New-York tribune., 1921-10-17
British Ships
To West Indies
Get Preference
Favorable Duties Attract
Shipments ON Canadian
Railroads and Vessels:
Many Commodities Cited
Urge Levy ON All Imports
american Companies Handi-
capped in Trade 10 Hon
duras and Other Islands

Following Information that the Brit
sa Board OF Trade has issued sn order
kerptiug British and Canadian YES
SIS from the payment OF tonnage and
9hS duss st Jamaica. It was learned
asterday that preferential duties At
'ondurss favor British and Canadian
sssels IS the expense OF American.
ne policy enforced by tho British in
lie trade is similar in many respects
> that contemplated In Sections 2s
nd 8A of the Jones ac%- which have not
II been applied by this governments
Canadian -four moving directly 70
ri5ish Honduras is admitted free o.
lty. Canadian -four moving Indirect
through Amsrican 0o'ts is subject
} duty Of rs cents s barrel. Anerl-
an dour must pay tariff of 81
arrel.
Sheet lron from thc United States
ays duty Of 25 per cent ad vslorem.
nile the Canadian product pays only
per cent. American -four 60
ar1aics PAYS q duty Of eight pence
sr barrel and sheet iron, 16 2-3 PEI
snt ed ralorsm. The duty on
1ese amounts.
Amounts 70 Discrimination
Steamship officials pointed out yss.-
-CGy tnaC WH4io THESE pLe4S u Z iei-
z-iTs do not discriminate directly
-,ainsS American vessels, es the lat
AZ msy cell aG Canadian ports for
aiprnents. IN effect they amount 30
..seri-ainatior. They place a premium
pom the movement o2 traffic over
4aadian railroads a. compared with
sEcerican. Also, 1t was said, British
'ompaniss haqe established services
rom Canadian por5s 10 the West
edies and accordingly obtain the
ane.it OF the preferential duty, while
aly occasional tramp vessels under
e United States Gag make this
oyaee.
apparently rhis discri N nation Is rot
yioiation o. treaties between The
'aited States and Great Britain, for
ne Treaty Of 1915 specifically excepta
lie West Indies from reciprocal
,rivileges. The significance OF the
ituation according 10 steamship men,
3 that the British government has
ldorsed policy against which Is has
rote sted on the part of the United
tstes
4 uas reported yesterday shat re-
art orders Of the British Board OF
rade place duty discriminating di-
sctly against products brought in
american vessels In favor Of ship
ents on British and Canadian ships.
Ut this could not be conhrned The
port came from ship agents in the
3 eat indies and has not YET been
imported ny documentary evidence.
forts are nozg beng made to escer-
ain the true situation.
Urge Preferential Doty
Steamship men here have urged che
aipping Board and Congress TO meet
.isrrirds n 2 fio7 hy uiacinp preYe rer -
a duty OF imports in foreign vessels
= indirect trade. though this policy
as met with considerable opposition
rom fore gn and American sources. In
r6er 20 make suon movement sue
essful, Senator Wesley L. Jones,
hartman Of the Senate Committee on
'omraerce, has proposed duty Of 2
er cent on imports now on the free
81. 1t is pointed OUT tnst under the
resent tariff law about so per cent o.
ae imports are on the free iisk and
aat even under the pending tariff bill
per cent Of the commodities would
admitted without duty.