AMERICA’S NEW TARIFF.
President’s Uncertain Attitude. SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS. (United Preas Association —By Electrio Telegraph—Copyrlgli t. .) WASHINGTON, September 26. Following President Hoover’s recent demand that the flexible provision in the tariff measure should be retained, Senator Borah urged, from the floor of the Senate to-day: “That the President advise the Senate and country if he approves of the industrial schedules in this Bill." Senator Borah declared: “I ask him to tell us if he approves of the duties on cement, pig iron, and other materials, which increase the profits of the Steel Trust? I ask him to tell us whether he is satisfied with the duties levied by this Bill on agricultural products? Will he advise us that lie is satisfied the Bill meets the pledges he made during the last campaign?”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18382, 28 September 1929, Page 17
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132AMERICA’S NEW TARIFF. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18382, 28 September 1929, Page 17
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