AMERICAN TARIFF
DUTY ON IMPORTED MEAT.
(CNIT» mi(S ASSBCIATI»M.—««PTIU««.)
(AUSTRALIAN - NEW ZEALAND CABLI ASSOCIATION.) WASHINGTON, 28th June.
. The Senate Tariff Committee has increased the various meat and cattle duties fixed by the House of Representatives—cattle weighing 10501b from li cents to 2 cents per lb; cattle above 10501b, from 2to 3i cents per lb; fresh beef and veal, from 2 to 3j cents sper lb; fresh mutton, from 1^ to 2^ cents per lb. Sheep and goats are fixed at 2 dollars per head, instead of 1 cent per lb, as the House provided. The changes were carried only after a violent partisan debate, in which the Democrats declared; that the food bill of the American people would be increased by many billions of dollars yearly.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1922, Page 7
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126AMERICAN TARIFF Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1922, Page 7
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