UNITED STATES TARIFF
DILL DENOUNCED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, April 26. Senator Simmons, speaking in opposition to the Tariff Bill, said that if it were passed the indignation of the country would assume greater proportions than in the case of the Payne Aldriclp Law. lie added that in spite of the increase in agricultural products farmers would pay sdol in increased prices for every dollar which they gained through the tariff. Ho denounced it as tho worst Bill that had over crossed the threshold of the Senate, and concluded by saying that while tho Treasury might gain 550,000.0G0d0l in duties those same duties would tax tho people by billions of dollars.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 17955, 28 April 1922, Page 4
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114UNITED STATES TARIFF Evening Star, Issue 17955, 28 April 1922, Page 4
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