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 2526 PROCLAMATIONS, 1910. Fsbrwr 9» 1910- Br rua Paasrnmrr or rum Umrnn S·rA·rns or Aunarcx. A PROCLAMATION. ¤'§g{]'§¤_°¤ ·**¤¤¤*l¤° WHEREAS it is provided in the__Act of Congress approved August Preamble. 5, 1909, entitled "An Act To provide revenue, equalize duties and M"' "8?“ encourage the industries of the United States, and for other purposes"— That from and after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, except as otherwise specially provided for in this section, there shall be levied, collected, and paid on all articles when imported from angilforeign country into the United States, or into any of its possemions (except the ilipprne Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), the rates of duty prescribed by the schedules and paragraphs of the dutiable list of section one of this ct, and in addition thereto twenty-five_per centum aid valorem; which rates shall constitute the maximum tariff of the United States: Provided, That whenever, after the thirty-first day of March, nineteen hundred and ten, and so long thereafter as the President shall be satisfied, in view of the char~ acter of the concessions granted by the minimum tariff of the United States, that the government of any foreign country imposes no terms or restrictions, either in the way of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations, charges, exactions, or_in any other manner, directly or indirectl, upon the Lglportation into or the sale in spe foreign country of any agricultural}; manufactu, or other product of the United States, which unduly discriminate against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foreign country pays no export bounty orjrnposes no export duty or mhibition upon the exportation of any article to the United States w rch un uly giscriminates against the United States or the products thereof, and that such foreign _ country accords to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and eguivaleut, thereupon and thereafter, u n proclamation to this effect by the President of the United States, all articles when imported into the United States, or any of its possemions (except the Philippine Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from such foreign country shall, except as otherwise herein provided, be admitted under the terms of the minimum tariff of the United States as prescribed by section one of this Act. Arm Wrrmuras satisfactory evidence has been presented to me that the Government of the Argentine Republic imposes no terms or restrictions, either in the way of tariff rates or provisions, trade or other regulations, charges, exactions, or in any other manner, directly or indirectly, upon the importation into or the sale in the Argentine Republic o any agricultural, manufactured, or other product of the United States, which unduly discriminate against the United States or the products thereof, and that the Government of the Argentine Republic pays no export bounty or imposes no export duty or prohibition upon the exportation_of any article to the United States which unduly drscrimmates against the United States or the products thereof, and that the Government of the Argentine Republic accords . to the agricultural, manufactured, or other products of the United States treatment which is reciprocal and equivalent: ,;g{;¤¤¤{·0 tsggmgg Now, Tnnunronn, 1, WILLlAM Howaan Tnrr, President of the gamxrgmrms aspen- United_States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the °°‘ aforesaid Act of Congress, do hereby make known and proclaim that from and after March 31, 1910, and so long thereafter as the aforesaid Act of Congress is in existence and the Government of the Argentine Repub ic imposes no terms or restrictions upon the importation or sale rn the Argentine Republic of the roducts of the United States which unduly discriminate against the [lhited States, all articles when imported into the United States, or any of its possessions (except the Philrppme Islands and the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from the Argentine Republic shall be admitted under the terms of the minimum tariff of the United States as prescribed by Section one of the Tariff Act of the United States approved August 5, 1909; m;°};$;:‘{{gn;' ¤§f_jd°: Provided, however, that this proclamation shall not take effect mma American ¤¤m· from and after_March 31, 1910, but shall be null and void in the event '”°'°°‘ that, at any time prior to the aforesaid date, satisfactory evidence shall be presented to the President that the Government of the