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Canada Lobbies Against Duties in Now Tariff Fight
Senate finance committee heard Robert B. Allen of Seattle allege a Canadian lobby funds propaganda against lumber and shingles duties. He cited $47,000 paid by shinglemakers and warned the Washington action echoed wartime German propaganda. Hawaii fertilizer producers protested a potash tariff, arguing it would raise food costs. senator Smoot pressed the sugar tariff stance.
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Washington
Senate
Robert B. Allen
Seattle
Wash
West Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Allen
Germany
Charles J. McCartney
Hawaii
Honolulu
Smoot
Utah
Mr. McCarthy
Senator Smoot