NEW FRENCH TARIFF.
FREEZING OUT AMERICA ? 5} SCHEDULES HELD TO' BE HARSH. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. WASHINGTON, Sept. 9. Reaction to the disclosure that the new French Tariff which % became effective last Tuesday, includes schedules which are considered extremely harsh, and in many instances prohibitive in respect of the importation of American manufactured goods, was swift and emphatic here. Senator Borah declared that it was evident that Europe wa,s gradually but surely forming aiu economic combination which might result disastrously for the United States.
Senator Harrison said that France should not be permitted to' obtain a private loan from this, country’s hankers until! she had funded her war debt. It is understood that a movement is on foot in the Senate against granting favoured debt treatment to European countries, which is intended to “ freeze out” Americans from trade com petition. '
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 September 1927, Page 9
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