New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-04
MOTHER PEACEFUL HICTORY

ANOIHEH SNACEFOL FICLOH''
The Harrison Administration has achieved a
great triumph in its negotiations with Germany
regarding the exclusion of American pork IL
is announced in to-days dispatches that inc
German Government has signed the order re-
scnding the decree which shut our pork ana
hog products out of the Empire. The agree
ment between the two Governments was reached
at Cape May Point few days ago, the maj
negotiations being conducted by President liar
riSon in person.
To-day's announcement was foreshadowed by
the statement of Minister Phelps, which was re-
Gently telegraphed, that Germany would be
opencd to the American hog before
tbe acorus fall The stipulation sup
posed to have been made on inc
part of the United States that German beet
sugar will not be subjected to discriminating
duty is one which this country can make with
ont any sacrifice of interests but it is clearly OF
the highest value TO the people of Germany
To that country the export trade in beet sugar
has become a matter of extreme importance
Though the effort inaugurated year or two
AGO to put an end to the bounties on beet-sugar
production was powerfully supported, 1t was
defeated by the unyielding resistance OF Ter
many. under circumstances indicating that il
would seriously iniure the German people and
embanass the Government. But if the United
States had chosen virtually to prohibit German
imports of German beet sugar by Presidential
proclamation imposing a duty thereon, the con-
sequences to German industry would certainly
have been serious.
It NAV be suymsed that this consideration
has been urged by Minister Phelps with great
force, and finally with success. 1t might have
been stated with truth that the public feeling
in this country, in regard to the unreasonable
DEGREES by Germany excluding American pork
products was such that the Administration
could not long delay an exercise of the power
expressly given by the act of last year. Indeed,
the act might properly have been considered
as almost mandatory in character, since its dis
tinct intention was that certain products in
Guiding sugar, if imported from countries which
refused reciprocal arrangements with the United
States should be subjected to a duty definitely
fixed Armed with this argument, the Ameri-
can Minister has been able to convince
the German Government that further exclusion
of American pork products would involve seri-
Gus loss to the people of that country, while
the admission Of them would incur no risk, but
would be positive benefit to German con-
Sumers.
It has been explained already that a part of
the former shipments of pork from this country
to Germany have been recovered already, in a
sense, through exports to England and reship-
ments thence. But the performance has been
costly and vexatious, and the restriction has
prevented expansion of trade which might
have been of great benefit to both countries.
The restriction being now removed, new
and highly important market will be opened
for one of the chief products of American farms.
The Tariff bill of 1890 will be credited with a
great advantage, not only to American trade in
the West Indies and Central and South America,
but also to American trade with Germany, and
perhaps with other European beet-producing
nations at no distant day.