EMPIRE WOOL AND AMERICAN TRADE
Received Fridav, 10.0 p.m. NEW YORK, April 10. Addressing the- Rliode Lsland Textile. Assoeiation, Mr. Artliur Besse, prestdent of. the National Assoeiation oi Wool Manufacturers, said Australian and South African deniands for a 50 per cent reduction in the import duty 011 wool nieant that tliose eountries were deinaudirig a shrinkage of the Uniteu States sheep industry for the purpose of inereasing their own production. "They are demanding that we give up a s'ubstantial percentage of our sheepgrowing industry before they will consider gi ving us a better opportunity to sell automobiles, radios, tobacco aua niovies in the British Empire. " Mr. Besse also said that the .present import, duty of 33 cents a pound was insullicieut. »
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 April 1947, Page 5
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