AMERICAN TARIFFS
MEASURE TO BOOST RATES
AGAINST LOWER CURRENCIES.
(United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
WAISHINGTON, January 25
A House vote on legislation to boost the tariff rates against the countries with depreciated currencies was ensured to-day when one hundred and forty-five members signed • the discharge >'etition. The vote would com e on Monday, February 13th. The petition was hied by Representative Schafer (Republican, Wisconsin) and was signed epeedly after this week’s Republican Conference which went on record in favour of a plan that a vote should be taken on wlie-
tlier the Ways and Means Committee shall be discharged from further consideration of the Crowther Bill, which would increase, the duties automatically in a ratio determined by the amount of the depreciation. It is similar to the Hill Bill, on which the Ways and Means Sub-Committee has been holding hearings.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1933, Page 5
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