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Your Dec. 5 article says that the U.S. imposes an average tariff of 5.1% on imports, while the figure for Britain is 25.6%, implying that our tariff is five times as high as yours. This calculation takes the total of import duties collected and expresses it as a percentage of imports. But it also includes revenue duties, which are imposed equally on domestic and foreign products, and are therefore not protective. If you exclude these, then the figure for Britain in 1954 would be 3.5%, which makes a difference to the comparison. Tariff levels are certainly important, but surely what...
...everyone is glad to see the Gonaxis arrive in California. The state has its own carnivorous snails, and for years they have been doing a good job of keeping native California snails in check. Why import a foreign variety? In reply, Clausen points to the fact that California snails have generally stuck to wild areas, and presumably could not be coaxed into orchards. More over, says Clausen, he does not fear that the Gonaxis will devour the Helix and turn to other food. Long before that happens, the law of supply and demand will take over, freezing the population...
SMALL LOANS will be stepped up by the Export-Import Bank. To. help U.S. businessmen sell U.S. goods abroad, the bank will lend as little as $5,000 if the exporter has a customer who cannot arrange for private bank financing...
Cards of Identity, by Nigel Dennis. This import from Britain was easily the most hilarious, mercilessly penetrating satire of the year. Its theme was badgered modern man looking for a self he can be content with, and the assorted phonies who are only too glad to bring him to couch...
...prominent evergreen wholesaler remarked of the condition, "Holly is the mainstay and backbone of Christmas. Without holly what have you go?" An attempt to import southern holly also has been foiled by disaster, as late spring frost stripped the plants of all its berries...