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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1928. 2973 like or similar articles wholly or in part the growth or product of competing foreign countries, shall find it thereby shown that the duties fixed in this act do not equalize the said differences in costs of production in the United States and the principal competing country he shall, by such investigation, ascertain said differences and deter- mine and proclaim the changes in classifications or increases or decreases in rates of duty provided in said act shown by said ascer- tained differences in such costs of production necessary to equalize the same; Whereas in and by section 315 (c) of said act it is further provided Vol. 42, p. 9f2. that in ascertaining the differences in costs of production, under the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b) of said section, the President, ill so far as he finds it practicable, shall take into consideration (1) the differences in conditions in production, including wages, costs of material, and other items in costs of production of such or siinilar articles in the United States and in competing foreign countries; (2) the differences in the wholesale selling prices of domestic and foreign articles in the principal markets of the United States; (3) advantages granted to a foreign producer by a fore~ government, or by a per- son, partnership, corporation, or associatIOn in a foreign country; and (4) any other advantages or disadvantages in competition; Whereas, under and by virtue of said section of said act, the United States Tariff Commission has made an investigation to assist the President in ascertaining the differences in costs of production of and of all other facts and conditions enumerated in said section with respect to the article described in paragraph 207 of Title I of said Vol. ~, p. 869. tarIff act of 1922, namely, fluorspar, being wholly or in part the growth or product of the United States, and of and with respect to a like or similar article wholly or in part the growth or product of competing foreign countries; Whereas in the course of said investigation a hearing was held, of which reasonable public notice was given and at which parties inter- ested were given reasonable opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard; And whereas tho President upon said investigation of said differ- ences in costs of production of the said article wholly or in part the growth or product of the United States and of the like or similar article wholly or in part the growth or product of competing foreign countries, has thereby found- That the change of dutY' indicated by the cost data should be limited to fluorspar contaming not more than 93 per centum of calcium fluoride; That the principal competing country for such fluorspar is England; And that the duty fixed in said title and act does not equalize the differences in costs of production of said fluorspar in the United States and in said :prinCipal competing country, namely, England: And has ascertamed and determined the increased rate of duty necessary to equalize the same. ' Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States 11 Increasin t g dutY_'lZ~n fAm · dhbd . d I'hh' . uorspar 0 equru e o enca, 0 ere y etermme an proc aun t at t e mcrease ill ditferenc;es in costs of the rate of duty provided in said act shown by said ascertained productIOn. differences in said costs of production necessary to equalize the same is as follows: An increase in said duty on fluorspar, containing not more than TarmstroBot (talk) 02:03, 7 January 2012 (UTC)alnlng not more 93 per centum of calcium fluoride (Within the limit of total increase t~an 93 per cent of cIIl· 'ddf' 'd )f. . 840 Clum fluoride. prOVl e or ill sal act, rom ..,5.60 per ton to..,. per ton. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

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