Palestine Fruit Growers Concerned About Effect of British Tariff on Their Export Trade: Jewish and a

The Palestine Citrus Fruit Growers Committee consisting of Mr. Francois Gelat, Shukri Effendi Tazi, Mohammed Effendi, Abdul Rahoum, Mr. Kenyon, Mr. Rokach, Mr. Rabinovitch, and Mr. Riklis, which was elected last month to represent the joint interests of the Jewish and Arab growers, and secured the abandonment of the Government’s project to impose a levy on citrus fruit, is much concerned about the effect which the new British tariffs will have on the Palestine citrus fruit export trade to Britain. The committee sent telegrams today in the name of all Palestine growers to the leading London daily newspapers appealing to them to help in bringing about the promulgation of an Order in Council under the powers conferred on the Government in the Import Duties Act to give Palestine as a mandated territory the benefit of inclusion in the Imperial Preference Scheme, and exemption from the import duties.