Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-07
BIG GRAIN REVENUE
Great Britain's Grain Duties
are Bringing an Immense
Sum of Money
NEARLY s4o,ooo,ooo COLLECTED
Tax is Collected, 1t is Claimed, Without
Any Increase in the Cost of Wheat,
Barley or Oats, to the Consumer
Better Supply Has More Than Count
erbalanced the Duties Levied.

London. Jan. 1.-THE revenue from
the grain duties and sugar tax promises
to exceed s37.5OO,0OO for the fiscal year.
These taxes have been collected without
any increased cost of sugar, wheat. bar
ley, or oats to the consumer. The
prices Of wheat, barley, and oats are
now from two shillings sevenpence to
three shillings lower per quarter than
they were before the duties were I'M
posed. Those duties have been more
than counteracted by the conditions or
supply. The sugar tax has also been
more than neutralized by abundant
supplies, so that consumers have not
suffered from the duties levied reluct-
antly by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach two
years ago. Convenient as it may be
for the liberals in the by-elections to
raise loud outcries against the oppres-
sive taxation of the masses thru the
abandonment Of free trade principles
meat and coffee have both risen In
price thru the conditions of defective
supply, altho there has been no chanse
in tariff arrangements. The sugar ana
grain duties might have been doupleo
without increased cost to the consum-
ers. as prices have averaged during
the year.
A growing feeling of tmpatience at
Berlin over the prospect of prolonged
delay in the settlement OF the Venezue-
Ian claims is noted suspiciously by
good many writer's for the press The
German embassy here is reported as re-
flecting the opinion of the Berlin for
eign Office that the award must be mace
within three months from the opening
of proceedings before The Hague tri-
bunal.
The slightest indication OF resent
ment on the part Of the American
press over German structures or the
Monroe doctrine would be the signai
for vigorous denunciation OF the
British foreign Office for preserving IN
an alliance which has been disliked
from the outset. Even with evident
lack Of excitement III America there
are warnings from the proyir cial press
that Lord Lansdowne must make
strenuous efforts to remove the OBJ
stacles which Germany is placing In
the way Of speedy settlement ana
elaborate arguments in determination
OF the position that British interests
will be served by a frank acceptance
of the Monroe doctrine as safeguard
against European schemes or annexa-
ton or partition of the western hem-
isphere. The fate of the Balfour gov
eminent would be sealed II Germany,
with Great Britain supporting her, were
involved in complications with the Uni
ted States.
Lieut.. Godfrey L. Garden of the UNI
ted states revenue cutter service Is now
in Manchester in the interest OF the
ST. Louis exposition, his chief object
being to advise Lancashire manufac-
turers with reference to facilities when
are open to them in connection with
the scheme for the power plant of ma
chinery hall Instead Of securing power
wholly in America, Thomas NJ. Moore,
chief of the machinery department, has
authorized him to invite offerings from
various points in Europe, and already
about half the necessary 10000 morse
power has been accepted. Garden was
negotiating with French manufactures
until few days ago, when he received
cable luSlIuClAOAAc W k'ANSS-NA
land and invite British firms to make
displays on the same basis as afforded
others. He says German and French
houses are prepared to take full adj
vantage Of the opportunities which
st. Louis offers.
Sidney Lee expects to arrive in New
York at the end of the month on his
way to Boston. where he will deliver
a course of eight lectures at the Low
ell institute on Great Englishmen OF
the Sixteenth Century" He will give.
lectures at Harvard, Yale. and Welles-
ley colleges. During February he Will
deliver the Trask lecture at Princeton
on Foreign Influences on Shakespeare"
and subsequently lecture before Col
umbia, Johns Hopkins university,
Pennsylvania, Cornell, Western Re-
serve, Vassar, Wells, and several clubs
and institutions. He hopes to visit
Chicago, Cincinnati, and western uni.
versities in April.
A Dull Trade Season.