Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-15
THE DUTY REDUCED
Germany Reported to Have Made
Important Concessions.
The Tariff on American Grain Said
to Have Been Greatly Lowered
by Recent Treaty.
coMMEncE wIrH THE FArHERLAND.

COMMERCE. WITH THE FATHERLAND.
WASHINGTON. Oct 1.-THE treaty
which has just been concluded with
Germany is regarded in official circles
as most important step to our COM
merce. 1t is believed that it will oper-
ate more largely TO our advantage than
any treaty we have or may acquire, as
it provides foreign market for wheat,
rye and flour and their products, prob
ably the largest surplus produced by
the American farmers The details of
the treaty are not made public 1t is
understood that this government awaits
publicity on the part of Germany. IL
is being denied that the treaty has been
concluded and the Washington Star pro-
nounces the report untrue. But the
following statements came through
cabinet officer and may be relied on.
1t is said by one of the cabinet the
treaty was taken 10 President Harrison
while he was recently at Saratoga by
Gen. w. Foster for the state depart
ment and Baron Won Mumm for the
German government, and official notice
has been received of its approval by
the latter. Enough is learned of the
provisions of the treaty To state that it
gives very large and important conces-
sions for the entry into German ports
OF our cereals, especially wheat and
rye and the products thereof.
The duty levied upon those articles
by Germany at present is very heavy
the duty on wheat and rye being about
81 cents a bushel and ON wheat and
a. 81. u
cents pound. The special rates given
us in the treaty are said TO be very
far below those named. Germany did
not want TO give us free admission of
those articles, because ii would be
COO large a concession to the United
States and too great n discrimination
against france, Roumania, Servia,
European Turkey, Cauada and Russia,
which are large exporters TO the Ger
man empire. The five countries named
averaged during the last Eve or six
years exports of rye alone aggregating
about FIVE million bushels year,
while Russia sent Germany more
than twenty million bushels in 1890.
The exports of the United States to
that country average about 1000, 900
bushels year Our imports from Ger
many in 1890 amounted to sos, S37, ESQ
and in 1891 TO S91,3lG, $50. In 1890 our
exports to Germany amounted to SS4,-
Sl5, 215 and in 1891 to sol, 6S4, ISL, an in
crease of $500, 100. Germany has for
many years imported the bulk of her
breadstuffs and we have been trying to
furnish them, but have had nothing to
trade We now give them con-
cessions on sugar by our new tariff law
and Germany takes off SO much OF the
duty She has levied upon all our bread
stuffs that we will practically have a
monopoly and can supply her to the
exclusion of any other country In
fact, a recent report from Consul Gen
eral Mason at Frankfort shows that all
the known sources of supply on the
other side Of the Atlantic could not
meet Germany's needs now that she is
cut off from Russians rye product by
the cars decree. 1t is imperative,
therefore, that Germany should look
to the United States.
Consul General Mason says further
that bread is to-day 30 per cent dearer
in Germany than it was five years ago
and potatoes are 50 per cent. higher
than last year Germany imported in
1890 breadstuffs to the value of S42,-
65S, OILS and last year ST., 652, 6Sa OF
these amounts we supplied in 1890 81
s42, 991 and in 1891 81, O42, 404. II is now
believed that with the immense adj
vantages we will have over all other
countries under this new treaty we can
supply nearly all Of Gcrmany's import
ed breadstuffs, or on an average of
from SIS, 900, 600 to $50, 900, 900 a year