ABSTRACT
As Free Traders had anticipated, many goods which were the materials of Britain's using industries were subjected to import duties, and no provision was made for rebates when the finished goods were re-exported. The National Shoe Stores revealed another case of official zeal being carried to extremes under the influence of tariffs. The Secretary of the Association of Wholesale Druggists and Manufacturers of Medicinal Preparations was another who had occasion to write to the Press about the anomalies which were coming to light. In The Times of December 31, 1932, he referred to "the chaos, hardship, and loss of employment caused by the Customs regulations". He then went on to explain that "the delay occasioned owing to the necessity for correspondence and interviews leads to loss of business, and makes one wonder whether the country is really benefiting from the imposition of these duties".
