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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1931. 2489 WHEREAS in the judgment of the President such rate of duty is shown by such investigation of the Tariff Commission to be neces- sary to eqlJalize such difference in costs of p:t:oduction; NOW, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the DecrMa~uty to United States of America, do hereby approve and proclaim a decrease TarmstroBot (talk) ~uctf:. In in the rate of duty expressly fixed in paragraph 774 of Title I of said Vol. 46, p. 638. act on eggplant in its natural state, from 3 cents per pound to 1~ cents per pound, the rate found to be shown by said. mvestigation to be necessary (within the limit of total decrease' provided for in said act) to eql!alize such difference in costs of production. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 24 day of December, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-one, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the Unhed States of America the one hundred and fi.fty-sixth. By the President: H L STIMSON Secretary of State. HERBERT HOOVER [No. 1977] DECREASING RATE OF DUTY ON PEPPERS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION December 2,1931. WHEREAS under and by virtue of section 336 of Title III, Part II, =peppers. of ~he act of Congress appr<?ved June 17, 1930 (46 Stat. 590, 70.1), Staturor;· authorlza. entl~led "AN .ACT To prOVIde re,:enue, ~o regulate c<?mmerce wlth ti~o1. t6. p. 701. foreIgn countnes, to encourage the mdustnes of the Uruted States, to ~rotect American labor, and for other purposes," the United States Tariff Commission has investigated the differences in costs of produc- tion of, and all other facts and conditions enumerated in said section with respect to, peppers in their natural state, being wholly or in part the growth or product of the United States and of and with respect to like or similar articles wholly or in part the growth or product of the principal competing country; WHEREAS in the course of said investigation a hearin~ was held, of which reasonable public notice was given and at which parties interested were given reasonable opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard; WHEREAS the commission has reported to the President the re- sults of said investigation and its findings with respect to such differ- ences in costs of production; WHEREAS the commission has found it shown by said investi~a­ tion that the principal competing country is Cuba, and that the dutIes expressly fixed by statute do not equalize the difference in the costs of productIon of the domestic articles and the like or similar foreign articles when produced in said principal competing country, and has specifiA<i in its report the decrease in the rate of duty expressly fixed by statute found by the commission to be shown by saId investiga- tion to be necessary to equalize such difference; and WHEREAS in the judgment of the President such rate of duty is shown by such investigation of the Tariff Commission to be necessary to equalize such difference in costs of production; 3051°-33-PT 2---55