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Show PLANTARIFFREFORM INSPIRED ARTICLE SHOWING WHAT UNIONISTS PROPOSE IF THEY WIN OUT. Would Establish a Gensral Tariff. Placing Plac-ing Duties on Practically All Cooda That Are Deemed Raw Malarial. London Tho lliruihiKliain Hnlly I'oai on Thtiradny publlihnd mi iirtlclu front Inaplred anuriea oii'llntui; in. titrlrT refiirui prupoanla lhal urn likely to li" th.i.l" by tlin rnloulat guvern-nmnl guvern-nmnl If Hm t'tilunlHiM were am -t.il ,.l lit Hie electliiliH, preluctug It with thn rnniuik that thn country'a tlnanclnl nt'cnaaitlcn are much greater than Ihey were In I9nl, when Joaeph ('haiiibnrlulti started tho movemntit. The article rouliiiitea: "It la pio-IHiaed pio-IHiaed to eatublUh a general tariff, plur'ng dtttlna on prurtlcally all gmnla Hint urn not dnemml raw materlul. wlih Ihn object tlrat, of rtilalng rnvnuims; second, of saalatlng Ihn hiimn ptodintT ngulnat fornlgn romimtltlon; third, of giving preference to colotilna; foiirh, of aiTtirlng betlnr lertna from lornli;u cotinlrlna, and fifth, of nilllgutlng tin-emplnynienl tin-emplnynienl by encouraging tho home producer. "The tariff will be of the simplest poaelhle form, not protective In the tense that itiat la uudotsiood In (Inr many and Hie United Htalea. There la no Intention of having multifarious rates which would throw open the door to parliamentary Intrigues. The plan favored la to allow raw materials duty free and to Impose a S per cent duty on partly manufactured gooda. 10 per rent on articles nearly completed and 16 per cent on completely manufactured manufactur-ed goods. Thorn will be no variations In Ibis scale, unless In exceptional cases. There muy ioaalhly bo, how ever, a slightly lower duty In favor of the colonies and a allghlly higher tar-jiff tar-jiff against colonies socking unduly lo penalise Ilrltlah gmnla. "A tariff framed lliua. It Is estimated, would proiluco u revenue of from slx-lleen slx-lleen lo twenty million pounds. It the Ithe tinlonlata are returned every pos-albln pos-albln effort will bn msdn to embody the new duties In the budget of til 1 K. or at least lUt I. but the maximum duties will be withhold for two years In give time to negotlute cnmmnrclnl agreement! agree-ment! with foreign muiilries." |
