WHEAT TARIFF
PRESS OPPOSES INCREASE
Australian Presi Association.
(Received 30th March, 11 a.m.)
PARIS, 29th March
The semi-official journal, "Temps," sharply criticises the projected efforts to increase the tariff on wheat from 35 francs per quintal to 45 francs, and, perhaps, S(X The newspaper asserts that the aid the farmer will derive from the proposed measure is dubious, in view of the quantity of stocks in warehouses and the hard winter. It adds: "The sole effect would be an added burden to the consumer of 250 million francs, and perhaps more."
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 73, 30 March 1929, Page 7
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91WHEAT TARIFF Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 73, 30 March 1929, Page 7
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