Show greater freedom in trade demanded with china A dispatch from pekin says the government of the united states will un der no circumstances consent to any increase in the ch nese tariff unless commercial advantages are conceded in return the position of the united states as understood at home has been that if the ch nese duties on imports were increased attendant upon th s increase should be measures provid ng for great er freedom of trade between ch na and the outside world an abol t on of the likin tax and possibly other reforms this government is strongly in favor of a cons demable increase in the num ber of chinese treaty ports and the re 1 of trade restrictions at some of those no v open the 1 kin tax is regarded with d s favor milne pally on the ground that it is a source of corrupt on as it is said a cons demable part ot this tax sticks to the fengers of the officials this tax is one levied in china on goods every binic are transported from one province to another T as made it difficult to calculate just how goods would cost delivered outside of a treaty port |