Word: protectionâ
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Dates: during 1929-1929
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...textile industries received added protection???approximately a 10% increase over present rates. In New England, gratification at this benefit was tempered by disappointment at the bill's failure to shift leather shoes from the free to the dutiable list. The House committee was pressed by the farmers for a duty on hides, which was rejected and with it New England's plea for a shoe duty. Committeemen felt they could not "defend" such an increase on the House floor...
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