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...husbandman's complaint, expressed through his representatives to the Senate committee, was specific: By raising tariff rates on manufacturers and raw materials as well as on agricultural products, the House bill had failed to diminish the gap of economic inequality between Industry and Husbandry. Louis John Taber, Master of the National Grange, stated it thus: Industry enjoys a 40% tariff protection; the House bill raised Husbandry's protection to 31%, another 9% must be forthcoming from the Senate...
...recent new yeast market, "discovered"' in 1919, has been the health-seeking public. Yeast eaten raw is a laxative, and as such is widely advertised as a cure-all for indigestion, bad breath, skin disorders...
Other commodity exchanges in Manhattan include National Raw Silk, National Metal, New York Metal, New York Cotton, New York Coffee & Sugar, New York Cocoa, New York Fruit, National Malt & Hop, New York Poultry, New York Produce (oil, flour, provisions, grain) Exchanges...
Four hundred Republicans in Boston loudly applauded the President's No. 6 Man. But in Washington there was no applause. The speech made raw nerves rawer, set Senators and observers to wondering if President Hoover, through his No. 6 Man, had attempted to start a backfire of popular resentment against the Senate...
...this experience resulted in felt hats rather than in felt shoes, legend does not relate, but it is undeniably true that the raw material for felt hats is the little animal with the long ears and the reputation for timidity and fertility. The straw hat lacks a romantic legendary origin, but includes in its ranks probably the world's most expensive hat-the Panama-handwoven from fibres of palm leaves in Ecuador and priced up to $500. Knox sells about a half dozen a year of the $500 variety...