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Show (Jr.at.r rr .adorn in Trad. Il.mand.d Willi China. A dlapatch from Pekln aaya tho gov ornment of tho United State nlll under un-der no circumstances consent to any Increiso In tho Chinese tariff unless commercial advantages are conceded In return. Tho position of tha United States at understood at home hti been that If the Chinese ilullei on Import! were Increased, attendant upon thla Increase should be measures providing for grcit-er grcit-er freedom ot trado between China nnd the outside world, an abolition of the llkln tax and possibly other reforms. Tills government li strongly In favor of a considerable Increase In tho n umber um-ber of Chlneso treaty porta and the removal re-moval of trado restrictions at some of those now open, Tho likin tax It regarded with die-favor die-favor principally on the gruuml that It It a source of corruption, is It Is said a conslderablo part of thla tax atlcka to the lingers of the olllclals. This tax la onu levied In China on good a every time they are transported from one province to another. Ithaa made It dlfllcult to calculate. Just how much goods would cost delivered outside of a treaty port. |