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Show AMERICAN TARIFF MAY BAR JAP SILK TOKIO, Sept 16 (By Th" Associated Asso-ciated Press. Chugal, a commercial I newspaper, anticipates a great reduction reduc-tion In the export of silk goods to America when the new American tariff I Is enforced. The cost of production lis the highest ever experienced in Japan, and, with an Increased duty, jit is thought that prohibitive prices twill be necessary. I The Osaka Malnlchl does not believe jthe tariff will hit Japan hard, but ob-IJects ob-IJects to It on the ground that It will j retard Industrial restoration in Eu-j Eu-j rope. The Osaka Asahl. however, says the jtarlff will Injure greatly Japan's trade and while acknowledging a country's, right to adopt its own trade policy, regrets re-grets "in behalf of the honor of ; America" that she intends to enforce! tho "highest tariff ever declared, to. the detriment of the industrial inter-, estK of other powers." |