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in advance a war guilt thesis,»s-hePenalty On German GoodsExtra Tariff Into Effect TomorrowWashington f/Pj—Customs officials wilt put into effect at dawn tomorrow the 25 per cent extra tariff duty which the treasury imposed on Germ an goods during last month’s crisis over the seizure of Czechoslovakia,German goods, which already pay higher tariff duties than those of any other country, were assessed ti\e extra 25.per cent after a ruling by the attorney general that Germany's intricate currency system constituted a subsidy to stimulate German exports. The United Stales tariff law of 1930 decrees the imposition of countervailing duties to offset foreign export subsidies. Similar but smaller extra tariffs are in effect on some Netherhmd dairy products and individual items of several other countries.Treasury officials said they did not know what effect the special duties would have on German trade hut that a rush of some importers to bring in German goods before tomorrow indicated that imports from the reieh would be greatly curtailed thereafter, German sales to this country in recent years have consisted primarily of cameras, sodium and pctash compounds, scientific instruments and some types of precision machinery., .Ill V *G-UwtheesfeasViSIheteiWfpoCOd«iSetCOagKithKiK:atClslt;AtIojWtoiwiofm*th.1rlt;thursem«qt
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Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Kansas, US
Sat, Apr 22, 1939
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