Show COMMISSIONER COMM ER SHARRETTS S HAR R ETTS TALKS ON CHINESE MISSION San Francisco Francsco Oct Oct 20 ad S Shar Sharretts Sharrette rette who has been appointed by President dent Roosevelt as the representative of this government on the commission that will wil undertake the revision of or the Chinese tariff has arrived here en route to China Commissioner Sharretts will wi sail sailon sailon on the America MarU a on Tuesday next He Ho expects to go straight to Pekin where he wUl will present his hi credentials and then will wi return to Shanghai where the tariff commission will wil hold its it sessions I Ho Hc expects to remain In China China on got gov government business several sever months In discussing his mission he said saide The e principle on which the new tariff will wi be constructed are already alread general generally ly 15 understood The present ad al valorem alore duty will wi be bo abolished and it Is Js the th in intention tenton of the commission to t make a as specific s duty the dominant feature of ot the new tariff tart wih with perhaps an n ad valorem duty of ot 5 or 10 per cent added The difficulty will wil come in determining what specific duty should be charged against the various articles of import Import Each member of the commission wilt will wil naturally natural endeavor to protect the interests of his hia own country countr so far as possible possiblE Mr Sharretts says 8 that in addition additon to tolis his lis duties dutes on the tariff tart commission he is charged by b President Roosevelt and the secretary of state stat with other responsibilities bites of or an important nature When the he labors labor of the are ended ende lie he IB will wIl devote some time to a careful study of ot commercial conditions in the tho Orient Orent and the trade relations between China Chin and the United States and will wi then hen cooperate with United States Minister Min Minster Mm ister ster Conger in negotiating a new ne com coin commercial mercial treaty with China China |