New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-12
A YitaI Movement I'm Germany.

When Germany entered upon the policy
Of prote citing home industry she was poor,
weak and dependent. Manufactures she
had few, and her supplies came from Eng
land. BY means of this policy, she has be-
come wealthy and powerful, and at this day
is a formidable competitor with England IN
the market of the world, for the sale of ar
ticles for which she formerly had to look to
that country.
In this process the entire people Of Ger
many have been gamers, not merely In re-
spect of physical comfort and independence,
but in respec. of political power and liberty.
For the liberty and power of the people al
ways increase as they increase in wealth.
The most considerable representative of
protection has been Prussia. She long
stood alone on that ground. But the neigh
boring states gradually came in, one after
another, until in 1915, the existing Ger
man Customs Union was formed. To this,
several States which at that time still stood
out, have since given their adhesion, and
last September, Hanover, which, from its
connection with England, had most stiffly
refused to join league which was not IA
vorable to British supremacy any more than
to the dogmas of what is called free.trade,
at last came in and concluded a treaty with
Prussia, which rendered it and its allies
virtually members of the Customs Union
This Union expires by its own limitation on
December 81, 1853, and Prussia has already
given the necessary official notice of its
termination.
Austria has never been member of the
Union. Her system of duties has been not
protective, but prohibitive and the conse-
quence was that while she excluded German
manufactures from the markets Of Italy and
Hungary. she was deprived of the advanta-
ges of free access to the German sea- ports.
This system she has, however, just aban-
dOned, by general reduction of duties, down
to the level of the tariff Of the Customs Un-
ion.
Having done this, the Imperial Govern
ment summoned to meet at Vienna, on the
I'd ult., a body of Delegates from the diff
ferent States of Germany, to consider a
plan for uniting the entire Empire Of AUS
tria with Germany under one system of
Customs. The Conference met on the ap.
pointed day. Prussia was not represented,
but some dozen other States and free cities
were. Among these were Bavaria, Sax
ony, Hanover, Wurtemberg, and the Han
seattle towns. The proceedings were open.
ed BY speech from Prince Schwartzen-
berg, the Austrian Premier, in which he
held up the commercial adv antages which
suitable arrangement would confer on
both parties, at the same time that he
disclaimed the idea Of hostility to the Gus
toms Union. On the contrary, it was rather
the wish Of Austria as far as possible,
to come into that Union and to see all
Central Europe united under one tariff. The
Austrian propositions were then laid before
the Conference, and up to our last
advices had been the subject of its daily
deliberations. IL was supposed the matter
would be finally completed in the Confer.
eEce by the LIST inst.
These propositions are briefly that !rea-
~ shall be made between Austria and the
Italian States which are already included
IN Its Custom House organization on the
one part, and Prussia and the States of the
Customs Union on the other, to commence
on Jan. |, 1854, and to continue till Jan. |.
1859. This treaty is regarded as merely
preparatory to a full union of the entire
Custom-House administration of the two
parties, the conditions Of which Austria now
proposes for discussion by the Conference.
AID which is TO go into effect at the date
fixed fer The expiration of the treaty. Mean
While, under the treaty, commission is to
be appointed to render the duties levied by
the two parties as nearly equal as possible.
to settle disputed points, and to prepare for
the definite union OF 1859. For the present
1t is proposed that all raw materials, bread.
stuifs, fruit, wine aud fuel shall 60 free of
duty between the parties articles on which
they impose equal duties, when Imported
from abroad, or where there is an ineousii-
sy which does not exceed 5 per cent are to
enjoy reduction of 25per cent. when i'm.
ported from ore side to the other ali other
products enjoy reduction vi 10 per cent;