Huntsville gazette., 1891-10-17
COMMERCIAL RECIPROCITY.

ueesnany will Remove the Duty from
american Cereals In Consideration OF
h& Beet Sugar Being Allowed Free
Entry to the United States-The Treaty
CaEnot Take Effect Until January I.
1884,
Few YORK, Oct ia Washington
special says in regard to the proposed
commercial treaty between the United
STATES and Germany:
'sThe negotiations have been COM
pleted, but under the law they can not
go into effect until January l, 1892.
The proviso under which President
Harrison has been acting is contained
in the tariff of 1890, section 3, schedule
n: With view to securing recipro-
cal trade with countries producing the
articles named therein and for this pur-
pose, on and after the first day of jan
uary, 1892, whenever and SO often as
the president shall be satisfied
that the government of any
country producing and export
ing sugar, molasses. coffee, tea,
and hides, raw and uncured, or any
OF such articles, imposes duties and
other exactions upon the agricultural
or other products of the United States,
which in view of free introduction OF
such sugars, etc, into the United
St3tes, he may deem to be unequal or
unreasonable, he shall have the power
and it shall be his duty to suspend, by
proclamation to that effect, the provis-
iosss Of this act relating to the free in
PRODUCTION of such sugar, ETC., the pro-
duction of such country, for such
tirae as he shall deem just; and
in such case and during suspension
duties shall be levied, collected
and paid upon sugar. etc, the
product, or export from such desig-
mated country as follows: All sugar
not above No. IS Dutch standard, all
tank bottoms, syrups of cane juice or
beet juice, melada, testing by the po-
lariscope not above rs degrees, 7-10 of
one cent per pound, and for every adj
ditional degree or fraction of a degree
Lilo of one cent per pound additional.
All sugars above No. 13, Dutch stand
ard. in color, shall be classified by the
Dutch standard of color and pay duty
as follows, viz: All sugar above No.
13 and not above No. 16 Dutch stand
ard of color 3-s cents per pound; all
sugar above No. 16 and not above No.
20 Dutch standard, 2 cents per pound 7"
Under this section the president.
about January 1, can impose the duty
on German beet sugar, which finds an
extensive market here. Germany has
been especially anxious to make a
treaty, since one has been made with
Spain to allow Cuban sugars and
other products to come in. Up to jan
uary / the United States can do moth
ing in the matter, but Germany at
once saw it's advantage in making a
treaty now, SO that it can go into effect
on the first of the year. Count Won
Mumm began negotiations with the
state department and through Secre-
tary RusS and Gen. J. NJ. Foster, act
ing for the state department, the treaty
has been brought to successful COM
pletion.
ut was signed last month at Sara
toga, when Gen. Foster and Count Won
Mumm made an unexpected and hurried
visit to the place when President Har-
| rison was there, as the guest of Mr..
Arkell. The papers at that time mixed
up Gen. Foster with Secretary Foster,
and made the visit apear as one to con-
suit on bonds. Your correspondent at
| that time corrected the error in these
dispatches and stated that Gen. Foster
had gone on reciprocity business.
Zone proviso in the treaty, which has
prevented the publication of the treaty,
| and which will perhaps delay the pro-
mitigation of the full contents is that
| Germany claims the right to first an
| nounce the signing and PRONUNCIATION
of the treaty. At present German beet
sugar comes in this country free under
| the new tariff law, and nothing can
prevent it until January 1, when the
president is given power to shut it off,
on the ground that Germany imposes
duties on agricultural and other pro-
ducts of the United States, which in
view of free introduction of such sugar,
etc, into the United States, he deems
TO be radically unequal and unreason-
able, and therefore suspends by
proclamation the provision granting a
| free entry of German sugar.
"Just at this time, Germany, with
| its short wheat crop, finds that free
entry of cereals from the United States
will be beneficial, and besides she must
have a market for her enormous beet
sugar output. The majority of her ex-
| ports are to the United States and
| Cuba. The new treaty prohibiting
these from coming into America will
lose Germany her best market, and SO
| she is obliged, in order to save herself,
| to make the present agreement with
| the United States.