Show fixed commercial policy badly needed by DR FRANK R assistant durea of foreign and dimmic commerce A fixed filed commercial policy is particularly necessary at the present time with rumors of trade agreements that will give preferential rates of duty between the allies and with rumors of a customs union to cover germany and austria hungary we must ba W in a position to know definitely the effect on our industries of any proposed foreign action can we not if we know the situation w well ell enough to make proper representations obtain rates of duty that will at least put our products on an equality with those of other countries a privilege which ye we do not now enjoy in prance france and possibly in a position of even greater advantage |