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Show -oo WHERE THE REDUCTION IN TARIFF GOES. That the reductions in tariff dutl?s will be absorbed by the importers or middleman and bring few. If any benellta to the consumers, was bro ight home to the Standard yesterday yester-day when a letter was received from the Importers of Tlong." a matrix' papr used in press rooms The company in explaining Tvhy there) could bo no reduction In the cost of "Flong" to the trade, wrote "The maker and dealer are both satisfied with a fair profit, and while the duty haB been cut from 35 per cent to 25 per cent, there is still the 6ame charges for passing customs, cartage, transportation, etc." In other words though the tariff has been reduced, the consumer must not look for any reduction In prices to be quoted to him That Is exactly what has heMi predicted pre-dicted The cut in tariff duties Is being be-ing absorbed by the foreign manufacturers manufac-turers Importers and middlemen and the general public is kept in suspense, sus-pense, while the high cost of living continues to ascend. |