Word: higher
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...manufacturers have long clamored for a U. S. Valuation system, largely because it would mean much higher duties, hence greater "protection." They have claimed that imported goods are grossly undervalued on the foreign-valuation basis to get the benefit of cheaper ad valorem duties...
...Also in opposition are Idaho's Senator Borah and the Republican Progressives following his lead in the forthcoming tariff fight. Their objection is that the flexible provision of the law gives the President an unconstitutional power to "levy taxes," that U. S. Valuation is a subterfuge to obtain higher rates than the tariff bill itself would seem to grant...
...Great had been the crop shrinkage since the spring estimates. Reason: Hot winds, drought, severe insect damage. Bad weather conditions in Canada and improved world demand brightened the outlook. The Chicago wheat pit reflected these conditions. Prices, on the rise for the last month, went higher. July deliveries touched $1.29 per bushel, a 35 cent advance since the disastrous drop of May. Oldtime traders looked for even better prices, gossiped about $2 wheat...
Belgium protested tariff increases on glass, cement, bricks, leather, chemicals. Spain, vexed at higher rates on cork and peppers, threatened to denounce the trade modus vivendi between it and the U. S. Australia complained of the wool duties; Denmark, of those on hides and skins; Italy, on canned tomatoes, olive oil; Mexico, on fresh vegetables; Austria on hats, shoes, glue, tapestries; the Netherlands, on diamonds, glassware, brick; Switzerland, on watches, embroideries; Persia, on rugs; Uruguay, on wool, meats, hides; Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Honduras, on bananas, coffee...
...spite of the Labor ministers' justifiable complaints, most British cabinet salaries are higher than corresponding U. S. salaries, for example...