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 3046 P'ebrulll'Y II, 1931. PROCLAMATIONS, 1931. DONE at the city of Washington this fifth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one, [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-fifth. HERBERT HOOVER By the President: HENRY L STIMSON Secretary oj State. By THE PRESIDENT OF 'rHE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Tari1fon woven wire WHEREAS, under and by virtue of section 336 of Title III, Part II, fen~mt%. of the act of Congress approved June 17,1930, entitled "An Act To ti:tutory authoriza. provide revenue, to regulate commerce with foreign countries, to A1IU, p. 701. encourage the industries of the United States, to protect American labor, and for other purposes", the United States Tariff Commission has investigated the differences in costs of production of, and all other facts and conditions enumerated in said section with respect to, woven wire fencing and woven wire netting, all the foregoing composed of wire smaller than eight one-hundredths and not smaller than three one-hundredths of an inch in diameter, being wholly or in part the growth or product of the United States and of and with respect to like or siInilar articles wholly or in part the growth or product of the principal competing country; WHEREAS in the course of said investigation a hearing was held, of which reasonable public notice was given and at which parties in- terested were given reasonable opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard; . WHEREAS the commission has reported to the President the re3ults of said llivestigation and its findings with respect to such differences in costs of production; WHEREAS the commission has found it shown by said investigation that the principal competing country is Germany, and that the duties expressly fixed by statute do n~t equalize the differences in the costs of production of the domestic articles and the like or similar foreign articles when prvduced in said principal competing coun~ry, and has specified in its report the increases in the rate of duty ex- pressly fixed by statute found by the commission to be shown by said mvestigation to be necessary to equalize such differences; AND WHEREAS in the judgment of the President such rates of duty are shown by such investigation of the Tariff Commission to be nec~s­ sary to equalize such differences in costs of production. wTarmstroBot (talk) 18:23, 18 January 2013 (UTC) ~dY n N OW, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United ting t~ equalize differ- States of America, do hereby approve and proclaim the following TarmstroBot (talk) 18:23, 18 January 2013 (UTC)o:. costs of pro- rates of duty found to be shown by said ic.vestigation to be necessary to equalize such differences in costs of production: An increase in the rate 'of duty expresflly fixed in paragraph 397 of Title I of said act on woven wire fencing and woven wire netting, all the foregoing compl)sed of wire smaller than eig:!:lt one-hundredths and not smfl.ller than three one-hundredths of an inch in diameter, coated with zinc or other metal before weaving, from 45 per centum ad valorem to 50 per centum ad valorem; Rnt6. And an increase in the rate of duty expressly fixed in paragraph 397 Alll~, p. 629. of Title I of said act on woven wire fencing and woven wire netting, all the foregoing composed of wire smaller than eight one-hundredths and not smaller than three one-hundredths of an inch in diameter,