Show 4 I M t. t M M 4 M M M r THOSE POUR P 1 f M M M M I I M H I M M H It M M H M M t M I I According to the view vie taken in Washington which probably is inspired indirectly by the ii t Department the pour which are said been passing around among the chanc chancel lor l- l l- l of or Europe on some subject relating to the have had bad in contemplation not hot al li t tariff matters matteis V prevails in well informed circles 11 a these these interchanges cs have resulted from a com com- t J ete JT misunderstanding on the the- part of ic cabinets o ot the real economic attitude of the i t l States Coward oward its great reat Oriental possession y Europe in fact seems to have imbibed the notion j rt at we Ve are ara demanding an open door for our commerce in China coincidently we are getting g-etting rr eady tp nail up the Philippine door against the the other Powers Nothing fr the truth The i I p Philippine m ine tariff bill bilI as it passed passed- the thc House imI imposed im jilt- I posed full Din Dingley ley rates on goods entering ent entering ring the United Unite States from the islands an and 1 the rates es established s. s by the insular government on goods imported imported imported im im- im- im ported into the Philippines from the United States I 1 Ir w om f. f shall become be law a a. bJ before the measure me l reduction of customs custons duties luti s 's on imports from Irom the Philippines will be he effected but that branch of the interest other nations subject does not particularly As the matter will stand after the proposed legislation is completed foreign I countries will be with-the with United Status States in the placed on all fours matter of trade with the Philippine archipelago What Americans will be forced to pay citizens of other ther nations will have to and no more If that is at least it as js all we not door arrangement an open o n shall allow for our o own n benefit and one would to satisfy the most jealous and think thin that ought t greedy on n the Footstool |