The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-06
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abroad for it's high rates, one coun- | try after another has raised its own tariff wall higher.
 In some cases these increases are generally regarded as direct re- | taliation of the higher tariff rates which the United States has raised against the world to protect it's own | industries. In other cases. such as in China. the increases have been the result of change of govern
 mental. policy to increase customs revenues and protect home markets. Whatever the cause, the effect ad-
 mittedly has been disadvantageous to the United States. American off, cials have met the raising of tariff | barriers of other countries with si- | lence, but spokesmen for several | leading industries, which have seen their markets cut off, have express ed their anxiety over this develop ment. This Is true particularly of the automobile tobacco and motion picture industries.
 Faced by the necessity of develop ing new foreign markets with the home market reduced by the de- pression, they have become alarmed at the gradual spread of a tariff
 raising fever in countries which for merry were SOOu CuStOihCAo'
 This movement has been accom- panied by a considerable drop in United States foreign trade. While the worldwide depression has re- duced the foreign trade of all coun- tries, opponents of the Hawley- Shoot tariff act attribute the de- crease partly to the hostility which they say was aroused by passage or that act.
 The Haw1ey-Smoot tariff act be- came effective last June IT. Export trade of the United States dropped off more than a billion dollars from last July 1 through February as compared with the corresponding eight months year before, accord- ing to official commerce department figures. Exports for the eight
 months beginning last July 2 totalled
 $2.241,82l,373. For the correspond
 ing eight months in the previous
 The value of goods purchased by
 the United States from other coun-
 tries also dropped over billion dol
 lars. In the eight months since
 last July 2, imports aggregated $1,-
 685,426,390, as compared with $2,-
 705,661,557 in the corresponding eight months year before.
 The United Press survey. based on official reports by its trade commis- sioners throughout the world to the
 commerce department since the Hawley Smoot act became effective,
 last June, shows tariff increases on products exported by the United States by 16 European countries. 16 south and central American coun- tries, and 13 countries and political units in the Far East and South Pacific
 European countries which have increased tariff duties are Austria, Belgium, Esthonia, Finland, France,
 Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland.
 Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Spain.
 Switzerland, Portugual and Yugo- Slovia HEf
 The following south and central
 American countries have increased tariff rates on various articles: Argentina, Brazil. Colombia, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador. Cuba, Dom- inicari Republic. Mexico, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Fl Salvador, Guatemala. Venezuela and Paraguay. Oriental and Pacific countries and political units which have raised rates are China. Japan, siam, Dutch East Indies, British India, Egypt,
 Syria, the Federated Malay States, British New Guinea, Hongkong, Aus tralia, New Zeiand and Cook Islands.