Mohave County miner., 1916-09-09
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WASHINGTON, Sept. S.-Author. ity to take drastic retaliatory step: against interference with American commerce by belligerents in the Euro pean war are contained in the emerg- ency revenue bill as finally approved
 As finally agreed upon, the first ot the retaliatory authorization reads:
 Whenever any country, depend ency, or colony shall prohibit the inn portation of any article the product of the soil or industry of the United States and not injurious to health or morals, the president shall have power to prohibit, during the period that such prohibition is in force, the i'm portation into the United States of similar articles, or in case the United States does not import similar arti- cles, from that country, then other ar ticles, the products of such country, dependency or colony.
 "That whenever during the exist ence of a war in which the United States is not engaged, the president shall be satisfied that there is reason able ground to believe that under the laws, regulations or practice of na- tions, the importation into their own or any other country, dependency or colony of any article the product of the soil or industry of the United States and not injurious to health or morals is prevented or restricted dur ing the period of such prohibition or restriction is in force, the importation into the United States of similar or other articles, products of such coun- try, dependency or colony as in his opinion the public interest may re- quire; and in such cases he shall make proclamation stating the article or ar ticles which are prohibited from im- portation into the United States, and any person or persons who shall inn port, or attempt or conspire to import or be concerned in importing such ar ticle or articles into the United States contrary to the prohibition in such proclamation, shall be liable to a fine of not less than S2000 nor more than S5O,0OO or to imprisonment not to ex- ceed two years, or both in the discre- tion of the court.
 ''The president may change, modify, revoke or renew such proclamation in his discretion; and the senate agree to the same"
 The final retaliation measure based on the same war conditions, would give the president authority to with hold clearance to vessels of a bellig- erent nation.
 Making or giving any undue or un- reasonable preference or advantage in any respect whatsoever to any particu- lar person, company, firm or corpora tion, or any particular description of traffic in the United States or its pos sessions or to any citizens of the Unit ed States residing in neutral countries abroad or in subjecting any particular person, company, firm or corporation or any particular description of traffic in the United States or it's posses sions, or any citizens of the United States residing in neutral countries abroad to any undue or unreasonable disadvantage, injury or dis crimination in regard to accepting, re- ceiving, transporting or delivering or refusing to accept, receive, transfer or deliver any cargo, freight or passen- gers ,or in any other respect whatso- ever, he is hereby authorized and em- to direct the detention of such vessel by withholding clearance or by formal notice forbidding departure, and to revoke, modify or renew any such direction"
 It also would give authority to the president to deny American facilities of commerce to citizens in the United States of an offending belligerent na- tion and would authorize him to use the land and naval forces of the gov ernment to enforce the retaliatory pro visions.