Word: ad
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President Wilson made him Minister to the Netherlands, an important between-the-war-lines post. His last diplomatic service was secretary-general for the Washington Arms Conference of 1921. Proud is he of the 25 different occasions upon which he has acted as charge d'affaires ad interim, of the many minor treaties he has signed...
...embittered his colleagues by announcing that the committee had decided to retain the 25% ad valorem duty on automobiles, but to strike out the countervailing clause of the present law; to eliminate the House bill rates on shingles, logs and lumber...
...proposed to impose a 70% ad valorem duty on surgical instruments. A German lancet is purchased in Berlin for $1.50. By foreign valuation it would pay a duty of $1.05 on entering the U. S. and go into the domestic market at $2.55. A U. S. lancet of the same character and quality sells for $2.50. If U. S. Valuation were applied to the German lancet on import, it would have to pay a duty of $1.75, giving it a sale price...
...manufacturers have long clamored for a U. S. Valuation system, largely because it would mean much higher duties, hence greater "protection." They have claimed that imported goods are grossly undervalued on the foreign-valuation basis to get the benefit of cheaper ad valorem duties...
...articles not specifically mentioned in the tariff to be subject to a 40% ad valorem duty, instead of the present...