Word: quota
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hawaii Quota (tons) 935,000 1932-33 (tons...
Puerto Rico Quota (tons) 821,000 1932-33 (tons...
Philippines Quota (tons) 1,037,000 1932-33 (tons...
...Cuba Quota (tons) 1,944,000 1932-33 (tons...
...less the same predicament, but were more liberally treated to induce them to accept freedom. The others began at once to wrangle. Movements for Statehood took life in both Hawaii and Puerto Rico (see p. 14) as one means of getting a vote in Congress and lobbying for bigger quotas. The beet industry alone was in a position to wrangle at once. When the Jones-Costigan bill was passed by the House three weeks ago, its quota had been raised from 1,450,000 to 1,550,000 tons. Louisiana and Florida were granted the same quota proposed...