U.S. TARIFF WALL.
REPUBLICAN POLICY. NEW YORK .■Sept. 22 A mesisago from Hardin (.Montana', states that Senator Curtis-, in a politi cal address, comparing the position of v.ool in the United Statea under the Underwood amd Fofdney-McCumbei tariffs ,sai(l the imports of clothing and wool were morr than fifteen times leas in 1927 than in 1921. H<? baid the arguments ALat tariff inerei’.s ed cost of Amercan clothing were groundless, and. added that he saw no reason why the excess of imports ove* exports of wool, which in 1927 reached 285 million pounds, should con Un ue, with millions of acres of land available for raising sheep. He* concluded that in July 1928. a pound of woool raised by the Amcri can farmer had thirty-nine per cent more purchasing powci of non-agriciu-tural commodities than bef( ro the War.
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Grey River Argus, 25 September 1928, Page 3
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