AMERICA’S TARIFF.
PREVENTING COMPETITION. By Telegraph.—Press Assn —Copyright, Received Jan. 24, 12.45 a.m. Washington, Jan. 22. Mr. Charles Bently, a representative of 'the National Canners’ Association of the United States, appeared before the House of Representatives ways and means committee urging that the President be authorised to alter the tariff schedule to prevent the importation of low cost articles. Mr. Bently pointed out that the President now has partial powers of this character, but he wished this power expanded so that it could he used at any time in a commercial emergency in which the American market might be flooded by foreign competition. Mr. Bently declared that Australian jam had been pouring into the United States at low prices, due to the fact that Australia fixed the price of sugar during the war at five and a half cents, thus being able to produce the article much below American costs. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1921, Page 5
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153AMERICA’S TARIFF. Taranaki Daily News, 24 January 1921, Page 5
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