Show RUSSIA retaliates importe almost prohibitory tariff united state manufacture count cassini the russ an dor at washington has received a cablegram from the russian foreign office confirming the report of the is sue of the decree imposing increased duties on american imports into rus bia it is realized that a grave crisis has been reached in the trade relations of the united states and russia the immediate effect 0 the russian decree when it becomes operative on march 1st will be to loci ease by 50 per cent the duty on american chinery steel and iron goods these goods already enjoy two separate re dictions duct ions 30 per cent being taken off from the general and 20 per cent from the conventional duties the articles referred to in the rus sian decree are machinery and tool of every kind manufactures and products of cast iron and steel roughly stated the united states is said to have ex ported goods to rus eia last year to the amount of about puss a s action was because of the tariff placed on russian sugar recently by secretary gage at the instance of american refiners amounting to about 1 cent per pound |