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...Magnesite is an ore much mined in the U. S. In its crude form it is used for steel making. With lime, it is a filler in rubber making. It is also used in fireproof cement and insulating materials. . . . The President raised the U. S. tariff 50% on imported magnesite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Nov. 21, 1927 | 11/21/1927 | See Source »

...question to be debated will be one of Chinese independence, and will be worded as follows: "Resolved, That the Western Powers should recognize the Nanking Nationalist Government as a first step toward surrendering political control over the Chinese tariff and foreign policy and gradually abandoning the extraterritorial features of the concessions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEBATING UNION WILL HOLD MEETING TONIGHT | 11/15/1927 | See Source »

...President Coolidge reduced the tariff on phenol (carbolic acid) by 50%. Carbolic acid is used to make telephones, cigaret holders, auto enamels, explosives, and many another U. S. product, as well as to disinfect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Coolidge Week: Nov. 14, 1927 | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

...association took the customary slap at corporate taxation registered at all business gatherings, advocated a nonpartisan tariff commission and urged a "hands off" policy on the part of the government with regard to public utility regulation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: At Chattanooga | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...question to occupy the attention of the debaters two of whom will be members of the University and one probably a faculty member, will be: "Resolved, That the Western Powers should recognize the Nanking Nationalist Government as a first step toward surrendering political control over the Chinese tariff and foreign policy and gradually abandoning the extraterritorial features of the concessions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FAMOUS CHINESE LECTURER TO ADDRESS DEBATING UNION | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

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