Show tariff is put on cotton to russia moscow american cotton which has been entering duty tree free through Mur mansk will pay a tariff hereafter of about sva 3 cents a pound the peoples commissaries commis saries council aias has decided upon this change since the decline in the price of 0 american cotton which will make it possible to impose the duty i without malting making the price of 0 american cotton too high in relation to turkestan Turk estan cotton there has been a duty heretofore on foreign cotton entering through ports other than Mur mansk this port throughout the year has communication with leningrad over the railway constructed t as a war measure with the cooperation of the allies during the atus us fiscal year which ended october 1 I about thirty nye five ships loaded at american cotton ports unloaded at Mur mansk |