Show sin SIR HEID ne he Is at work on a big tariff trust III for the queena BB people NEW YORK feb 21 the ll eralda montreal special bays says 1 I am informed by a personal friend of sir john macdonald that it ia is the lattore lat tors intention ic if it reelected re elected to make overtures to great britain and to australia with the view of arranging a mutual tariff as against the he rest of the world the idea of an imperial file fiscal I 1 union ia Is to looked aked upon with a good deal of favor here both by liberals and conservatives and should surprise eur prise no one should a commission b be e appointed to negotiate with the h home ome government on an the matter it is baid said that sir john may even go over himself and leave the government mail t in the bands hands of sir charles tupper who would have again to enter ac active 0 politics and represent some constituent constituency cy it ia is believed that sir john ia Is having a great deal of trouble with the manufacturers who are demanding pledges of higher duties as the price oi of their support and I 1 was told by a prominent manufacturer that the duties on both flour and coal will ba be increased should the conservatives be successful |