FRENCH TARIFF.
GREAT BRITAIN LENIENTLY TREATED. WILL HELP THE WORKING ! CLASS. (By Electkic Telegraph—Coi j ieigiit.) (Pee Phess Association. , ) PARIS, April 5. The new French tariff has been enforced. It invests the Government with retaliating powers in cases of undue discrimination. The general opinion is that Great Britain has been treated as leniently as possible. The chief feature is a number of new classifications directed against Germany, but indirectly affecting Great Britain. The vexatious minuteness of the new. classification will probably be more harmful than higher duties. Thus, steel wire, in addition to paying duty according to weight and gauge, is required to pay according to capacity for carrying electricity. British textiles have escaped comparatively lightly, but the increase on Sheffield goods totals £200,000 per annum. M. Klotz, president of the Customs Commission, declares that the tariff will put millions and millions of francs into the pockets of the French working classes.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9183, 6 April 1910, Page 3
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