Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-07-31 | Page 6 | Taxing Raw Material

TAXING MATERIAL cotton manufacturers of lancashire greatly exercised england july 31 the possibility of the taxation of raw cotton imported into great britain from forai agn countries while cotton grown within tho empire may be exempted haa greatly ex excised the manufacturers of the lan lushire district in reply us to a direct question a to whether alie rumor was true that the preferential tariff proposals contemplated such action colonl ial secretary chamberlain lias telegraphed as follow ss the statement it absolutely untrue bt regards myself in fact I 1 leavo publicly repudiated the suggestion to tax raw materials