Deseret Evening News | 1908-12-11 | Page 1 | Taft Favors Free Trade with the Philippines

TAFT FAVORS FREE TRADE WITH THE PHILIPPINES Washington Dee Dec 11 Free trade trad with the Philippines was s one ChiC of or the most important at matters agreed cd upon pon by ly le Taft raft and lI ih m li b s of tho th ways wn s and means ans committee at tho the conference on tariff rs While Mr 11 hurt favors free trec trade with tho thio Insular LI possessions without t tun tuny un restrictions e ts It IL Is that In Ill order the shall shull bone bo shuns Ions he h has arced agreed that th sugar n and t should ul b al 01 allowed lowed hewed free entry should be restricted the the ind nd In nfl view it IK Is i IMI tood d that thc tho sugar have hao agreed to a compromise c by bi b tons tolls or of s gar IW i dl fr from m tile this al free Wd that over Ocr that amount n will thE tj Ih I 11 is 11 j per P I cent Coat than the duty dut Imposed by b the tile J ingle tariff nn dUd oil sugar from frohn other othel I