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PROCLAMATIONS, 1925- 2575 And whereas the President upon said investigation of said differ- ences in costs of production of said article wholly or in part the growth or product of the United States and of the like or similar article wholly or in part the growth or product of competing foreign countries, has thereby found that the principal competing country is Germany and that the duty fixed in said title and act does not equalize the differences in costs of production in the United States and in said principal competing country, namely, Germany, and has ascertained and determined the increased rate of duty necessary to equalize the same. Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, do hereby determine and proclaim that the increase in the rate of duty provided in said act shown by said ascertained dif- ferences in said costs of production necessary to equalize the same is as follows: An increase in said duty on potassium chlorate (within the limit of total increase provided for in said act) from 1)4 cents per pound to 2)4 cents per pound. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this eleventh day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty- [sea l ] five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-ninth. Cal vi n Coo li dg e By the President: Fra nk B Kel lo gg Secretary of State. By the Presi den t of th e Uni ted Stat es of Amer ic a A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, an Act of Congress, entitled the “Merchant Marine Act, 1920”, approved June 5, 1920, contains the following provisions: “Sec. 21. That from and after February 1, 1922; the coast- wise laws of the United States shall extend to the island terri- tories and possessions of the United States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reason- able rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satis- factory terms by private capital and enterprise: Provided, That if adequate shipping service is not established by February 1, 1922, the President shall extend the period herein allowed for the establishment of such service in the case of any island Territory or possession for such time as may be necessary for the establishment of adequate shipping facilities therefor:” AND WHEREAS, an adequate shipping service to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of the Virgin Islands, has not been established as provided by Section 21 of the “Merchant Marine Act 1920 ”• AND WHEREAS, the President of the United States in accord- ance with the authority vested in him by Section 21 of the “ Merchant Marine Act, 1920”, has from time to time, to wit, on February 1, 1922, on May 18, 1922, on October 28, 1922, on October 25, 1923, on April 7, 1924, and on October 23, 1924, issued Proclamations extend- Increasing duty on potassium chlorate to equalize differences in costs of production. Rate. Vol. 42, p. 867. April 25,1925. Virgin Islands. Preamble. Statutory provisions. Vol. 41, p. 997. Vol. 41, p. 997. Vol. 42, pp. 2261, 2269, 2287. Vol. 43, pp. 1929, 1943, 1969. 2576 PROCLAMATIONS, 1925. Time for establishing service to, further ex- tended to December 31, 1925. Vol. 43, p. 1970. Post, pp. 2593, 2621. Coastwise laws de- ferred to December 31, 1925. Vol. 43, p. 1970. Post, pp. 2593, 2621. May 11, 1925. Wenatchee National Forest, Wash. Preamble. Vol. 36, p. 2710. Vol. 42, p. 1036. Area modified. Prior legal rights not affected. Former withdrawals revoked. Vol. 42, p. 1036. ing the time for the establishment of such service, and deferring the application of the coastwise laws to the Virgin Islands, until May 1, 1925. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the ‘ United States of America, acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred upon me by Section 21 of the above mentioned Act, do hereby declare and proclaim that the period for the establishment of an adequate shipping service with the aforesaid Virgin Islands be fur- ther extended from May 1, 1925, to December 31, 1925; AND INASMUCH as the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands, as provided in Section 21 of the “Merchant Marine Act, 1920” is dependent upon the establishment of an adequate shipping service to such island possession, I do hereby further proclaim and declare that the extension of the coastwise laws of the United States to the Virgin Islands is deferred from May 1, 1925, to December 31, 1925. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the city of Washington this twenty-fifth day of April, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and [seal ] Twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the One Hundred and Forty-ninth. Cal vi n Coo lid ge By the President: Fra nk B Kel lo gg Secretary of State. By th e Pre sid en t of th e Uni te d Stat es of Amer ic a A PROCLAMATION. 1 Whereas an Executive order effective July 1, 1921, included in the Wenatchee National Forest a portion of the area transferred there- from by proclamation dated June 28, 1910, and Whereas, it appears that certain lands within the area described in the act of Congress approved September 22, 1922 (42 Stat., 1036), which have been found to be chiefly valuable for national forest pur- poses, should be added to the Wenatchee National Forest in the State of Washington; Now, therefore, I, CALVIN COOLIDGE, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid act of Congress, entitled, “An Act For the inclusion of certain lands in the Wenatchee National Forest, the Olympic National Forest, and the Snoqualmie National Forest, all in the State of Washington, and for other purposes”, do proclaim that the boundaries of the Wenatchee National Forest are hereby changed to include the areas indicated as additions on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part hereof. The withdrawal made by this proclamation shall, as to all lands which are at this date embraced in any valid existing entry under the public land laws or reserved for any public purpose, be subject to, and shall not interfere with or defeat legal rights under such entry, nor prevent the use for such public purpose of lands so reserved, so long as such entry is legally maintained, or such reservation remains in force. And I do also proclaim that Executive Order No. 3819 of April 9, 1923, withdrawing certain lands in aid of the classification contem- plated by the said act of September 22, 1922, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects the following described lands: In T. 20 N., R. 17 E., W. M., NEX NEX Sec. 10, WX WX NEX and EX NEX NWX Sec. 15;