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Herbert Hoover: “The principle of a protective tariff for the benefit of labor, industry, and the farmer is established in the bill by…”

On the recordJune 15, 1930
The principle of a protective tariff for the benefit of labor, industry, and the farmer is established in the bill by the requirement that the Commission shall adjust the rates so as to cover the differences in cost of production at home and abroad.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California
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Editor's note · Context

Statement on the Tariff Bill.

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