UNITED STATES TARIFF.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 10 April 1913, Page 5

UNITED STATES TARIFF.

STEP TOWARDS FREETRADE. ENGLISH PRESS OPINION. LONDON, April 8. 'The Daily Chronicle (Liberal) states that the propped United States tariff is a bold step towards Freetrade. An outstanding feature is the opening of an enormous import market-, including Australian and Now Zealand wool and meat, Canadian timber, Irish potatoes and English manufactures. The Pall Mall Gazette (Unionist) says a large portion of the privileges offered to Canada under reciprocity, on the condition of Canada becoming an adjunct of the United States, is now to be given for nothing. The paper ridicules the suggestion that the tariff is even an approximation to Freetrade. The Morning Post (Unionist) remarks that Canada will obtain trading facilities without imperilling her economic independence. A moderate graduated income tax will' prevent the Democrats being hampered by financial difficulties. WHAT ENGLISH CLOTH MANUFACTURERS EXPECT. LONDON, April 8. Cloth manufacturers in Yorkshire anticipate a boom in trade with the United States. WHAT THE BILL CONCEDES. GOODS IMPORTED IN AMERICAN VESSELS. WASHINGTON,-April 8. The Tariff Bill concedes 5 per cent. 6n all goods imported in Americanowned amd American-built vessels, and a 10 per cent, duty on wheat and flour will be enforced against countries imposing a duty on flour. MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. WHY DEMOCRATS WANT TO RINDUCE THE COST OF LIVING. WASHINGTON, April 8. The President (Dr Woodrow Wilson) read his Message to Congress, favouring reductions in the tariff. The' Message was brief, a,nd did not enter into details, but confined itself to general reasons why the Democrats were reducing the cost of living. ■WHAT THE RESULT MAY BE. increased competition in foreign Arrets, (Received Last s'<s*, 9.35 o'clock.) LONDON, April 9. The Daily Telegraph declares that though the general view of the American Tariff Bill is that it will be good for British exporters, there is a feeling in some quarters that reduction in the cost of living will result in a lessening of the cost of production, and an increase in United States competition with foreign markets.