The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-10
TARIFF NEGOTIATION.
Failea win Canada ard IN UnsAatuGaees
rsmnlaiun WIN Frnnes.


Fat,ea WIN CANADA ard IN Unsatisfactory
coaaitio0 wan Praaep.
wAaMN0roN. March aL-The tariff ne
gctiationa hsswesn the Uniaed States and
Canada which have b~sn In progress At
Ottawa for thu last week have failed.
Ths American representatives were John
q. Foster. Consnl-0sneral at Ottawa:
Charles N. Pepper. . commercial expert
Of tho Board of Trade Relations. and
Henry O. Emery. q member Of the tariff
board. Messrs. Pepper and Emery are
expecasd 70 leave Ottawa for Warrington
to-day.
Ofhcers Of sshss State Department are
hopeful of reopening negotiations. how
ever. before March u. when the maxi
mum rates % the American tariff Law will
be applied to imports from Canada unless
mutually satisfactory agreement In
reached. The American commissioners.
it In understood. required thas the United
STATES be granted the same rates a. are
snJoyed by France under the Franco
Canadian agreement. Unless Canada h
willing TO accede % this request offiOerg
Of the Dspartmsnt Oan zee no way Of
avoiding tho application OF the maximum
rates 20 imports from Canada after March
81 next. lyon their return 90 washing-
ton Measra- Pepper and Emery will report
on the proapect Of solving the present
ma tariff negotiations with France ssiIl
Arc In an unsatisfactory condition. The
United States has proposed 20 France, a.
20 all other nations. minimum for mini
mum or compensatory conceasions.' In
nooly the French Government made a
counter proposal which, while materially
enlarGinG the lisa Of minimum rates which
the United States now enjoys In France.
falls short Of the e1peceattons Of this
OovsEnment THAI substantially the Frsnch
minimum or. in place OF thoes numbers
tory CONCESSIONS should be received. The
sit,sAtion Ia somewhat complicated and
delayed also because oonCurrentiy with
the conferences and negotiations here q
legislative revision OF tho French tariff
In under way in France.
The Department has hopes that before
April an sgresmsnt With both countries
OTTAWA. Ont, March s.-Dr. Emsry
and Charles n. Pepper. the tariff ENJOYS
Of the United States. returned 20 wash
lnGton this Afternoon: RSmors are IN
from an American point Of visw. the
nsgoeiaaions have bean a failure.
You can say that any such assertion
as that IN unwarrAnoed.' aaid the Hon.
J. q. Foster. Cntted States Consul-oen-
eral 70 The SUN.
when may something definite be
looked forg- was aAxed.
Our ENJOYS viii report 70 President
Taft and from him will come any an
nouncemsnt, the Consul General replied.
The vital question involved . whether
by raason Of its treaty with France and
the incidental benefits thsrefrom To the
moat favored nations Canada d dis
eliminating -unduly- against the United
States. To investigate the situation in
that respect was the fundamental object
Of the mission here
Il Il Understood that Canada stands
hFTBly on il right to negotiate what
ever trade alliances Il considers TO be
In It's commercial interests. Al the same
time Il can he stated that az a result
of the clarifying expressions OF opinion
the outlook N favorable Tor a continuance
of the friendly relations with the United
States even II 10 does not open the way
to more satisfactory reciprocity IN trade
between the two countries than has oh
tainsd since the Dinghy tariff became
effective.