New Britain herald., 1916-07-08

TARIFF WILL BE
 ISSUE AFTER WAR
French Economists Argue Against
 Discrimination Toward Enemies

Correspondence of The Associated Press)
 Paris, June 12.-Mr. Asquith's ad- vice to the British delegates to the recent interparliamentar economic 1 conference to "be careful not through l excitement or blindness, or with the | desire to clinch a victory, to take 1 measures that will do you more harm than the enemy" was we'll given in | the opinion of some French econom- l ic writers.
 Before the first interparliamentary l conference there were fears in French l as well as in English circles as what 1 might be results of unauthoritative discussion by parliamentarian of in- ternatiOnal affair, and the results of the economic conference have not al- layed such fears.
 Max Hoschiller, in the Revue de Paris, says there is great danger that the nasty conceptions of these con- ferences, put into practice, would turn againt their auth ors, and that the only plan of economic reciprocity between the entente allies thus far de- veloped is of a nature to arouse the liveliest apprehensiOns; that it is even liable to bring about differences and provoke grave conflicts of interest be- tween the allies after the war.
 "Impossible' Says Hoschiller.
 M. Hoschiller declares Impossible of application between the allies themselves" the protectionism in four degrees proposed by the con- ference, as follows:
 Reciprocal preferential tariffs be- tween the United Kingdom and it's colonial possessions.
 Reciprocal and preferential tariffs, secondary to the foregoing, between the British empire and it's allies. Favorable treatment, but in the third order of preference, to neutrals. Prohibitive tariffs on products of countries now enemies of the entente powers.
 In the first place, the preferential reciprocal tariffs proposed for the United Kingdom with it's colonial pos sessions put Great Britain in hostili- ty with Russia and in ventual con- nict with her own colonies. The lat ter, M. Hoschiller expects, will seek larger advantages from the excep- tional situation in which events have placed them as providers of raw ma tertals in this industrial war.
 Canada to Prove Reluctant.
 Canada, which bought more than s426, 1000 worth of goods from the United States during the fiscal year 1914-15 and only $90,000,000 from Great Britain, notwithstanding pre- ferential duties of 33 1-3 per cent. would be reluctant to consent to an
 
 impede importations from the United States to the profit of the mother country, and pay dearer for products which the latter would not perhaps be in position to furnish.
 Canada, at the same time, is the great competitor of Russia in the British market, it's exportations of wheat to England having gone from twenty-one per cent. of the total in 1882 to fifty-four per cent of the total in 1911, while Russia's per cen- tage of British consumption remained stationary at about fifteen per cent Discrimination against Russia would shut her out of the market altogether. Russia's 1mpcrtations of wheat into Germany were 519, 900 tons as against 31S,00O from Canada. M. Boradaiev- sky, pointing out the significance of these figures to the Pan-Russian agricultural congress, stated that un- less the entente allies facilitate the ex- portation of Russian proucts the en- pire would be forced after the war in- to an economic arrangement with Germany.
 Cannot Boycott Germany.
 rof. Migouline, president of an economic commission attached to the Russian ministry of finance, wrote recently that it would be impossile for Russia to boycott a country like Germany, which was before the war it's best customer, unless the entente allies opened their markets more largely.
 I He points out that Great Britain bought in foreign markets in 1913, $50, O,OO0,000 rubles in cereals and g. 74O,OOO,O0O rubles in alimentary products of which Russia's part was only 125 million rubles, insignif- cant in comparison with Russia's eX- ports to Germany.
 It is pointed out by M. Hoschiller | in the case of Canada that her pres l ent financial dependence on New | York will eventually make it impos- l sible for her to treat the United l States otherwise than on the basis of 1 a reciprocal tariff and that, in any l case, the likelihood of an economic | war such as would be involved in the l interparliamentary conferences pro- posed tariff is impossible between the | two countries.
 The interparliamentary comm1s- ] sion's proposition of preferential tar | ifs between Great Britain and the l colonies would, in the opinion of M. ] Hoschiller make it impossible for 1 France to accept the arrangement. 1 Eno1ond was Frances best customer l