§ Captain W. BENNasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any information as to the pprohibition by the Government of the United States of the importation of oxalic and formic acids, and as to the prices of these commodities before and after the said order was made?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe importation of oxalic and formic acids into the United States of America was prohibited, except under licence, as a War measure in February, 1918, and, so far as I am aware, this prohibition has not since been withdrawn. It has recently been continued in force for three months by the Emergency Tariff Act. Prices at the date when the prohibition was first imposed were on a much higher level than at the present time.