Reducing During A Certain Period the Import Duty on Husked Non-Glutinous Rice from 5 To 4 Centavos Per Kilo

MALACAÑANG PALACEManila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES Proclamation No. 393 REDUCING DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD THE IMPORT DUTY ON HUSKED NON-GLUTINOUS RICE FROM 5 TO 4 CENTAVOS PER KILO. Having found after due investigation that, because of the crop shortage, the prevailing price of native rice has risen to levels higher than those of the same period during the last three years, which, if not checked at once may bring distress to the people; and considering that a reasonable reduction in the duty now being levied on imported rice will make it possible to control the price of rice within reasonable levels, without harming the interests of palay producers; and as such a reduction will redound to the benefit of the public, particularly the consumers, I, Manuel L. Quezon, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by the Constitution and by section three of Act Numbered Thirty-nine hundred eighteen entitled "An Act amending paragraphs two hundred and fifteen and two hundred and seventeen of the Act of Congress of...