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Show ftVERT TUFF HR SITUATION HOPEFUL AFTER CON-FERENCE CON-FERENCE BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND CANADIAN MINISTER. ' Many Details Remain to be Worked Out, But It Is Believed There Is Now No Danger of Tariff War Between Canada and U. S. Albany. At the conclusion of a conference, con-ference, which, with two or three Interims, In-terims, covered practically the eiitlie day, President Taft on Sunday night seemed hopeful that a tariff war with Canada may yet be averted. The negotiations ne-gotiations between tho presldont nnd V. S. KJeldlngv the Canadian mtntsUor of finance,' did" not result either In agreement or disagreement. Mimy tdeta.lls remain to be; worked olit" and at this time it was 'declared Iho following official statement sums up the situation: fcftevbn days remain for "friendly negotiations"- befwro the maximum rates of the Payne-Aldrlch lnjv automatically auto-matically go Into effect against thoso countries that aro regarded by tho president as "unduly discriminatory5" against tho United .States. The law-is law-is arbitrary as to its appllcatloiij-lmt tho president Is given judicial powers In reaching a conclusion as to what constitutes "undue" discrimination. Up to this time Canada has been regarded re-garded by the president's staff advisors ad-visors as "unduly", discriminatory and unless concessions are granted by tho Dominion government to placo tho United States on an equal footing with Franco and thirteen other countries coun-tries that have been given preferential preferen-tial rates under tho Canadian tariff, It seems Inevitable that Canada will bo the ono important country in the world against which the 25 per cent lncrcaso in tho maximum American rates will be applied. The fact that President Taft sum-nwned sum-nwned James McDonald of Toronto to tho governor's mansion nnd thanked him for his part in helping to bring about Sunday's meeting, indicates the outlook Is not so dark as It appeared a few days ago. |
