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Show DUTY ON BANANAS Costa Hicau Congress Takes This Means to Pay Foreign Debt. SAN JOSE Costa Rita. July l. Congress Con-gress todnv passed the law imposing an c::port duty on banancv at tho rata of 10 cents local currency por buncn when produced pro-duced bv tho oxporlor and tl cents por hunch when purchased. The proceeds of tl.cso duties will bo applied exclusively to the foreign debt of Costa Rica, and rrnaeqiiontly the measure is popular with tl'0 people, but It has been opposed by ti e banana growers. Congressman Rlcardo Jimlncv:, who took nn active part In bringing about the passage pass-age of the law, was enthusiastically received re-ceived by tho people at tho end of the seislon. |