Report on Cotton Exchanges. Part V: Influence of Producers' Organizations on Prices of Cotton.

Chap. I. Description of principal organizations.

Chap. II. Efforts of producers' organizations to reduce acreage.

Chap. III. Efforts of producers' organizations to maintain prices of cotton.

Report on the Tobacco Industry. Part I: Position of the Tobacco Combination in the Industry, Feb. 25, 1909. xxiii+489 pp.

Chap. I. Introduction.

1909.

Chap. II. History of the American Tobacco Co. to the time of the merger of 1904. Chap. III. History of the Continental Tobacco Co.

Chap. IV. History of the Consolidated Tobacco Co.

Chap. V. Merger of October, 1904, and subsequent history of the American Tobacco Co.

Chap. VI. History of the American Snuff Co.

Chap. VII. History of the American Cigar Co.

Chap. VIII. History of the foreign interests of the Tobacco Combination.

Chap. IX. Tabular presentation of the acquisitions of the Combination from 1890 to 1906.

Chap. X. General description of the Tobacco Combination, 1906.

Chap. XI. Present organization and business of the American Tobacco Co. group. Chap. XII. Present organization and business of the snuff-manufacturing group. Chap. XIII. Present organization and business of the cigar-manufacturing group. Chap. XIV. Present organization and business of the British-American Tobacco Co.

Chap. XV. Present organization and business of the distributing companies of the Combination.

Chap. XVI. The Combination's control of tobacco manufacture, 1906.

Chap. XVII. Changes in the Combination's proportion of the cigarette output, 1890-1906.

Chap. XVIII. Development of the Combination's control of smoking and chewing tobacco and snuff, 1890-1906.

Chap. XIX. Development of the Combination's control of plug tobacco, 18901906.

Chap. XX. Development of the Combination's control of smoking tobacco, 1890-1906.

Chap. XXI. Development of the Combination's control of snuff, 1891-1906. Chap. XXII. Growth of the Combination's control of fine-cut tobacco, 1891-1906. Chap. XXIII. Development of the Combination's cigar business.

Same.

Part II: Capitalization, Investment, and Earnings, Sept. 25, 1911. xxi+ 343 pp. 1911.

Chap. I. General introduction.

Chap. II. Reported capitalization and earnings of the original American, Contitinental, Consolidated, reorganized American, and Lorillard companies as shown on companies' books.

Chap. III. Analysis of tangible assets of the American, Continental, and Lorillard companies in directly conducted business.

Chap. IV. Analysis of cost of the good will of the American, Continental, and Lorillard companies.

Chap. V. Combined investment of American, Continental, and Lorillard companies in directly conducted business.

Chap. VI. Combined earnings of American, Continental, and Lorillard companies in directly conducted business.

Chap. VII. Comparison of earnings and investment of American, Continental, and Lorillard companies in directly conducted business.

Chap. VIII. Investment and earnings of subsidiary concerns making cigarettes, manufactured tobacco, and contributory products.

Chap. IX. Combined investment and earnings of the parent and subsidiary companies in directly conducted business.

Chap. X. Investment and earnings in the snuff branch of the Combination's business.

Chap. XI. Investment and earnings in the cigar branch of the Combination's business.

Chap. XII. Miscellaneous investment and income-Grand total investment and income of the Tobacco Combination.

Chap. XIII. Rates of profit in independent tobacco business.

Reports on Taxation of Corporations.

These reports discuss the systems of taxing manufacturing, mercantile, transportation, and transmission corporations in the United States. Each part is devoted to a certain geographical group of States.

Part I. New England: The States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. May 17, 1909. xiii+156 pp. 1909. Part II. Middle Atlantic States: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. June 6, 1910. xiii+115 pp. 1910.

Part III. Eastern Central States: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. July 31, 1911. x+109 pp. 1911.

Part IV. Western Central States: Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. Nov. 29, 1912. xiii+144 pp. 1912.

In all of these taxation reports the same general outline of treatment is followed. In the introduction to each Part certain general features of taxation are discussed, either applicable to the geographical group covered by the report or other general features of, and comparisons with, other States than those covered by that particular Part, and such pertinent matters as may be appropriate to a work of this character. Then follows an abstract of the leading facts for each State covered by the Part in question, mentioning prominent and particular matters applicable to the State. After this is set forth the system of each State according to the following outline: General view, constitutional provisions, statutes, financial results, comments, and bibliography.

