The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-06
The Tobacco Question I'm Germany.
TO TuE EDITOR or THE HnRALD.

INV YORK, August D, 1900
IN ,h, days number Of your journal you have very
insresung article about tobacco Regarding your ssse-
men, o. the population OF Prussia and the zoveren there
e error as for The rst named state is 900 600 and
ina hole zolverein 1000 900 would come nearer TO
ho copua,on at present And also allow mo 10 say that
,Ls duty on tobacco England not u cents per pound
hut ss cents for raw leaf 81 s3 FOR smut, and " 2s
for manufactured and seears
n, Of much greater importance Ia your suggestion that
ON, government should send representative from the
unsd states 10 attend the Congress OF the zoveren THIS
year oas OF the influential members OF the PrussAn Land
,.rNr Diersardtwo years ago brought in bin IN The
house 70 make the tobacco trade government mono
ov Ths oil has been rejected twice, but vii come 10
ssan. AMI shoud "a not be carried IL viii east nave
me, .' ne ssme effect as monopoly should this be
achieved 10 Prussia then Of course, - she Tue esag
Power the whole zovsrs Will p =, au.s on tobacco
are over ave millions sterling The demands on the tres
suis Of German states, large and small ones are
.eould look out for new resources, and a. The German
nation "a greatest consumers OF Tobacco tne govern
a,,,, nave no intention TO discuss the question Il
governmeuts have right 70 put high duty on arnoes
genera y ".e H. 20 fsr hss sresi number
nd rather prefer eat than NOS 70 smoke parcu
ialy country where me s,a as' s ss,sss rs
~ yssesenly Much would suggest that the govern
meus ef e United states should nseerc my 49, w
apch
~ ms couniry But quite proper would De tns GOV
eminent would carry out What you NV .,r, s ~,
ses,sd. ard through ne Representative explain 70 WV
onsreas Of the zolveren that, by raising sne uuy o'
tobacco, this govcrnmeut would oe pu, W yrnsscture
O. ssty OF raising the duties on German
goods making up The expected oss Inc n
under the Zolverein you say, liberal tnrougnouS VIII
the tarif Of the United stsses imposes duty - ~
cent I'd vsIorem But the zolveren tarh y ony nos,.
in regard Of the better qualities, commanding higne
prices, a. will nearly amount 70 the same rse W
OF 10 cents per Id and for cheaper tobacco, su.s ~
much used by the lower II is much over ,ne ~
OF "a per cent I'd vaorem. In this "a In many oner
specs the tariff sd valorem s much more preeraoe M
At any rate, more just
In the abolition Of The Sound duss the government ofu
United States has taken the lead and looking on, Tor tne
own interest only has conereda great boon on the who
OF Germany particularly Prussia with her Baltic coss
The stader Toll The river Ebe has nov 10 cesse, a
IN this government has taken the rst steps. This
be the second benent for Germany II IA for the inters
OF the United States prevent the raising OF the tobsc
tariff In the Zolivevein they cannot possibly make
lower. Tners doubt that beside the farmers and
tobacco growers this side, all the forty millions for
log The zoveres, with the ptsn Of very few wot
fee vs,v thankful 10 the government Of the Uned stat
4pt doug tins. NUMBER TaREk.