The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-19
MINIMUM RATES
 OF TARIFF GIVEN President Taft Issues ProcIa-
 matien on the Subject TRADE IS VERY LARGE
Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Russia, Turkey and Switzerland Are the Countries That Will
 Profit By Rates.

this. afternoon issued six prociamations in which it is declared that under the new tariff law the countries of Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Spain Turkey and Switzerland are entitled to the mini nun rates imposed by that act. The proclamations which are identical read as follows:
 Whereas it is provided in the act of Congress, approved August 5, 1909 (which is quoted here), and,
 Whereas, satisfactoary evidence to me that the government of Italy imposed no terms or restrictions either in the way of tariff rates or provisions, trade or oth- CT regulations, charges, exactions CT in any other manner, directly or indirectly upon the importation into or the sale in the kingdom and colonial possessions of Italy of any agricultural, manufactured or other products of the United States which unduly dscriminates against the United States or the products thereof, and the the government Of Italy pays no export bounty on or imposes no export duty or prohibition upon the exportation of any article to the United States winch unduly discriminates against the United States or the products thereof, and that the government of Italy accorded to the agricultural, manufactured or other prod duets of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent.
 Now, therefore I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the aforesaid act of Congress do hereby make known and proclaim that from and after March 31, 1910, and so long thereafter as the aforesaid act of Con gress is in existence and the government of Italy imposes no terms or restrictions upon the importation or sale in the king dom and colonial possessions of Itaaly of the products of the United States which unduly discriminate against the United States, all articles when imported into the United States or any oi its posses sions (except the Philippines and the isl- ands of Guam and Tutuila) from the kingdom and colonial possessions of Italy shall be admitted under the terms of minimim tariff of the United Staes as prescribed by section 1 of the tariff act of the United States, approved August 5, 1909."
 Provided however, that this procla- nation shall not take effect from and after March 31, 1910, but shall be null and void in the event that at any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evidence shall be presented to the Presi- dent that the country of Italy has made such change or changes in it's present
  can commerce In the kingdom and col onial possessions of Italy as to discrim- mate unduly in any way against such commerce and in the further event that a proclamation by the President of such fact revoking the present proclamation shall have been issued
 The proclamation is signed by both the President and by Secretary Knox
 In connection with the Presidents proc lamation the state department made pub lie a table showing the total trade of the six countries, with the share of the United States therein according to the statistics of the several countries for the latest available year.
 In 1908 the total trade of the United Kingdom with the world amouted to $5,- los, PIP. 625 of which $s11, ,0S7.04S was with the United States, of which seO4227,472 came from this country. Italy's figures for 1908 show her world trade to have aggregated sS95, ,9S2. 900, of which $117, ,4sS,- 600 or 131 per cent was with America and $7S.165,0O0 came from here.
 Russas world trade for 1908 amount ed to $s6S, ,944,00e, of which $39, 652,525 was with the United States, of this s3S. .402 105 in goods came from the United States.
 Span's world trade for the year 1907 aggregated $344.157,187. of which ESQ., 3491S1 was with this country and products to the value of s23,534,749 came from here.
 Switzerland's trade for 1908 amounted to $4S7,438,190, of which $33,288,954 was with the United States. Her im- portations from this country for that year amounted to $11.7o7.31S. The total trade of European and Asiatic Turkey for the year 1906 amounted to $224,- 56S,OO0. of which $3,430,000 was with the United States. Their imports from America totaled $1,265.000.
 Figures also are given showing the imports and exports of the United States with these six countries for the year 1909. together with the increase as compared with the year 1899.
 They show importations into the United States as follows:
 From Great Britain, $208, 2.75s, in crease $76.1 per cent from Italy, S4s.- 2s7,3s4, increase 9s.5 per cent; Russia. sI1344,916, increase 1909 per cent; Spain, $14,077,c64, increase 273.6 per cent; Switzerland, s23,s31,4 ,492, increase 60.7 per cent; Turkey, 312,42s,12S, i'm crease, 1902 per cent.
 The exportations from the United States to the countries for the year 1909 are as follows:
 United Kingdom, $514,627,365, in- crease. .56 per cent; Italy. $5S,5os.596, increase 133.7 per cent; Russia. $17,- 26S, ,s0s, increase 72.2 per cent; Spain, $19679,003, increase 116.S per cent; Switzerland. s750,73s, increase 1so.s per cent; Turkey, $2Sl&142. increase 1922 per cent