The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-08-24
DUTY WILL REMAIN.
France win Not Eliminate the Im-
port on Wheat.
BUT ONE OPINION PREVAILS
To Abolish the Duty Would Knrieh spec
ulAtors. nerAnge the nudgst and
seriously Harm The Cuitira.
tors of That Country

New York. Aug GA dispatch TO
the Herald from Paris says there seems
20 be no reason 20 believe the import
duty on wheat viii be taken Of. even
temporarily. There seems but one
opinion namely. that 20 abolish the
duty would merely enrich the specula-
tors. dorango the equilibrium Of the
budget. work serious harm to the
French cultlyator and bring not an
ioia Of relief 10 the consumer. an on
cial az the ministry Of agriculture
said.
In years Of plenty the duty has not
been able 70 make cultivation profta-
BILE This year there Is sure 20 be
biz deficit In the crop The growers
will. therefore. be able TO derive some
beBeit from the duty This tAev can
DO without bread being forced up TO
famine prices, as the party clamoring
Tor the abolition Of the duty allege
Therefore. Il Is my personal opinion
that there o. not the most remote possl-
blllty Of the goyernwent removing or
even reducing the import tax on
grain"
The Temps publishes the following
interview. unofficial. q la true. but new
ertheless obtained from some on at the
ministry Of agriculture. where some
idea Of the views Of M viger ia sure
10 be had:
"The wheat crops during the last few
years were abundant The market was
oyorcrowded. Prices were low and
quotations went down 10 20f per quln.
tai and even 20 isf. out the land va.
fertile aud the cultivators managed I,
get some little profit from the plentiful
. harvests This year the condition havi
been unfavoable The crops havu
been bad everywhere Ia France an,
, Europe generally. The variations o
the empire. the heavy rains. halls anl
floods have simply devastated M
fields AmcrIcans-andv We ought 10 b
glad of it-has escaped these ca'aml
tou8 conditions and by herself can FUR
nlsh The markets of the old world.
What has been the result OF whoa
being scarcc7 lts pricc has gone az
I. II this O. unfortunate Tor the consumer
; the agriculturlGt. who. after all Dc
Z serves some attention. viii BE- able Q
recover some rOcompcngc for hig labor
The question OF wheat cannot posslhl
BE- regarded as alarming nowadays.
Then. again, the comment made Il
b certain quarters is exaggerated tn
, prices. such as have been current dur
ing the past week. have often been oh
ialned previously without the countr
2 starving. hu; serious damage would D
]. done u the duties were removed eve
for a short period This O. why N. VI
% ger has persuaded the general counc
u OF the Loiroi 10 vote a desire that n
u modification shall be made In the iu
p port duties on foreign grain"
q The municipal council voted q rosg
q luton 20 petition the ministry of agr
j culture 90 remove the duty on ior
. should prove lnexpedlent to abolish n
duty on wheat
J. N. Captain. who "a a recognized a.
p thorlty on an matters connected Wit
Z the grain trade. said. however. that !
did not think ~ Mellno would accet
= { otho desire Of the council
The municipal council voted a res
lutlon urging the minister OF agricu
turc 10 use his prorogative and 20 r
b.. duce AZ once from seven fracs 70 a.
A. francs the Import duty on wheat.