Word: exports
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...House and Senate conferees thereon were snarled. Major items were still in dispute. The main question was: Which wing of Congress should vote first? Each side, for political reasons, wanted the other to go first, to reserve the advantage of the last word. Chiefly at stake was the export debenture plan, approved by the Senate, disapproved by the President and the House...
...14?New England Export Conference; at Boston...
...England Export Conference; at Boston...
Copper prices for export are fixed by Copper Exporters, Inc., to which belong all the important U. S. copper producers. Acting quite independently, but with a unanimity as perfect as if they had an agreement, these producers fix the price for domestic copper at an equivalent level. The 18? price was started April 15, 1929, after a wave of copper buying had sent the price to 24? for a short period. Even then consumers protested against the price, and with the decline in business last autumn it seemed obvious that a reduction would have to come. Buying became negligible, exports...
...years the value of shares listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange has fallen 30%. The removal of the embargo on gold shipments out of Japan has seriously depleted the country's gold reserve. Decreased U. S. demand for raw silk has brought a slump to Japan's chief export industry. Last week's cotton strike, and a hint of further labor troubles, brought Japanese brokers to panic's edge. Deeply concerned was the cabinet of Prime Minister Yuko Hamaguchi. A Tokyo correspondent quoted the opinion of several cabinet members that "the present condition of the market is due to manipulation...