HIGHER AMERICAN TARIFFS
VOTE TO BE TAKEN. DEPRECIATED CURRENCY. COritcd Pivjg> Association —B> Electric Telegrap; Copyright.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. A vote qf the House of Representatives on legislation to raise the tariff rates against countries with depreciated 1 currencies was ensured to-day when 145 members' signed; a. discharge petition that the vote would come on Afonday, February ]3. The petition was filed by Mr Schafter (Republican, Wisconsin) and signed speedily after his week’s Republican conference, which placed itself on record 1 as in favour of a plan that a vote be taken on whether the ways and means committee shall he discharged from further consideration, of the Orowther Bill, which would increase the duties automatically in a ratio determined by the amount of depreciation. It is similar to the Hill Bill, on which the ways and means .sub-com-mittee have been holding hearings.
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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 30 January 1933, Page 5
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