Salt Lake Herald | 1901-12-04 | Page 6 | Meeting of Cabinet

CABINET Insular D Cisi iii of the Supreme Court Ar At s ed Washington I 9 3 The cabinet meeting today day wa Os principally eon con consume sume ume sumet In a discussion l of the insular decisions handed l ded down d n iy by the supreme court On the whole it is believed the the majority of the court were drUe satisfactory to the administration tion It was pointed out that the ultimate results of ot the deci dod decisions decisions alone are in a measure speculative at present present with the exception e that the customs duties dulles collated ted In m this noun coun country co un try on o goods shinned from the Philip Philippines pines since Inee the ratification of or the Fa g treaty will wJ have haye to t pe refunded It Is riot not thought however that the th g aggregate te will be bet ge and Secretary Gage expects tha ta a 1 it will be within I 1080 He lI d attention to he ie fact that the great bulk of th the imports from om the Philippines s were admitted free of duty under unde r our general tariff lows laws notably hl he which IB in roane one of ol O r rth the th leading staples of the islands island The present now in operation op Uon in the Philippines Mr Gage thinks will need little or no io revision It it I was prepared after the t Dst thorough and intelligent lR Investigation and is said to tobe tobe be highly satisfactory ry to the th business Interests of the Islands The thin of a tariff on lp Philippine Ine importations lions Uon into th the U States however is I expected to consume sum considerable time during the Congress but it is ex cx expected panted peete congre congress may ma continue the du duties duties dutIes ties imposed by the Dingley tariff and thus if it itis is so disposed cut off a flood of ot imports Which might follow the announcement that all duties were re removed re removed moved