Deseret Evening News | 1904-01-23 | Page 8 | France Wants Concessions

I WANTS W ANTS CONCESSI S I United Sin t May Jil be h Asked to Lower Its I Washington Jan 2 A movement Is 19 making for 01 an In agreement between the governments of uC thu tho Franco 1 In II lieu lel of ot the tho projected Ity I treaty which him IW not received the approval of oC the and consequent consequently ly Iy linn hU failed through the Iho 01 of or the period of ot time allowance for tor ratification cation and exchange In 11 the af after n ter new sources KOUI of nr revenue tho French government has let It It II bo known that It Il contemplates a I considerable Increase of or orthe the tho duties diles on 01 Imported meat which would of or course coune fall fiLI principally upon American meats An effort on ni tho thu part of Ambassador Porter to In tho minimum for tOl goods OO H diM dis disclosed closed the tho fact that concession lOIC must lust bo mOil made In 11 return by 1 tho Iho United StatcH and It Is 11 Intimated that tho Iho French government might ho h with a n 24 2 per cent rell abatement of or the duly lul on 01 one of or the greatest 1 of French Imported Into the Iho United States Having In II mind 1111 tho situation In 11 tho Iho senate In to reciprocity city Il treaty tho Iho o lell 1 eluded that It II would tc Llo l to tl em embody body hOI lib now 10 French Fllch concession In II treaty form torm ns It I would nl o probably fall to the approval So Soa a recourse linn been to section 3 I of o the tho tariff tarl act If I this Ihla projected arrangement a rol g IC I I should tako shape It holl now merely a I tentative proposition tho Iw outcome would bo ho ono Ila which of oC the agreements will 11 action on Oi tho part of ot the d l states senate nelll ti of If other European nations than Ihal France Iro keenly Inter Interested I ested In Ih undertaking I