment and profit in lake ore mining and transportation and relations to cost of steel products and to conditions of competition. Chap. XXII. Investment and profit, by products, 1902-1906. Chap. XXIII. Investment and profit, by products, of the Steel Corporation, 1910. Report on the Lumber Industry. Part I: Standing Timber, Jan. 20, 1913. xxiii+ 286 pp., 2 maps. 1913. Chap. I. Introduction. Chap. II. Supply of standing timber in the United States. Chap. III. Concentration of timber ownership— Concentration of ownership in entire investigation area. Concentration of ownership in the several States of the investigation area and on the Pacific coast. Chap. IV. Acreage of timber holdings. Chap. V. Value of standing timber. Chap. VI. Public-land policy a primary cause of concentration of timber ownership Land grants. General land laws. Preceding the above report, the Bureau on February 13, 1911, issued a summary of this Part I on Standing Timber. This summary, revised in a few particulars, appears in the full text of Part I. Same. [One volume, two parts.] Part II: Concentration of Timber Ownership in Important Selected Regions. Part III: Land Holdings of Large Timber Owners. July 13, 1914. xx+236 pp., 8 maps. 1914. Part II. Concentration of Timber Ownership in Important Selected Regions Chap. I. Introduction. Chap. II. Concentration of timber ownership in southwestern Washington. Chap. III. Concentration of timber ownership in important areas in western Oregon. Chap. IV. Concentration of timber ownership in northeastern Cali- Chap. V. Concentration of timber ownership in north central Idaho. Part III. Land Holdings of Large Timber Owners Same. Chap. I. Introduction. Chap. II. Land owned in investigation area by large timber owners. Chap. IV. Large land holdings in Florida. Part IV: Conditions in Production and Wholesale Distribution, Including Wholesale Prices. Apr. 21, 1914. xxi+925 pp. Chap. I. Introduction. 1914. Chap. II. Cooperation among manufacturers' associations. Chap. III. Southern yellow pine. Chap. IV. Douglas fir. Chap. V. White and "northern" pine. Chap. VI. Hemlock. Chap. VII. Spruce. Chap. VIII. Cypress. Chap. IX. Shingles. Chap. X. Hardwoods. Special Report on Present and Past Conditions in the Lumber and Shingle Industry in the State of Washington. Feb. 16, 1914. 43 pp. 1914. Production. General conditions under which shingles are produced. Market conditions. Conditions referred to by Representative Humphrey. Close-down campaign among shingle manufacturers in the fall of 1913. Conditions in 1912. Closing of the shingle mills in 1911 and previous years. Causes leading to close down in December, 1913. Effect of the removal of the duty on shingles. Effect of timber and logging conditions on the shingle industry. Cost of shingle production in the United States and in Canada. The unemployed in December, 1913. Fluctuations in the price of red cedar shingles. Conditions in the lumber industry. Report on Water-Power Development in the United States. [One volume, three parts.] Mar. 14, 1912. xx+220 pp., 16 maps and charts. 1912. Part I. Physical conditions and economic aspects of water power- Chap. II. Potential water power in the United States. Chap. III. Developed water power in the United States. Chap. IV. Some physical and economic problems of water power. Part II. Concentration of ownership and control Chap. I. Forces that have contributed toward concentration. Chap. II. Concentration in localities. Chap. III. Concentration of ownership and control, grouped by interests. Chap. IV. Relation of water-power companies to municipal publicservice corporations. Part III. Water power and the public Chap. I. Public ownership or control. Chap. II. Relation of water power to the public. Report on Cotton Tare, Sept. 3, 1912. x+53 pp. 1912. Introductory. Methods of packing and handling cotton. Cotton bagging. Tare rules of cotton exchanges and cotton markets in the United States. New Orleans Cotton Exchange. New York Cotton Exchange. Other American exchanges and markets. Tare rules adopted by American cotton spinners. Tare rules of European markets. Purpose and effect of "c. i. f. and 6 per cent" contract. Overtare. Effect of the c. i. f. and 6 per cent contract on the American exporter. Remedies proposed for tare evils. Practicability of compressing cotton at the gin. Economic advantages in using less tare. Cotton sold on a false-weight basis. Attitude of the cotton trade toward changing existing tare customs. Report on the International Harvester Company. Mar. 3, 1913. xxiii+384 pp. 1913. Summary. Chap. I. Conditions before the formation of the International Harvester Co. Chap. III. Comparison of capitalization and investment in 1902. Chap. VII. Competitive methods of the International Harvester Co. MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS. Statement of the Commissioner of Corporations in answer to the allegations of the Standard Oil Co. concerning its conviction at Chicago for accepting concessions on shipments over the Chicago & Alton R. R. A discussion of the allegations in the pamphlet entitled "From the Directors of the Standard Oil Company to its employees and stockholders," Dec. 30, 1907. 11 pp. 1907. Interstate Commerce Law as changed by the act of June 29, 1906. This compilation is a parallel-column comparison between the provisions of the act of February 4, 1887, in full as in force prior to June 29, 1906, and the provisions of the act of June 29, 1906. The Bureau has published nothing further regarding laws relating to either interstate commerce or the Interstate Commerce Commission. Report of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor concerning patents granted to officers and employees of the Government. [Under the Provisions of Public Resolution No. 15, approved by the President Feb. 18, 1907.] 74 pp. The Secretary of Commerce and Labor directed the Commissioner of Corporations to conduct this inquiry, and the report on the resolution was transmitted by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to the Speaker of the House of Representatives May 5, 1908. The document was not printed or distributed as a Department or Bureau report. It was published by the House of Representatives, Sixtieth Congress, first session, as House Document No. 914. It may be procured from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on certain features of the concentration of water powers. Accompanies special message of President Roosevelt vetoing House bill No. 17707, authorizing construction of a dam across James River, in Stone County, Mo. Published as House Document No. 1350, Sixtieth Congress, second session. This pamphlet was not published or distributed by the Bureau of Corporations. It may be procured from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. Report on the Prices of Tobacco transmitted in response to Senate Resolution No. 44, of May 14, 1909. 181 pp. 14 diag. Published as Senate Document No. 78, Sixty-first Congress, first session. This was a special report made in pursuance of a specific resolution of the Senate, and transmitted to the Senate on June 5, 1909. The Bureau of Corporations did not print this report, and has none for distribution. It may be procured from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. The report covers the general subject of prices and profits of the Tobacco Combination. A more elaborate report by the Bureau of Corporations on the same general subject is in the press. Exhibit E.-EXPENDITURES OF THE BUREAU. DETAILED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES FROM APPROPRIATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF CORPORATIONS FROM ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1903 TO [The Bureau does not allocate to the various investigations administrative expenses, nor annual and sick leave, all of which are, with certain other administrative expenses, kept separately. The cost of furniture, supplies, rent, and certain contingent expenses, which are paid out of the Department's contingent expense account, are not included, nor the cost of printing the Bureau's reports.] |