Opinion Of M'kenna

Washington, Sept. 21.- Attorney General McKenna announced his opinión in the matter of section 22 of the new tariff law. He holds in effect that goods coming directly into the United States from foreign countries through Canadian ports are not subject to the discriminating duty of 10 per cent., and also holds that foreign goods shipped frotn countries other than Britiah possessions in British vessels are not subject to the discriminating duty. Two Questions Agked. Two questions were asked the attorney the flrst of whicfc was, in effct, whether the discriminating duty of 10 per cent. provided for in section 22 should be assessèd against an invoice of tea from China which had arrived at Vancouver in British vessels ■and thence shipped through Canada to Chicago; the second question was whether the duty should toe assessèd against a cargo of manganese ore from Chili which recently arrived in a British ship at Philadelphia. Both these questions the attorey general answers in the negative.