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 2986 PROCLAMATIONS, 1929. January Ii, 19Z1. By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF A:-'IE R ICA A PROCLAMATION Tariff on cast pol- isher! plate glass, unsil- Whereas in and by section 315 (a) of Title III of the act of Congress wed. approved September 21, 1922, entitled" An act to pfiwide revenue, f.~1TarmstroBot (talk) 02:06, 7 January 2012 (UTC): 941. . to_ regulate co~merce with foreign countries, to enr~u:llge the ind us- Statutory anthoma- tnes of the Umted States, and for other purposes," It IS, among other tlOn. things, provided that whenever the President, upon investigation of the differences in costs of production of articles wholly or in part the growth or product of the United States and of like or similar artides wholly or in part- the growth or prod uct of competing foreign coun tries, shall find it thereby shown that the duties fixed in this aet do not equalize the said differences in costs of production in the United States and the principal competing country he shall, by surh investi- gation, ascel'tain said differences and determine and proclaim the changes in classifications or increases or decreases in rates of duty provided in said act shown by said ascertained differences in such costs of production necessary to equalize the same; Vol. 42, p. 942. Whereas in and by section 315 (c) of said act it is further provided that in ascertaining the differences in costs of production, under the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (b) of sBid section, the President, in so far as he finds it prac('icable, shall take into corlsideration (1) the differ~nces in condItions in production, including wages, costs of materi!L, and other items in costs of production of such or similar 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 foreign government, or by a person, partnership, corporation, or association in a fcreign country; and (4) any other advantages or disadvantages in compe- tition; 'Vhereas, under and bS virtue of saiel 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 Vol. ~2, p. 872. respect to the article described in paragraph 222 of Title I of said tarIff act of 1922, namely, Cast polished plate glass, finished or unfinished, and unsilvered, 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 the President upon said investigation of said differ- ences in costs of production of the said article wr0lly or in part the growth or product of the United States and of the like or sinlilar article wholly or in part the growth or product of competing foreign countries, has thereby found that the principal competing country is Belgium and that the duties fi..'{ed in said title and act do not equalize the differences in costs of production in the lTnited States and in said principal competing country, namely, Belgium, and has ascertained and determined the increased rates of duty necessary to equalize the same. Increasing duty on Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States , ft:sdeqJ'11: of America, do hereby ~eterf!1ine ~nd proclaim that t~e increas~s in differen~es in costs of the rates of duty provIded ill SaId aet shown by saId ascertamed productIOn. d'ff "d tf .J t' to li th 1 erenees m SaI COS S 0 pro'J.uc IOn necessary equa ze e same are as foHows:

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