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 As you are rate1 a Hearing w; s held on a number of other
applications for exemtion M;ay 7, -;.t -hich time your -petitions and
correspondence "-ere read into the records. Before making any final
decision, however, it will be necessary for us to have much more and
complete information on your -eculiar cDroblei's than vie now have. I
should P-onreciate your submitting to ne r-.s quickly as possible, the
following data:

(1) The amount of business done in the year 1933 in bags made of real
 leather;

(2) The amount of business done in 1933 in bags made of imitation
 leather;

(3) The amount of business done in the year 1933 in bags made of
 fabrics nnd other materials;

(4) Do the same workers work on all three types of bags?

(5) How many workers were employed in the neak of your season in
 1933?7

(6) How many were employed during tile lowest point of your season in
 1933?

(7) On what basis are your workers compensated? (I.E., piece work,
 hour work, or week work)

(8) Classify your enolo.ees according to ooereation performed, stating
 hourly compensation of each.

(9) In which price ranges are your goods sold?

(10) Since the adoption of the Code, has there beien any change in i
 these price ranges? If so, what?

(11) What percentage of the wholesale price of your products is
 represented by direct labor costs?

(12) What percentage of your wholesale -orice is represented by selling
 costs?

(13) What percentage of your wholesale -orice is reDresented by .
 administrative and general overhead costs?

(14) What are your regular channels of distribution, (i.e., wholesale,
 direct sales to retailers, etc., etc.)
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(15) Do your products enjoy a nationpl-wide distribution? If not, in
 which areas do you make your bi :gest sales?

(16) Give me the names and addresses of your most direct competitors.

 Upon "eceiot of the aoove -iformation, I shall be in a much better
position to judge your case.
 Very truly yours,

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