Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-12 | Page 8 | Millers Denounce Proposed Tariff on Flour and Wheat

Millers l Denounce Proposed Tariff aliff on onI I Flout Flour and uHl Wheat Chicago April 11 The The proposed tariff tar tar- ire iff on flour lour and wheat was denounced In resolutions adopted toda today at tho annual annual annual an an- nual convention of oe the Millers National Federation Th Tho millers do not want an any tariff whatever but urged that If IC tariff be placed on wheat an equalizing thrift tariff be bo placed place on the tho products of or wheat and amI that if It x products of oe wheat be bo admitted free roe wheat also bo be admitted free tree of ot dUt duty The duty on wheat wheal said William C. C Edgar chairman of the resolutions committee according to the bill In Introduced Introduced In- In In the House of ot Representatives tives on April 7 will wUl be 10 cents a a. bushel bush bush- el tho the dut duty on or flour 10 per nor cent ad valorem except when Imported from a II country which does not Impose a n. tariff on American flour In which case It Is admitted tre free This means that flour from Canada Germany German and other countries which maintain m. a a. tariff on flour will havo to pay a duty until the they see It to their ad advantage advantage ad- ad vanta vantage e to change chang tho the Jaws laws but flour from Great Britain will have free rree access to American markets and In meeting British competition American millers will be bo handicapped d b by a duty on their raw material of or 10 cents a n. bushel The duties on wheat and flour should be specific If It the duty Jut on wheat Is Iii to be 10 cents a bushel the tariff on flour should hould bo ho 50 cents a barrel a change In the letter lette but not In the spirit of ot the proposed law If It Congress will make the duty on flour absolute to apply apply ap ap- ap- ap ply ph on all flour admitted to this countr country country coun coun- tr try millers still will be handicapped b by the free tree admission of byproduct byproducts The American miller asks for no protection protection tion but demands Justice