Show GRANTED THE MINIMUM TARIFF president signs a proclamation granting lowest schedules of new law to large number of countries washington the proclamation of 0 the president granting the minimum rates of tariff under the payne ald rich act to canada australia and a number of countries less important commer commercially fally signed on wednesday completes the extension of the coun arys minimum rates to the whole world about nations and dependencies are included in the list the work involved in determining whether any of these nations included in this long list were discriminating in their tariffs against the united states has occupied the attention or of the tariff officers of the government almost continuously since last august although no official statements are available as to the net results of the negotiations with all nations of the world so far as the rates on oil amerl american products are concerned there la Is reason to believe the he government officials regard them as eminently satisfactory A semiofficial semi official statement is made however that henceforth from 50 to CO 60 per cent of the products of the united states will be admitted to foreign countries free of duty and that of the american products which pay a duty in foreign countries 89 per cent will be entitled to th the e minimum foreign rates a large pr proportion 0 dortlon of these products hitherto have paid the maximum rates |