1909.

Report on Transportation by Water in the United States. Part I: General Conditions
of Transportation by Water, July 12, 1909. xviii+614 pp., 1 map.
Chap. I. Waterways and their improvement.

Chap. II. The equipment employed in transportation by water.
Chap. III. Business organization.

Chap. IV. Shipping contracts and documents, and some legal aspects thereof.
Chap. V. Marine insurance.

Chap. VI. The taxation of vessel property and of navigation companies.

Same. Part II: Water-Borne Traffic, July 19, 1909. xxiv+402 pp., 5

Chap. I. Introduction.

Chap. II. Atlantic and Gulf coasts-General conditions.
Chap. III. North Atlantic ports, rivers, and canals.

Chap. V. Gulf ports and rivers.

Chap. IV. South Atlantic ports and rivers.

maps. 1909.

Same. Part III: Water Terminals, Sept. 26, 1910. xxi+436 pp., 18 charts and diags. 1910.

Chap. I. Introduction

General characteristics.

Legal principles.

Chap. II. Atlantic and Gulf ports.

Chap. III. Ports on the Great Lakes.

Chap. IV. Ports of the Mississippi River system.

Chap. V. Ports on the Pacific coast and rivers.

Chap. VI. Control of wharf property by vessel owners

Railroad control of water-front property through control of boat lines.

Wharf property of water lines uncontrolled by railroads.

Terminal facilities of bulk carriers.

Chap. VII. Storage facilities and handling equipment.

Chap. VIII. Port and terminal charges.

Same. Part IV: Control of Water Carriers by Railroads and by Shipping Consolida

tions, Dec. 23, 1912. xvii+89 pp., 4 maps.

1913.

Report on the Steel Industry. Part I: Organization, Investment, Profits, and Position of United States Steel Corporation, July 1, 1911. xxiv+422 pp. 1911. Chap. I. The consolidation movement in the steel industry.

Chap. II. Analysis of investment of constituent companies of United States Steel Corporation.

Chap. III. Valuation of tangible property of the Steel Corporation in 1901 by departments of its business.

Chap. IV. Summary of evidence of excessive issue of securities by United States
Steel Corporation in 1901.

Chap. V. Principal acquisitions of property by the Steel Corporation since 1901.
Chap. VI. Additions to investment of United States Steel Corporation since 1901.
Chap. VII. Profits of the Steel Corporation compared with its investment.
Chap. VIII. The bond-conversion plan of 1902-3.

Chap. IX. Relative position of the United States Steel Corporation in the steel industry.

Same. Part II: Cost of Production, Jan. 22, 1912. xviii+144 pp. 1912. [Preliminary report.]

Chap. I. Summary of results.

Chap. II. The cost problem and scope of report.

Chap. III. Average book costs of chief raw materials and products of iron and steel, 1902-1906.

Chap. IV. Methods of eliminating intermediate transfer profits from book costs. Chap. V. Comparison of book costs for 1902-1906 with costs after elimination of intermediate transfer profits.

Chap. VI. Comparison of 1902-1906 costs with present costs.

Chap. VII. Costs of the Steel Corporation in 1910.

Chap. VIII. Approximate investment in raw materials, plants, and working capital required to produce a ton of Bessemer steel rails from lake ores.

Chap. IX. Important bearing of ore profits upon costs and profits for finished products, and upon competition.

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.

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. I. Power demand.

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 public-service corporations.

Part III. Water power and the public

Chap. I. Public ownership or control.

Chap. II. Relation of water power to the public.

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.
Effect of tare allowances on the price paid the producer.

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.

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 as a Department or Bureau report. It was published by the House of Representatives, Sixtieth Congress, first session, House Document No. 914, and can be procured from that

source.

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 is not published by the Bureau of Corporations. It is a House Document, and can be secured from that source.

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. Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and ordered to be printed with illustrations. The Bureau of Corporations did not print this report, and has none for distribution. It is a Senate document, as titled above, printed by direction of the Senate and distributed through that source. The report covers the general subjects of prices and profits of the Tobacco Combination.

A more elaborate report by the Bureau of Corporations on the same general subject is nearing completion.