Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-12-08
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ovsr Written. In 1t he reviews tho
work OF each Of tho administrative
departments beginning with the state
department. He dsvotes considerable
space to the satisfactory settlement
Of the fisheries dispute with England
through tho medium Of the Hague
Tribunal, and recounts both tho his
tory Of tho fisheries dispute and tho
establishment Of the tribunal
In connection with the state depart
nent he tells Of the important poll
0cal happenings of the past twelve
months throughout the entire world,
Ind the action Of this country In con-
section with them
Tariff Negotiations.
Referring to the negotiation of new
tariff agreements President Taft
Gays:
THE new tariff law, in Section 2.
respecting the maximum and mini
mum tariffs Of the United States.
which provisions came into effect on
April 1, 1910, imposed upon US re-
sponsibtl1ty Of determining prior to
that date whether any undue discrim-
nation existed against the United
States and its products in any coun-
try of the world with which we sus-
tanned commercial relations
! In the case Of several countries in
stances Of apparent undue discrimina
ton against American commerce we're
found to exist. These determinations
were removed by negotiation. Prior
10 April l, 1910, when the maximum
tariff was to come into operation with
respect to importa tons from all those
countries in whose favor no proclama-
tion applying the minimum tariff
should be issued by the president, one
hundred and thlrty-four such procla-
nations were issued.
This series of proclamations en-
braced the entire commercial world
and hence the minimum tariff of the
United States has been given univer-
sal application, thus testifying to the
satisfactory character of our trade
relations with foreign countries.
marked advantages to the CON-
merce of the United States were OBJ
tanned through these tariff settle
ments.
The policy of broader and closer
trade relations with the Dominion of
Canada which was initiated in the ad-
5ustment Of the maximum and mini
mum provisions of the tariff act of
August, 1909. has proved mutually
beneficial 1t justifes further efforts
for the readills tment of the CONNER
c1al relations Of the two countries so
that their commerce may follow the
channels natural to COZ tiguouS conn
tries and be commensurate with the
steady expansion of trade and indus
t'' on both :ides of the boundary
line"
Slip Subsidy.
The president urges such action as
he believes will increase American
tr?de abroad, and says.
"AnOtier fundamentally indispen-
sa bic to the unhamapered and natural
development of American commerce Is
merchant marine. All maritime and
commercial nations recognize the i'm
portance of this factor. The greatest
commercial nations, our competitors,
jealousy foster their merchant ma
rine Perhaps nowhere is the need
for rapid and direct mail, passenger
and freight communication quite so
urgent as between the United States
and Latin America. We can secure
In no other quarter Of the world such
immediate Dement'S In friendship and !
commerce as would flow from the es-
adjustment Of direct lines of com
nunication with the countries OF |
Latin America adequate to meet tho
requirements Of 4 rapidly increasing |
appreciation Of tho reciprocal Deepen.
dsnce Of the countries Of tho western
Aemispfe upon each others prod
ucts, sympxthiss and assistance.
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