Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-19
FRENCH ARE AFRAID.
The Sentiment of the Lyonese Against
Retaliation.
ANTI-PORK LEGISLATION UNWISE
The Petit Journal and the Temps Think
Retaliation Would Hurt France.
SPICY GOSSIP ABOUT CONSUL KING

PARIS, October 1s.-There has been great
excitement during the week at Lyons over
the new United States tariff law, and NJ.
Bordeau, the License Deputy, has given no.
tice that he will, in the Chamber, demand
retaliation for the increased duties on
French goods. He will especially propose
that a retaliatory duty be placed on
petroleum, and will suggest that
boards of inspection be established
for the examination of all imports from
the United States. On the other hand, the
committee for the defense of the silk market
held great meeting at Lyons, at which the
speakers took the ground that policy of
retaliation was likely to do more harm than
good. The meeting was attended by silk
merchants, spinners and silk workers gen.
orally from ST. Etienne, St. Chamond and
the entire adjoining region.
COMMERCIAL PEOPLE AFRAID.
Most of the Senators and Deputies from
the district, as well as the Mayor of the city
and majority of the members of the Cham
Der of Commerce, were present. The Presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce called at
tentlon to the fact that the adoption Of the
retaliatory policy against Italy has already
cost the license market $4,000 francs
worth of business, and has given Germany
an industrial supremacy in Italy. The
Americans, he said, wish TO export without
importing. They would see that this was
impossible, but he would leave them
to reap the inevitable fruits of
their own bad policy. 1t would
be much better not to interfere with these
results by any angry steps on the part of
France. Besides, the injustice committed
by France and other countries toward
America in the matter of pork had led 10 the
comforting OF extraordinary powers upon the
President of the United States by the
Edmunds retaIiatory bill, and might entail
dangers to the great French staple articles
of export, particularly wines and silks. The
President was followed bya Senator and two
members of the Chamber of Deputies to the
same effect.
PRESS OPINIONS.
The Petit Journal thinks that the bill
affects England and Germany more than it
does France which ought not to be drawn
into making common reprisals against the
United States. "On what" it demands,
could we make these reprisals? On raw
cotton? That we cannot afford. On wheat?
We already tax it francs per 100 kilos, and
our economists declare that the imposition
of even that tax is a crime. American petro-
leum is already heavily taxed, 25 francs per
100 kilos. Is anyone going to increase that
duty, and so deprive the poor man of his
light? To make this proposed economical
war it is necessary to have munitions of
war, and we are without them"
The Temps holds that if the new Ameri-
can tariff is injurious to French interests,
France cannot complain, as it has for over
nine years persisted in enforcing an unwise
act that has been injurious to America.
THE AMERICAN HOG.
The moment has come, it says, to repair
this mistake, and the circumstances are |
favorable. The Council of the Department |
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