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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Drawbacks of Rayon manufacturing tax in England compared to the U.S.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 170\3\  img176
Date  7th December 1938
  
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Mr. S.W. Grylls.

7th December 1938.

as against something like 50% on cotton.

Drawback in England is the Celanese racket which demands paying 6d. a pound manufacturing tax on all Rayon. In the U.S. Rayon tyres are only fractionally more expensive to produce than cotton.

Yours for a country with the rackets below rather than above the social heap.

Maurice Olly

MAURICE OLLEY.
  
  


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