Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-25 | Page 15 | Smoot Defends Tariff Revisions

I Smoot Defends Tariff Revisions Revisions MORONI MORON Oct Oct 25 Senator 25 Senator Reed Smoot in an address here last night defended the Republican tri tariff revisions re revisions re- re re visions of 1922 and 1930 boon to agriculture For the first time tie in the history of ot the United States s he asserted agriculture was put on op a parity with wih industry so far tar as tariff protection Is concerned Declaring the thrift tariff benefits have been given the farmer by the Republican Republican Re Re- Re publican party over the violent protests pro tests test of the Democratic party he added that The farm bureaus bureau's analysis analysis an an- of the Hawley Smoot-Hawley act ac shows that industrial rates were increased seventh one over the 1922 level while agricultural rates were increased increase more than one half hal