Displeased at the Chinese failure to abolish or decrease substantially al~ Tegedly discriminatory duties in the new tariff schedule put into effect on uly 1, Japan Is expected to protest.
The Chambers of Commerce of Shanghai and Hankow, in petitions to. the Legislative Yuan, express strong disapproval of the 8 per cent. eduction in the import duty foreign cotton and cotton piece-goods fs provided {or in the revised Import Considerable expressed in many Shanghai over the new tariffs Chinese cotton mill owners and members of the paper industry were understood to be preparing a protest to the Government on the grounds that the new tariff favours "foreign competitors and. gives them even, less protection than they had before.
Both the merchants and the press hold that the new tariff deals a severe blow to the home industry and destroys the last chance of recovery for the cotton industry. Along with the protests fled by the Paper merchants and the" Chinese cotton manufacturers requesting the authorities to rescind their order, the Chinese newspapers urge the Government to remedy this deplorable situation immediately.
Further opposition to the enforcement of the revised import tart is expressed by the National Industrial Union in a petition to the Executive Yuan, the Legislative Yuan, and the Ministries of Finance and Industry.
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