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Show 'Ihe TariJrBill la France. Washington, 19. The secretary of the treasury has transmitted to the house of repreBentatives a communication communi-cation dom tbe Bordeaux chamber of commerce nddressed to the president presi-dent and to congress. They say that in perusing the bill for tarifl they uivn neeo aeup'y improt' a oy wnai couuertiH French wines, especially at a time; wIiku, to a certain extent, the idtMrt ol free trade and the public financial situation, which has become very proliferous, had induced them to hopu that the United States would gi-adualiy lower their custom house duties on different articles of importation. importa-tion. Lowering the ratea would in-crettto in-crettto ihe revenue by increasing the trade. |