THE NEW FRENCH TARIFF.
! MILLIONS AND MILLIONS INTO I FRANCE'S POCKETS. Received April 5, 10.45 p-m. PARIS, March 5. The new French Tariff has been enforced, and it invests the Government with retaliatory powers in cases where is undue discrimination. Tne general opinion is that Great Britain has been treated as leniently as possible. Thfl chief feature is a number of new classifications directed against Germany, but indirectly affecting Britain.The vexatious minuteness of the new classification will probably be more narmful than the higher duties. Thus steel wire in addition to paying duty, according to weight and gauge, is required to pay according to the capacity for carrying electricity. British textiles escaped comparatively lightly, but the inciease on Sheffield goods totals £200,000 per annum. M. Klotz, President of the Customs Commission, declares that the tariff will put millions and millions into France's and into the pockets of the French working classes.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10011, 6 April 1910, Page 5
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151THE NEW FRENCH TARIFF. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10011, 6 April 1910, Page 5
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