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Show Secretary McAdoo .,. Forltl Oi'i Octbbe'r c Stcretnry of tho. Treasury McAtioo Issued a statement anounclng that In nls annual report' ho will recommend the rotentlon of the present tariff pnsugartj rho statement was as ojlows: , v "In reply to many-lntfufrles about tho rovonuo measures that will bo proposed in tho 'next Congress;- -I havo determined' to rocommehtt (U "that tho emergency revenue act, which expires by HmltaUpn1 on "De cembcr 31, 1915, bo extended until peaco la restored in Eiiropoj and" (21 that tho existing duties on Sugar Sug-ar Bhall bo rotnlned for soveral years, or until normal customs conditions con-ditions aro restored. Thcso are illstinctly rovonuo measures, and nro necessary In view of the extraordinary extraordin-ary conditions now prevnlHng thru-out thru-out tho world. "It Is Impossible to state nt tho moment what, If any, additional rev-enuo rev-enuo measures may ho necessary, as tho estimates of tho various departments depart-ments havo not been received. It Is clear, However, that tho two sources sour-ces ot rovonuo I havo Just mentioned mention-ed should bo preserved, no matter what tho. departmental estimates may bo. Of course It rests with Congress to say what shnll bo done. I am merely stating' what my recommendations recom-mendations In this particular vwlll bo."A |