The sun., 1910-03-14
CANADA AND OUR TARIFF
q. g. OFFICERS hopeful sF
BREAKING THE DEADLOCK

And Arriving at an IndevsaaRding win
Canadian 0Glclals-Thas Gov eminent
lnHlsas On tine aame TaFtm Rates FPsm
Canaaa That ahe Gives to Franee.
WASHINGTON. March Is-Ths United
States tariff officers are still hopeful Of
breaking the deadlock between this coun-
try and Canada and of arriving at an
understanding with the Canadian officials
which will prevent a trade war between
tho two countries. Charles NJ. Pepper.
the tariff expert Of the Bureau OF Trade
Relations. and Prof. Henry &. Emery.
chairman Cf the Tariff Board. held long
conference with President Taft yesterday.
reporting on their cOnfercnces in Ottawa.
and Mr.. Taft will take the subject up with
them again on his return 10 Washington
to-mOFroW.
The United States insists on the aams
rates from Canada that France gets from
that country under the Franco-CanAdian
agreement. II a mutually satisfactory
understanding 10 not reached before
March 81 next tho maximum tariff rates
% the American ls~ viii apply 10 imports
from Canada.
Some of the popular misconceptions
that Measrs. Pepper and Emery found
In Canada were explained here to-day
Previous TO their arrival in Ottawa for
instance. ASSERTIONS were very generally
made that the United States tariff on
Canadian products was twice a. high ~
the Canadian tariff IN products Of the
United States. This was shown 90 be an
error a. to the commodities actually
interchansed between the two countries.
The United States tariff officers pre-
sented official statistics showing that on
imports from Canada into the United
States In the fiscal year ieOe the average
ed val0rem rate on dutiable and free
imports vas only n per cent. and on
dutiabls imports I0S per cent. On the
other hand it a. shown that the Canadian
average I'D vAlorem rate on free and
dutia6le imports from the United States
wa@ l9.S per cent. ana on duttabls imports
9tV per cent. The total duty collected by
Canada on all imports from The United
Staeee amounted 20 81. So. .O1O
reductions made by the Payne Aldrich
law on Canadian imports into the United
States were not understood in Canada
On the basis of the fiscal year quoted the
reduction amounted 60 more than 81 OOO.-
600. equivalent Ia a reduction Of nearly
" peT ceut. n paU OF tne year QuOtod
was one of industrial depression. but ON
the volume of business ~hich is already
shown for the present year the reduction
will prove To he much larger.
While this was the situation a. TO Cana
dian products imported into the United
States u was disclosed that the remission
Of duties which the United States would
have received In tho year noted IL IL had
enjoyed the benefits " the preferential
rates given 60 France and twelve other
countries would have been approximately
900. .OOO.
The impression was found prevalent
in Canada too that the United States
enforcsd many prohibttivs rates aRninst
Canadian products. while Canada had
no such discrimination against the prod
uctG % the United States. Wool and
wooilen goods were cited a. an instance
on bshah OF Canada. In reply the tariH
officers cited steel rails. on which Canada
lays a prohibitivs duty
The American ofiicials pointed out alno
that On agricultural implementa the
yns-AldrtOh Law offers compless reci-
prOctty for free admission Whsnevsr
Canada n ready TO grant the same pTivt-
lege Go the United States.