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 942 SIXTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 356. 1922. mw ”°"'”'°“”- in the United States and the principal competing conmtry he shall, by such investigation, ascertain said differences and determine and proclaim the changes m classincations or increases or decreases in anlg rate of duti provided in this Act shown by said ascertained _ d` erences in suc costs of production necessary to equalize the same. m°°°"°’"°*’*Y’· Thirty days after the date of such proclamation or proclamations such changes  classification shall ta e effect,   suc increased or decreased duties shall be levied, collected, and paid on such articles when   from any foreign countrlyjlipto the United States or mto any of its possessions (except the P lppme Islands, the V {,’?&;,,,,,,,,,,,d_ Islands, and the islands of Guam and ’I`ut a): Prmnkkd, That Ee total increasefoigh decrease of sligzchi rateteacg diityi stlelesllipot exceed 50 per centum o e rates spec` in e o ct, or in any amendatory Act. - """“"°‘°"°"‘°"f’ (b) That in order to regulate the foreign' commerce of the United ¤,·¤¤& States   to put into force and effect the policy of the Congress by mmmmxpmw this Act intended, whenever the President, upon investigation of “"'· the differences m costs of production of articles provided for in I'1?tleB§ <gmt'h: Acg, vghleély or in part thecigrowtlli ler product of the mt ano sor` ararfesw0 rin artth gowth or product of competingieireign colmtries, shgllliind itptherebye _own that the duties prescri in this Act do not equalize said differences, and shall further find it thereby shown that the said differenfples m  of production m the mted Sgates and the prmcip compe count can not e roceeding _ _ under the provisions of subgvision (a) of rE section, lib ghall make ,,,,§§,‘§f’°‘°""‘°h °P‘ such findmgs public, together with a description of the articles to _ om S vghich they appg, in sue? detail as may ble necesselry for ehe guidance Am, mm -0;, ,g,_ o a praising officers. n suc cases an upon the proc amatio b gtgvgsevgdqéichig the Pres1dent becoming effective the ad valorem duty or duty blaised ervuue. in whole or in part upon the value of the imported article in the country of exportation shall thereafter be based) upon the American selling price, as dehned m subdivision (f) of section 402 of this Act, of any similar competitive article manufactured or produced in the United States embraced withm the class or kind of imported articles upon which the_ President has made a proclamation under subdivision (b) of this section. ng§}·¤‘¤*¤¤¤¤¤ vi The ad_ valorem rate or rates of duty based upon such American selhng price shall be the rate found, inépon said investigation by the ummm Presn ent, to be shown b the sand d erences in costs of roduction °"‘ necessgry to ecgialize such diiference_s,1but no such rate shall be decrease more t an 50 per centum o the rate s if d Titl I f Emmvem 15 dm this Act upon such articles, nor shall any sucheiiatlis lie? incrgased. ‘ ’ Such rate or rates of duty shall become effective fifteen days after the_date of the said proc amation of the President, whereupon the duties so estimated and provided shall be levied, collected, and paid op such articles when imported from any fore1gn co1mtr_§, into the Lmted States or_mto ani; of its possessions (except the hilippine _ um b Islands, the Virgm Islan, and the islands of Guam and Tutuila). .,mDB,°*“,m“,;u3um if nf, If there is any imported article within the class or kind of articles, @"m ,‘,i•gg¥gf*“”° upon which the President has made public a finding, for which there is no similar competitive article manufactured or reduced in the p.,.,_,,_ we United States, the value of such imported article shall be determined Llpgggéigle pggvgeieplssoggaragapk (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a) mmm °£ifii§'$’,¤iZ;di: (6) That in  the differences in costs of production, under °°“‘$ °‘*"'°°“°“°¤· the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section the President, in so far as he  it practicable, shall take into consideration (1) the differences in conditions in production, including wages, costs of material and other items m costs of production of such or similar articles in the United States and in competing foreign countries; (2) the differ-