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Veto the Tariff!
May 28, 1930 issue

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This article presents information on the tariff bills put up before the U.S. Congress. The bill has been savagely criticized because Congress, it is charged, actually wrote it for the benefit of the manufacturers instead of the farmers. A majority of the New England editors answering the questionnaire for a veto adds to the striking fact that of eight great industrial States stretching from the Hudson to the Mississippi six show a majority for a veto. Even Pennsylvania, where protection is more sacred than religion, yields 10 editors who favor vetoing against 11 who favor signing the bill. Illinois shows 6 for signing against 4

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TARIFF -- Law & legislation; BILLS, Legislative; VETO; UNITED States. Congress; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED States
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