Show A TARIFF PROTEST FROM CHILE has the foreign invested united states dollar more in washington than people and welfare of the united states this question Is given rise with a recent cablegram from chile which protests the enactment of the proposed evans bill providing for a 4 cent tariff on each pound of copper the chilean protest is that a copper r tariff would close their mines erd throw thousands of men out of vork ork it Is pointed out the the pre rant export duties on copper provide A 0 per cent of the revenues in the hilean chilean national budget and that a tariff in the united states would therefore seriously affect shipping and other business in that country here in the united states copper mines in arizona montana utah nevada michigan and others are closed or virtually closed and thousands j of idle men surely the invest went in american mines to is more than that invested in chilean bonds ly this country the plea from chile Is a strong argument ent tor for a copper tariff as it shows that it will stop foreign cop I 1 I cr from coming into the united antes the cablegram as published in ii the new york times follows santiago de chile fear is expressed pressed by the news paper el mer cuno that enactment of the evans LAI h 11 now before the united states longress congress imposing an import duty 0 of 4 cents a pound on copper would ikaji the shutdown of the chilean mines fillies at el teniente Ten lente Porte i A d chuquicamata Chuqui camata gl el mercurio mercuric demands editorially luat loat diplomatic action be taken to guard chilean interests either by negotiating a treaty excepting chilean copper or by requesting reou reau esting a fhate 1 nert neit ner nei t that the evans evan proposal sha shall 11 ut t apply to the product of this it is pointed iut nt that tile the 1 n nt t export dutte on en corar pro a 30 per cent of the reven ei ea in fit e chilean notional budget ud get the i position Po bitton of an import impart duty by tit ti I 1 states it is contended could iad 1 ad only to the of chii tin an nines mines throwing whig thousia le la cut lof 0 work and seriously affecting ship pin ping and other bue siness el mercurio argues that tho the A mf it rican measure introduced by re ke john AT M evans of llon ilion 1 luia is d designed exclusively to pro vile vi se work tor for the unemployed in its ors own district and that it fals fa Is to give due consideration to le he inevitable serious effect upon tits this country western mineral sl oy |