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 1694 April 3, 1933. PROCLAMATIONS, 1933. DECREASING RATES OF DUTY ON AGRICULTURAL HAND TOOLS AND PARTS THEREOF BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION ~:"'~t~::r= WHEREAS under and by virtue of section 336 of Title III, Part II, thereof. of the act of Congress approved June 17, 1930 (46 Stat. 590, 701), =~. autboriza. entitled "AN ACT To provide revenue, to regulate commerce with tlon. foreign countries, to encourage the industries of the United States, Vol. 46, p. 701. to protect 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, shovels, spades, scoops, forks, hoes, rakes, scythes, sickles, grass hookSl com knives, and drainage tools, all the foregoing if agricultural hana. tools, and parts thereof, composed wholly or in chief value of metal, whether partly or wholly manufactured, 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 J>!,oduct 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 inter- ested were given reasonable opportunity to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard; WHEREAS the commission has reported to the President the results of said investigation and its findings with respect to such differences in costs of proauction; 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 not equalize the dIfferences 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 specified in its report the decreases in the rates of duty expressly fixed by statute found by the commission to be shown by said inves- tigation 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 necessary to equalize such differences in costs of I!roduction; eq~ecr:SJr:c% f~ Now, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President of the costs of production. United States of America, do hereby approve and proclaim the follow- ing rates of duty found to be shown by said investigation to be neces- sary (within the limit of total decrease provided for in said act) to equalize such differences in costs of production: Vol. 46, p. 626. Vol. 46, p. 6111. A decrease in the rate of duty expressly fixed in paragraph 373 of Title I of said act on forks, hoes, and rakes, all the foregoing if agri- cultural hand tools, and parts thereof, composed wholly or in chief value of metal, whether partly or wholly manufactured, from 30 per centum ad valorem to 15 per centum ad valorem; A decrease in the rates of duty expressly fixed in paragraph 355 of Title I of said act on hay forks and 4-tined manure forks, all the fore- going, finished or unfinished, not specially provided for, with handles of any' material other than those specifically mentioned in paragraph 355, if 4 inches in length or over, exclusive of handle, from 8 cents each and 45 per centum ad valorem to 4 cents each and 22-~ per centum ad valorem; and A decrease in the rates of duty expressly fixed in paragraph 355 of Title I of said act on hay forks and 4-tined manure forks, finished or unfinished, not specially provided for, any of the foregoing without