AMERICAN TARIFF.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 721, 21 January 1910, Page 5

AMERICAN TARIFF.

GERMANY'S: POSITION* ; ' NO MINIMUM.' FOR CANADA AND THE COLONIES., , By Telberaph—Press Association— . London, January. 19. Tho repeal '• of;. Germany's meat exclusion laws is' described as . tho ■ irreducible minimum of the United States demands undor the new. tariff, over which Germany and tho United States are fighting. ■. .The tariff becomes effectivo on April 1, and tho maximum rates 'will. then bV chargeable - against German goods. There is not the 1 , slightest present sign of settlement. : :, ' ; The Washington correspondent of "The Times,", in mentioning' Britain as ; gettingl; the advantage of .the minimum tariff, makes no;;incntic>n 'of British colonies. •; .';. v TEUTONIC" RETALIATION. GENERAL TARIFF TO BE APPLIED. •. (Rec. January. 20, 10.35 p.m.) ■ <. . Berlin, January 20. It is announced 'in Borlin that Germany's general tariff will be automatic-; ally enforced against, the United States fronr February 7 owing',' to inability to continue to apply the conventional tariffs : to : . the 127; articles enumerated in the vivondi. : PENALTY OF PREFERENCE. •AUSTRALIA .NOT TO COME UNDER .H';;.:,;: MINIMUM.' i; ' ' ■' (Etc. January 21, 1.5. a.m.) London, January 20. ■The' Colonial OJHce is without iriformai Won respecting,. thb .United- States maxi- . mnin tariff, but.special > inquiries in Now York show - that;'; Australian' goods.; '.will not' b'o admitted to tho benefits of tho minimum' tariff.