Show commercial troubles teen va e gennaci Genna ii ard e d S li 8 16 91 8 the diplomatic world has been interested in the outcome af a 1 battle b bin in wa ad between tah tiu cito 0 ind and tile gar government hiis tiis th outcome of bici all dote mine to a lar laro hrc o extent lio low fai foreign nations can call bisci im naita coasin daily against q at list citizens of tin this country without tile dani dang or or of sufferina a pena penalty ltv T the lie artiago ax tiago naadir iid ci has soon seen r ial al daviti during tho tha piat pait year 11 ittai to tit potash 11 qi lt it d IM d no noi look very aid alc pubic generally gens elle rally did not looking loo look kint int tile truo true inwardness of ewt w s t tl to b W aly a squab UN 11 hot boen certain taibi comai crial in r L iti it i ind tho the german govern alio fight lias has now antei est willress rass and it is la likely that cicro t w ill bo be better appreciation of it buttic by the country nt at lar barp c state sti tod gel poa agas is tile only dc doped mined lilies of potash in in t lie ho world 01 id ind and they are aio capable of supplying moio than three tinion tile tho worlds gilds doina demand iiI for foi potash the substance being bein used fur the manufacture of t gunpowder wid and for foro other commercial and chemi cat enters irto it to the corn c position of hardly a pound of atton cc aton or car of corn or 01 oilier ither agricultural product in the is icil without tho the this gives imo binl 0 american farm farmers cs a i vital inte interest rastin in the supply and cost of po twill certain coin panics plying the market in ill america hold contracts for potash with tile independent ler fernian nian pt at a price below tile the figure asre eted by tile syndicate controlling tile the beitl bulk k of t the im output and the german government his has passed a law which will put a tax amounting to 2 a 1 ton on oil the potash exported hy by the independent to this country while it will affect tile tho exports to no other etli or coull conn ry in ili this way it becomes a direct discrimination against tins Coli country the state department protested prot osted against a ainest this action by bv and sent a special corn coin iniss missioner ioner ncr to that country to see if the flip deonila tion complained of would not lot be withdrawn Gerni germany any refused to remove its diacri discriminatory initiatory tax fax and while tl the ic S taic department has thas given up its efforts to obtain what it if believes to be simple justice pressure has been brought brough t to 0 o bear on the P president to put into effect affef the maximum and minimum provisions pro fusions of the lie tariff law against german importations into filis country as a 1 retaliatory measure senator en ator flint of oc califore cali forn ia bearg being appealed to by the fruit prow grow ing 1 i its oi of this state mado made his request idest of the file Il president resident sena tor drano crane of massachusetts made a similar request and many telegrams rains from all parts of the country have addressed ed to the Il president resident to ta the same purpose every efery southern state is a 1 I large of potash as a fertilizer in the cotton fields fieldi except texas every kibit tv mk g g s bowing district I 1 uses potash ilba ubo rally ind arid iri ill general sen cral the farming community botn il i i dependent on oil it for or in diring good crops the ishito issue 6 is s becoming and a tariff war ilai with germany scorns to bo be imminent ini 6 |