Mobile register and journal., 1845-04-04


of Congress, We have heard mu,h of treaty with
the Zollveren. The meaning oi the. word is.-cus-
"'ns 1"n'Uu~'"'"", s7"Ii meaning I0il CUSTOM
and verein, unlon or confederation Under This til
tie il is. that various Of the governments of the Ger
man Staes have entered into an agreement to exact
AN uniform rate Of duty upon imported goods, ard TO
concentrate the collection of ,uch dues in central
establishment. In Il late number Of Chambers Ed
inburgh Journal, periodical of which we have al
ways spoken " 18th great pleasure, find a popular
unit Of this cnnlederacy, which we propose as the
basis Of The present article. Travellers in Germany
within few years back have complained, and with
much reason, ot the restrictions which onnually in
terrnpied their progress. A policeman was always
found at every stage to examine passports, although
the territories which they passed, were not rs
large some Of our ordinary counties. Mercantile
men had much greater reason to complains pack
age of goods no larger than brckbat, could not
pass n distance of hundred miles without heing
0verhauled by least half dozen custom house Of
hcers, and paving variety of rates of duty. By the
lime il reached its destination, IL had paid an am
cunt nearly equal To s value, and il required pref
" good know ledge OF figures ascertain the sum
total Of the charges, and the different values Of the
MONEYS. in whirh those duties paid. In this
state nf things, the traveller and The merchant
equally ammo, ed. The consciousness of these diff
culIes had such effect upon the intelligent Of the
German States, that they resolved, if pussible, to
remedy these defects; and Prussia set the example.
She commenced with n modification oi The evils
NnWH sue hHH III llef own teTf anu
u the 26Ih OF May, 1918, promulgated law by
which foreign products, natural manufactured,
were allowed to be freely imported into, consumed
~, and conveyed throughout The whole country, and
it's home products, whether raw manufactured,
were allowed freely 10 he exported.
The Prussian government next soil tied other
countries to join il in its scheme, but it was not
rntl after many years that their consent OBJ
tanned
The princes of Schwarzbourg Sondershausen
Schwarzbou,g Rudolstadt, The Dukes. of SAKE Wei
mar, ARhaIt Bernhonrg, Meek lenhourg -Schwerin
and Anhalt Dessau. first came into the arrangement
but nny after hagging and holding back, which
seemed to be in the inverse ratio of their impor-
lance.
Their dealings in his respect resembled those OF
the petty huckster, who made the greatest difficult
" in bargain, IN proportion AS he receives The
smallest point. Prussia, with these appendages
formed the nucleus Of The great Zollyerein, which,
in 1926 included all the countries extending from
Mcneil the nOrthernmost seaport Of Prussia. TO AK
IN Chapelle in WesipIalia. and those lying between
Stra lsuad and the Austrian frontier, behind Munich,
in Bavaria.
The Zollveren may then be bounded, in a geo.
graphical manner, as follows:-on the East bv Rus
STA and Poland, on the South by Austria and Swift
zerland on the West by France, on the North west
by Belgium and Holland, and the North by Han
and the adjacent states. The area ofthis com
mercial confederacy may be estimated at 1892
square miles, containing population Of 81 ,O00. 900
of inhabitants.
The great difficulty of adjusting the system, was
in fairly apportioning the amount oirevenue received
TO the population Of each territory. All errors in
this ca culation rectfed by settlement of ac-
counts in three years, at tine central bureau of
Berlin, where the notifications Of the duties, al
ierations in the Of population are arranged by
deputies sent there for that purpose.
The effect Of this arrangement, is make the por-
ton of Germany already indicated but one c.untry.
Throughout it's extent but one rate Of duty is charg
ed, and the merchandise duly entered, may be sent
from one end of the United territory to the other
The sums collected are paid into common treasury
and periodically divided among the members Of the
Zollvcrejn.
The plan of collecting the duties is simple and in
iegbe. All articles Of lIade divided into five
sections having reference TO things OF simar orr
gin
The fiji st includes foreign materials, that cannot
be produced within the Zollverein The second
foreign produce which is produ ed within the Union;
the thhd articles necessary TO industry and manu-
iactures-fourih. manufactured goods; and fifth,
snail wares. The rates Of dutiss are altered every
three years, and the first of January. 1876, the
present tariff will he re enacted, modified. The
prohibited articles which before the formation of the
Zollve elm, were very numerous, reduced TO
two, viz: salt and playing cards.
Among the reforms effected by this league, is tho
abolition of all the tolls and charges which obstruct-
ell the navigation Of the Rhine and The Elbe, and
many misch,eyous monopolies held by companies,
and city guilds.
This association has formed treaties with almost
every commercial power in the world, and its reve-
nues have ebied since 1884. In l643 they amounted
to Sl7, 500, 600.
The treaty which has been negotiated aLrond be-
tween il and country has been laid befre the
Senate Of the United States for RAJ ifcation, but the
consideration of II has been for the present post
poned.
In presenting this sketch to readers. we do
not claim the credit Of originality. We nave 60;
adopted the excellent article of Chambers 10 the
form most convenient to our own readers.