| Show S A TAItI TARIFF WA According to dispatches the tho State Department h has notIfied to the at BerlIn that the tho Impo imposition sion or of to the proposed German Imn duties on potash would 0 be regarded I as 0 a dis against American Inter Interest est osis The German government ha has adde added also l a very hevy heavy ta tax on American beer beef Al As by our latest tariff law the tho enactment or of thi this meau measure would bo bc sufficient n cau e for the imposition or of the maximum tr tariff on all German nan receIved In the Unite States ThIs would mean nn an additon addition of oC 25 per pel cent to al all dutes duties now collected on imports originating In Germy Germany Since a rule ot of that sort woud probably ably mean a farther tarther Increase In to the cost of ar living such rates or of duty 0 be being Ing almost almo t prohibItive or of importations many chamber chambers of and boars boards or of trade In American cities a are I sendIng appeals to Washington ug urging Ing that the tho State Department recede from Is its that American bet beet and cattle m must st b be admitted to Gr Ger Germany many Resolutions presented to the naton there thoro be no nl at body maintain that can advantage In Insisting on oa a German rn market for American br beef because the tho home consumption Is increasing at at such a rate a as son soon to command al altho all the tho supplY I It Is 18 pointe pointed out tt that thO the agrarian pal party In control ot of the has stood for the princIple tha that farmers or of Geman must supply It its be beef and that the tho Imperial government could not admit the tho American product It IC I it would Italy Spin Spain Russia Tukey Turkey Swi SwIt SwItzerland and some somo pIrt parts ot of the tho British empire a are favored a as tre trade customers of ar the United Stae States In proclamatIons Issued tinder ndel tho thio Payne tariff law by President Tal Taft a few days anys 8 ago G Germany nan od idid France the two to chief chlor commercial natIons with ith which we are aro having trouble over tariff dutes duties a aon are on the tho with Holand Holland Belgium Norway Nonay Sweden Caa Canada AustralIa India and all 1111 other portions of oC the thc British empire not described on the tho mp map or of Europe In connection wIt with tho Presidents proclamation the tho State made mado public 0 a table showing to the total trade of the sIx countries with the shao share or of tho United States therein a ac according cordIng to the statistics or of to the seer several countries for rol the latest available ye year In 1908 tho total tro trade ot of the UnIted KIngdom with It the world wend amounted to of ar which WM was I with th the Unite United States and Ot of which camo ame fm from this cut country Ot Of this that is 18 exported to Grea Great Britain tm from the UnIted States a largo large pat part Is destined to countries coutres other than Gret Great Britain Fc France r man Holand Holland the tho Indies and amid even evon the tho countrIes or of Sout South America Britain occupies the tho position of oC middleman ad and I it Germany ad and France are aro excluded from the list or of our favored nations she wi will resell t to them sll still moro more ot of our products I It appears that the tho PresIdent ha lisa no opton option 1 as to modifying this opton operation ot of tho tariff law and Is only lw an I acting as the tho law directs The effect as t to Germany ad and France Is an addo 25 pr per cent tariff to b be loved levied against two friendly nations which I in the tho pot past tn ten yos years havo have buh bought from W us usworth wot worth of oC gods goods leaving a a balance or of trade In our favor ot of Germany proposes to retaliate and andon andon on Fob Fab 7 unless some ne nov arant arrango mont Is re reached full tariff rates he ful wl will willbe b be applied b by that nation against this county country Instead or of tho favorable con concessions concessions cessions ot of tho pant t I It Is 18 quito likely that that the tho strong agran agrarian part party In that county country would the protection of a tariff war against American which are largely agricultural Cnn Canada whIch grants preferential import rates to Gr Great t Britain wi will almost certainly enjoy the th special and her farm experts are gowIng growing a as rapidly a as ours OUM ever r grow Ru Russia sla has hassed us o as asa n a a as wel Well a as a a wh wheat t exporting nation Although at present the Dominion is 18 ono one of our best customers the Cana Canadian dian pre press seems to welcome the the Idea lilea of at a tariff war wih with this countr Ir If Canada should Is its maximum against us many American mills I now engaged In the manufacture or of i goods for export to that country might aught b be transferred to 10 time Canadian side ot of the tho bundar boundary lne line Congressman Mann Inn has therefore In a bi bill to dela delay the dato for forthe forthe the ImpositIon of the tho maximum tariff and t to exempt pulp wood from Is Its ap P oration Of the tho provisIons of this hii tile the Canadian Journal or of Joural Commerce ss Says They le aim I no doubt at r n tr tradO a with lt OCI y which II by the Wa Way ht has no groat terrors for CanalI 1119 pulpwood copper Silver antI other are ure among the necessities ot of the StatoR Stabs nn WO we shall experience no trouble In lark eting there thel as usua usual So far It JI as It If time the UnIte United States consumer real really 1 iii to plY pay tb the increased dutt Cn on l c i pulpwood Ir if the tho Is InI ed upon Th The new tariff law I is certainly caus log l a gd good let deal or of commotion at t home and or of legislative activity abad abroad |
