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Show jfeHf TR?UBLE with g& 'i MBpuvsiAfr ny 3ECY GAGE r I 1 arciiKTAnv oaoks co.yt;.y- I TIOS' Tti lyttein o Intmml unit-Hon unit-Hon in lliutta amount! to a Imuntyon ntgar ami tlmtfort nuuVcs tfie exported uour ttityrct lo a cmmtmulllnpiluty. Not unexpectedly Russia, actuated, of court, by her own sugar trust, has retaliated against the United States because be-cause of our government'! treatment of IluMtan bet sugar. Russia, It la contended, pars a bounty to Ita sugar grower on all sugar exported by them. The Dingier tariff law of tho United States provides for a countervailing duty on all foreign beet augara receding reced-ing an export duty, the amount of tho duty to ba the lame aa the bounty paid by the exporting country. A cargo of nuulan beet iugar brought to this country tiai earned the enforcement of tbli tariff provision by tho secretary of the treasury. The amount of the duty levied against the Ilustlan sugar la sufficient to excludo It from our markets. In retaliation Ituatla has terminated certain preferential tariff advantage heretofore conceded to the United States This action amounts to creating a prohibition against the Importation Im-portation Into Hussla of American Iron and steel and machinery, A tariff war between America and Hussla may cost America many mil lions a year besides the general goodwill good-will of Hussla, which In past emergencies emer-gencies has been steadfast. Tha traditional friendship that has listed between the United State and Hussla Is an assuranco that Ill-feeling will not be engendered between the peoples on account of commercial rivalry When the revolutionary war broke out Hussla was quick to send aid to the struggling fleets When the civil war waa on and hostilities wero threatened with England on account of the arrest of Mason and Slldell. Hussla did another friendly act that for a genuine spirit has never been em-pasted em-pasted In history Kngland sent nl fleet to New York for the purpose or 1 making n hostile demonstration. Al though Its departuro from England was shrouded In solemn secrecy as to destination. des-tination. It had hardly been anchored off New York when a more powerful Husslan fleet salted In nnd took up a position between the Ilrtllsh fleet and tho city. The Ilusslans began to clear their decks for action. Noticing this the Urltlsh admiral sent a messago lo tho Russian flagship, tho same being a request for an explanation. The Husslan Hus-slan sent back word that tie was merely going through the customary practice drill. Very suddenly the Urltlsh Urlt-lsh squadron set sail. It waa followed by the Ilusslans. The Russians had probably saved Now York, but It was years afterward before tho truth bo-camo bo-camo known. The lato Ciar of Russia, whose brother was In charge of the fleet, confided the story to Dr. Tal-mage. Tal-mage. Again In 1893, when tho United States treasury was being depicted of gold and exports of the yellow metal threatened the stability of the nation's COUNT DE WITTE TIOS Jiuitbi jif no money or porta! eutfiir. Tlie rtf uniting of 4n-trrnal 4n-trrnal taxes on rcjcrrs stocas o sugar prior to trinrUitUm it not a bounty oti fuyrir. credit, Russia, through her present finance minister, Serge Yulevltch De Wltte, proffered n loan of 1100,000,000 In gold, to be paid back at any Urns we saw fit. The proffer was docllned and bonds Issued Instead. It waa during the civil war that ths Alaskan purchase camo up rresldenl Lincoln reminded tho Russian minister that we were short of gold. He was Informal In-formal that Russia waa In no hurry for tho money that we could pa; when we wore able nnd without any Interest chargo whatever. Wo have had many friends amoni the nations of Kurope, but with ths exoeptlon of Russia and France, the; have been "fair weather" ones. Ic times of adversity Russia could alwayi bo depended upon. |