AMERICA'S NEW TARIFF
EECEIVES PRESIDENTIAL SIGNATURE.
LOWEST SCHEDULE FOR SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS.
(By Telegraph-Preas Assn.-Copyright)
WASHING-TON, Oct. 4. President Wilson signed the Tariff Bill at 9 o'clock to-night.
Simultaneously telegrams were sent to all Customs collectors in the United. States informing theni that the measure is now law.
The fate of the Currency Bill is still unsettled.
NEW YORK,- Oct. 4. The Liberal papers are jubilant at the passing of the Tariff Bill.
The average reduction to 28 per cent, is the lowest for three-quarters of a century.
Over £15,000,000 of bonded goods in New York alone is awaiting release under the new tariff.
The Department of Agriculture has formulated new rules for. the importation of foreign meats. These require certificates of both postmortem and anti-mortem inspection of the animals in the country of origin; also inspection at ports of entry by Departmental agents.
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Northern Advocate, 6 October 1913, Page 5
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