IRISH FREE STATE TARIFF.
Customs duties imposed by the Irish Free State with the object of protecting local industries are affectiug British goods exported to that country. A London soft goods trade journal states that' a firm of collar and shirt manufacturers in the Aorth of Ireland was forced to cease stamping their exports to the Free State _ Made in Ireland," the authorities arguing that the goods were not Irish and that the stamp gave Free State purchasers a wrong impression. The firm then stamped them Made in Londonderry," and the iU'ee btate authorities then stated^ that they must stamp their goods "Made in Derry The firm came to the conclusion that the Ireo State authorities are merely quibbling with the object of discouraging imports into the Free State of Northern Irish and English manufactured shirts and collars. A somewhat similar position seems to prevail with regard to woollens. The Free State manufacturers are agitating for a considerable tarift on imported woollens, and English and Scottish manufacturers are greatly concerned at these efforts^
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1927, Page 11
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173IRISH FREE STATE TARIFF. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1927, Page 11
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