Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-23
WILL KEEP The TARIFF.
France Mill Not Remove The Import
Duly on Wheat.
To DO so Would Only Ecnsnt Specu-
iators ans Worn Serious Damage
Ia Lnuai AgrIcuIturisfS

NEw YORK, Aug. GA di.patch
to toe Hefalu from Psris;
There seems no reason to believe
that the import duly o. wheat will ut
taken of, even temp rariiy. There
seems Uut one UpiDIJB-namely, that
to abolish the duty would merely en-
tlch tho speculstOrs, deTsnge the
equilibrium OF the bud yet, WORN
'eriOus haTdships to the Ffe1ch Guilt
vator. and Uring lot an iota OF relief u
The consumer. An official at tho MIL
lstry Of agriculture eslI;
SIN yeafs Of plenty the duty hos
not beeu able 10 make cultivation
profitable. This year taere Us sure 20
be big deficit Ia the crous. Toe
goTeTs will therefore be able 10
derive some benefit from The duty.
fuis they can 90 without bread being
forced up to famine prices, as the
party ciamoTiuR Tor the abolition OF
Tue DUTY alIege. Therefore II rs my
personal opinion that there lie not tn,
most remote p.ssibiIly OF the g.vsrn.
ment removing or evsu reuuclns the
Import tax on grain"
The lem ~ publishes the following
Interview, une I'll tiRl, 1t Is true, buI
nevertheless Obluinuu iron someo b o q
tho ministry Of agriculture, where
some iden Uf the We've ol Nj. Maliae ia
sure to be ba.:
"rne wheat crops during the last
few Eeirs were abundant. The mark t
". 5 over crow Led. Prices were low
aud quo.Au- ms went uGwn to 20 per
Qulntal atd even to is t., Tut me land
@ss ieIuIe anu me cuitivstoIs
ma oagsd u get some little profit from
the plentiful hatvtsts, TINS year the
CONDITIONS nave hesp unf,vOra6le, Ths
crops have been bad everywhere ia
FfaUce ana Europe generally. The
Variations VI temperature, the heavy
rains, halls, anu focus nave simply
uevastste1 the nslds. America
which ought to be plad VI ll--has
escaped these calamituus con Iitions
and by berself can furnish The markets
OF the old world.
"What has been the result OF wheat
being scarce? Its pTIoe has gone ny.
II this Is un uftuuate Tor the consumer,
tho agricullurlst, VINO after all deserves
come attention, will Ue able to recover
&C me re compensS Tor his labor. Inc
question OF wheat cannot possibly be
regarded as alarming nowadays.
"Tnep, again, The comment made
In certain quarters 10 exaggerated.
The prices, such ns have been cufIeut
during the past week, often lave been
obtained prev. Ously without tue coun-
try starving, but serious 1smsge woulu
be done u the duties were reno we'd
even for ehort period. This iB way
more vigUr mas persuaded the general
councii o. the Loret to lea desire
that no mOdlfic 4tlon ehall be maue III
the import uulies on foreign grain"
The municipal eou ncll voted reso.
luton to petition the minister OF 0gti-
culture to remove the duty On u ut
should IL prove inexpedienE TO abolish
the uuiy ON wheat,
M. Captain, who 10 a recognized
authority on sli IN sttsts cOnuecteuw. In
the gram trsde said, however, that he
ala not think That Nj. Mellne would
accede to the desire OF the council.
The muUicipai council voted tesolu.
tiOn urging ths mInistef Of agriculture
TO use MS preroga i've and reduce at
once, from seven francs ~ i've francs,
the import duty on wheat.