Unless Premier Richard Bedford Bennett backs down at the last moment, as few U.S. publishers think but all hope he will, on Sept. 1 Canada's new tariff schedule on U.S. periodicals will go into effect (TIME,June 15, et seq.). The duty on magazines with more than 20% advertising would be 2¢ a copy; on magazines with 30% advertising, 5¢ a copy. Unsold copies are included. Exempt would be educational, scientific, religious journals if they contain less than 20% advertising. Last week two periodicals took steps. They were Bernarr Macfadden's Love Story and Western Story. They made arrangements to have their...
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