A Method of Tanning without Bark

The pamphlet advocates a tanning process that replaces imported bark with domestic materials, arguing that local tanning would raise the value of exported hides, increase employment, and improve the trade balance. It supports this position with several years of customs data on hide exports and bark imports, price and weight figures, and calculations estimating the financial gains from tanning before export. The author criticizes current trade practices that send raw hides abroad, urges policy measures to promote home manufacture, and addresses practical tannery concerns such as bark scarcity, weight loss in tanning, and methods to effect tannage without reliance on foreign supplies.