Show Duty on Cherries Is Raised by Coolidge W WASHINGTON Dec 3 3 AP AP- AP Th The duty on cherries sulphured or orin orin orin in brine stemmed or of pitted I was in increased increased increased in- in creased by President Coolidge today from 2 to 3 cents a L pound under the flexible provisions of the tariff act The increase is the tho maximum the tile president has authority to declare His order follows hearings held some months ag iago ago before the tariff commission at which American cherry producers rs urged the increase to protect them a against foreign competition especially from flom Italy The fight was made principally ly by California growers led by Representative Free Freo of that state The Tho cherries affected by the or order order order or- or der are those used for making maraschino and glace l li i ands There is no change in the tile duty upon fresh or canned cherries suitable Im Immediate Immediate immediate Im- Im I mediate consumption |