The Prospector
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2016-06-27
issued: 1910-04-02
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note: %\\t l^t&fyptiUi. I.llirarjr ol !.«g. An. VOLUME 16 CBANBROOK, BBITIIB OOLVKBIA, SAXUBDAY. APRIL 8, 1910 Wtnttt* 14 TARIFF TERMS ARE SETTLED Between Canada and the United States. UNDER MINIMUM RATE It is Announced that Both Countries Made Some Concessions. Ottnwn, March 271—The news ol a tiuiii agreement at Washington is received I" government circles nt Ot- tnwu with tmtiKfnctlon, which Ih not at ii.U Jetmened hy the (net that such an outcome tins been conlldeutly looked Ior ever since the conference at Albany, between Prealdent Taft and Hun. W. 8. Kbililing. While the Canadian governmnnt did lint shrink from a tariff war, should it t .'I'.'ini' necesHnry, stilt there lias ulwuys been a leellng that tnrifl hos- tllltlts with the United States should he avoided If It was possible to do so. It Is nndei stood that thc dispatches sent (rom Washington credit Hon. Mr. Fielding wltlyihavlng made rath er more extensive concessions than hav. been given and when thc official niiti..iiiu'i'iiieiit is made it wlll be found that the list ot Items on which Can idu will make tariff reductions wlll by no means include half ot thc French treaty list and lt ls not alto gotber certain here that the list has not been departed Irom. It Is also understood that any changes which havi been made in the Canadian tar IH In conaequenc] of negotiations be tween President Taft and Hon Mr Fiililiui:, wHI^not he eoellned t0 ft- United mate* or even to the conn tries which now have the most favor ed nation arrangements with Canada. In fact, any changes in the Canadian tariff as a result of negotiations wll! probably be made general by Canada and wlll apply to goods from all countries. The net result of thc negotiations will, therefore, be that the Canadian tarlll will bo slightly reduced on a small number of articles and that Canada will get the benefit of the United States minimum tarlll. SECllKTARY KNOX'S STATEMENT Washington, March 37.—It can be safely asserted that for the present at least, th…
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Cranbrook (B.C.)
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language: English
lat: 49.5080556
long: -115.746944
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Cranbrook, B.C. : A.B. Grace
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