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Show SNAG STRUCK IN TARIFF. ' 6hlpplng Differential Puzzles Officials of Treasury Department. Washington. Officials of the treasury treas-ury department are at sea to know what congress actualy meant by the provision of the new tariff law allowing allow-ing a 6 per cent reduction of duties on goods Imported In American ships, with the condition that the differential differen-tial should not be construed to abrogate abro-gate or dmpair any existing treaty between the United States and a foreign for-eign nation. Literally interpreted, it Is declared the provision would give a 6 per cent decrease to goods in American bottoms and automatically grant the same privilege to ships of the many nations whose treaties with the United States guarantee no discrimination dis-crimination between their vessels and those of America. |