Deseret Evening News | 1900-03-19 | Page 5 | Raise Duty on Grain

4 RAISE nUT ox GUIX Olier to Tacit on American Wheat Berlin tarch darch Frankfurter says sal rho government has hOll mode made the offer to the thea a agrarian party that It if the they will abandon their opposition apposition to the tho Im Importation of moot meat the duties on American grain will be raised after the expiration of 01 time tho commercial treaty rime file dut duty on wheat will he increased from three marks fifty to lo six Ix marks per double r rOn On 01 the subject of 01 the meat meRt inspection bill time semiofficial Cot Cor respondent says 1181 lt It l Is that merica will not oUI tI neet limitation or to speak correctly fU nn an absolute prohibition ot of the of 01 meat Wt We must inuit reckon with COunter meas res on the part vart of 01 the United States which will do on nn damage to our commerce shIpping It Is true that for lor years dr past Amen Amerl ran nfl legislation has ben been run on such lines as to give Iho us UI little reason when drawing up UI customs custom regu for tor Germany tu mu pa pay ny tar lar n rd to American trade In tact fact In certain quarters quarter t rhall Ift r are even called for tor against the treat ment of German Imports to AmerIca but eten een It such should hould have any chance ot of It would be a 11 ml mistake toke to give gle to them lit In Inthe the form torm ot of the prohibition or of imported mt meat t Instead ot of O them to gsa gen eral lal legislation for lor by In introducing sPecial l legislation ot of this character we give gle Americans American not only the pretext but the riGht to tax German commerce