New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-01
HOW U. S. TARIFF
AFFECTS ENGLAND
Defects Canadian Meats
and Dairy Produce to
This Country.
PRICES IN BRITAIN
WILL PROBABLY RISE
Mckinley and Dingley Acts Were
Followed by Decline in Imports
from United Kingdom.
From the Tribune Correspondent J

From the Tribune Correspondent
London, Feb. PA memorandum has
been issued by the Tariff Commission
| containing a useful analysis OF the new
! American tariff and a forecast OF its
profitable effects on the United Kingdom
and the British Empire generally. While
some time must elapse before these ef-
fects can be adequately measured, certain
| tendencies have. 1t is stated. already
shown themselves.
Canadian supplies, such as meat, dairy
products etc. hitherto coming to the
United Kingdom are being diverted 10 the
United States. owing to the contiguity
OF Canada TO the United States, this ten
dency is likely 10 become more marked
Supplies from more remote countries
such as meat from the Argentine. WOOL
from Australia and sugar from the West
Indies-are likely to be diverted 10 the
United States instead Of TO the United
Kingdom In the opinion of competent
| observers. the reorganization of the pro
tective system of the United States and
the adaptation OF that system 70 modern
industrial conditions will increase the
! capacity Of the country to absorb it's own
| foodstufTs and materials
Canadian Prices Rising.
| Should these tendencies continue pro-
ceeds the memorandum In so far as sup
! plies are diverted from the United King
dom rise in British prices is probable
for a time at least. For the first two
months following the coming into opera
ton of the tariff there were largely IN
creased imprtations into the United
States of Canadian meat, but the conse-
quent increase in Canadian prices checked
the movement. in that the Canadian
farmers found as good market at nome
as In the United States. Increased pro-
duction in Canada is likely. under The
conditions of the new tariff. TO be carried
on with view to the United States mar
ket rather than that of the United King
dom.
The new sugar tariff, which comes into
| force in March, gives as did the old
tariff, preferential reduction OF one-hfth
of the duty 10 Cuban sugar, while Philip
pine sugar continues to be admitted free'
The complete removal OF the sugar du-
ties In May, 1916, will. however, abolish
altogether the preference hitherto accord
= ed by the United States TO sugar from
It's colonial possessions. West Indian
sugar will then be placed on the same
plane of free competition as other sugars
and the result must be that 1t Will ana
far better market in the United States
than IT does al present, and 10 this extent
lessen the Importance OF the Canada
West Indies reciprocity agreement OF 1917
Meat Supply AII.lmportant.
II is not possible to forecast the results
that will follow from an attempt on tho
part Of the United States government ID
put into operation those clauses IN tho
new tariff law which bear upon the ne
COLLATION. of treaties, but II is pointed cut
that any steps IN this direction could not
fail TO react on the British imperial treaty
system, the bases OF which have already
been disturbed by developments Within
the empire. Again, the Importance 10 the
United Kingdom OF any further fefecton
Of its meat supplies is apparent from the
Board OF Trade figures, which show that
while the imports of cattle and beef from
Canada and the United States have al
ready dwindled enormously In recent
years, the Argentine and Australia are
now increasingly important sources OF
our imported supplies Of beef.
With regard 10 tho effect Of the new
tariff on British manufacturing indus
- CHI hal "a
Mckinley tariff Of 1890 and the Dingley
act OF 1897 were followed by considerable
reductions IN the amount Of British OK
ports. Further. in spite OF the great in
crease of population, British exports TO
the United States averaged less IN i90s-12
than they did in lsSs-'92. The prohiblti5e
character of the old United States tariff
Is demonstrated by the fact that, taking
exports OF manufactures and seminar
ufactures only we exported to that coun-
try with its 100000 Of population, only
$l0e. go 900 In 1912, while to Canada, with
its 100000, We sent $ss,Jo0O.
That the protection in the Underwood
tariff Is also very considerable is (con-
cluded the memorandum obvious from
the high level Of the new average duties
on various groups Of manufactures. The
average ad valorem duty on manufact-
ured imports is still estimated 20 be more
than 30 per cent. Although, for example.
there has been a great reduction in the
duties OH woollens, the new duties On
this group are estimated to average as
much as 36 per cent, and even in the case
Of iron and steel, where the new duty on
goods dutiable under the old tariff is es-
timated 10 average as low as 1872 pc
cent, it is stated by British experts that
the notifications still leave an ample
residual protection to United States MAX
ers as against British exporters in many
lines.
II is noteworthy feat for any Amer
lean magazine TO secure a short story
from the pen Of the gifted English