Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-03
Holland Proposes Dnty On
That Commodity That Is
Practically Prohibitiye
RETALlAToRY DUTY TALKED OF
If Holland Enacts Proposed Tariff Law,
Representative Tawney viii Endeav-
or to Impose Hardships Upon That
country's Products Finding a Mar
ket in America.

| Washington. June 3.-Representative
| Tawney has been advised that tentative
steps have been taken in Holland to i'm
pose duty on -four that will practical-
ly bar the American product from that
market He Monday received from Van
Dersee & Gripping. representatives OF
the Washburn- Crosby Company, let
ter in which it was stated that the
Dutch minister of finance had prepared
a new tariff bill by which a duty of 80
cents a barrel is imposed on all flour.
the fact that Holland is one of the best
markets for American -four and that
the proposed duty is practically prohib-
live. He was also asked to make rep
reservations to the state department.,
showing the effect of the proposed tar
if, with view to having our minister
at The Hague, Stanford Newell make
informal representations to the Dutch
minister of foreign affairs on the SUBJ
ject
Mr.. Tawney called on Secretary Hay
about the matter and at his request
prepared a statement which will be sent
TO Minister Newell for his use with the
Dutch government. In ii he called at
tention to the probable course of our
congress with relation to duties on
products coming into this country. such
as bulb and flower seeds. in the event
that there is revision of our tariff
laws. Mr.. Tawney says If the proposed
tariff law is. enacted by Holland, he will
use his utmost endeavor to have re-
taliatory duty imposed on the products
of that country.
Representatives Stevenson. Tams
Bixby and l.. H. Bailey, OF Bemidji, had
a long conference with Secretary
Hitchcock yesterday to endeavor to
have that official recommend to the
president the removal of the new land
office at Cass Lake to Bemidji. The
secretary took the question under adj
visement. but the Minnesota men be-
lieve he will not recommend any
change.
In the course of the conference some
heat developed and at ore time. it is
understood. the question of the legality
of the presidents order fiying.the boun
daries of the new district and of the To-
cation Of the land office was raised, to-
gether with the intifnation that the
people of Bemidji might go into the
courts to test the or6,r.
The particular thinE Which is said to
ne without sanction O. Law was the per-
Torrance of two acts N enc order,
namely, transferring stearns county to
The st. Cloud distrif and fixing the
location of the new o'ice at Cass Lake.
Interior department, officials say that
everything in connection with the re-
cent action OF the president is entirely
legal. and even if any question is raised
about that, the impeffecticn can be cor
rected by two new and separate orders.
The bureau of insular affairs OF the
war department has announced that
after September O. this year, teachers
in the Philippines will be appointed
only after a competitive examination.
and that one will be held the coming
fall.
During all the time this government |
has had control Of the islands, appoint |
ments have beet made On the recon- |
mendation of nominent educators of
this country Aha between forty and
fifty nominatio5s are now on the way
to the department. for application. Sc /
lections havingfbeen made by Professor I
Bryan, director of public instruction in /
the Philippine. Several of those rec
fer appointment are from /