Word: exportable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Premier Tardieu, flayed the "blind economy and selfish nationalism" of the U. S. He warned: "There is a crisis in the friendship of the two nations which if it is not remedied promptly will grow worse." At Rome the Italian Government upped the duty on automobiles, prime U. S. export, by 167% (see p. 24). In Washington Secretary of Commerce Lamont declared that this was not tariff retaliation but an honest effort by Italy to protect its own motor industry. In London, the bankers of Britain, traditionally free-traders, joined in a great manifesto advocating a tariff wall around...
...resolved that urgent measures for the promotion of inter-Imperial trade are needed to secure and extend the market for British products both at home and through the export trade...
...some extent, from parts shipped from Detroit, later from 100% Italian parts. Since Italy's duty on parts is now much less than on cars, Mr. Ford should be able to worst all U. S. rivals in the Italian market. To complete the Ford-Isotta agreement, Ford's Export Manager Charles E. Sorensen and Sir Percival Perry, general Ford representative throughout Europe, were en route last week to Milan...
...Japan, cotton mills were curtailing production. Recently, Great Britain passed a discriminatory tariff law in India giving preference to cotton piece goods manufactured in India or by Great Britain. Severely affected were Japanese mills which used to export large quantities of cheap piece goods to India...
Another great maker of such devices, and a great friend of the hard of hearing, is George Barton French, railroad authority once affiliated with the Export Department of J. P. Morgan & Co. His devices are small and portable. He sells them cheaply, will sell them more cheaply when he makes them in greater quantities. With one of his devices the speaker places the transmitter against any part of his head or throat; ensuing sounds are louder than if he spoke into the transmitter. A deaf person can put the receiver to any part of his skull or spine, and hear...