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Show TARIFF POLICY -IN U.S. HURTS: ARGENTINA DELEGATE VOICES ; COMPLAINT; IMPOSES HARD j TRADE RESTRICTIONS i i I 1 i Commercial Conference Held With National C. of C. to Hear I j Coolidge Washington United States tariff I policies were the target of Luis Duhao, ; president of the Argentina Rural so- ' ciety, speaking here as a delegate to the third Pan-American commercial conference, which met jointly with the United States Chamber of Commerce to hear President Coolidge. "After the war the United States became our creditor country," he said, "but, in order to make use of its financial fi-nancial services, we are not able to send our products because of high customs duties which hinder entrance. We see oursilvse obliged to continue sending agricultural and cattle products prod-ucts to European markets, where prices are kept down by excessive supplies. sup-plies. "The real cost of financial services is becoming very onerous for our national na-tional economists, because the debts must be paid for by merchandise which has depreciated in price. It is quite natural for us to prefer as a creditor that nation which allows easy entrance of Argentine products." |