Word: import
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Revenue Act of 1932 imposed an import tax (tariff) of 10? per cwt. on coal, except from countries against which the U. S. had a favorable trade balance on that commodity. As the U. S. exports more coal to Canada than Canada sends to the U. S., the Dominion was automatically exempt from this tax provision. Last summer importers of British and German coal asked the U. S. to suspend the tax on their shipments. Reason: Britain and Germany have treaties with the U. S. promising them the same commercial treatment in this country as the most favored nation...
...anything else -the Signature of France. I personally refuse to dishonor it. ... We must avoid the isolation which surely would follow default." But the possibility of default loomed larger and larger. Premier Herriot, ignoring the Stimson "No" to Britain's first note, prepared a note nearly identical in import, confidently submitted it to the committees on Finance and Foreign Affairs. While they grappled the problems Premier Herriot returned to the Chamber floor in time to hear Louis Marin, aged Nationalist leader, flaying any proposal to make payment. Loud applause greeted M. Marin's shout...
Good for one year only, the new legislation makes Minister of Commerce C. N. Hauge virtually Denmark's Tsar of Imports. Advised by 13 representatives of agriculture, commerce and industry, he will dictate the rationing of foreign exchange (through the National Bank) to Danish importers. Thus if a Dane wants to buy a German Mercedes, the Import Tsar at his discretion can block the exchange transaction and may thus switch the sale to another country, by intimating for example that he would facilitate the purchase of a British Rolls-Royce...
This year Denmark's total imports have dropped 20%, but her imports from Britain are up 15%-due probably to her National Bank's covert activities. Danish importers found comfort in one provision of the new import laws last week: although they can be forced to buy where the State pleases, the State cannot cut the total imports of a Danish middle-man in 1933 to less than 45% of his total imports...
...with every question of such vital import to members of the University, many reasons, pro and con, have been advanced. The gentle-minded say that pity has been taken upon the school children, presumably, who lose their finest marbles through treacherous cracks. The hard-headed say that no longer is there an abundance of hard wood. The practical-minded point to the costs of labor. The average-minded jingles elusive coins in his pockets, and decides it is for the general good. The foreman of the present crew of workers recalls one of his men having found as much...