New-York tribune., 1894-04-05
RECIPROCITY AGREEMENTS.
DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO ABROGA-
TON
EFFECT or EXPORTS or EREADsTtFFs-To BE
EXCLIDED From THE GERMAN MARKETS.

EFFECT OF EXPORTS OF EREADSTt'FFs-To BE
rxcrIprD From THE GERMAN MARKETS
my TELEGRAPH To TnmuNEl
v,os,,,c,o, AnrN "A considerable number Of
Democratic Represen tativcs are uneasy and lndig-
nent on account OF the action OF the D'mocrauc
majority of the Committee on Finance III proposing
TO amend the Wilson bill by inserting a provision 70
abrora,e all the reciprocity arrangements eht"reh
into with foreign countries under the authority con-
ferr,-l by the Tariff act OF 1870 The effect or such
action 1t Is contendcd by them. will he disastrous
no, only 20 the farmers OF the grain-growing ana
mea-proiucng States OF the West. but to the Dem
ocratlc party In those States as we'll They COM
plain especially Of Senator Voorhees, conduct ana
declare that he. az the only Western member OF
the IN, iorltv Of the Finance Committee, ought never
to have consented to the amendment which II adopted
Will deprive the farmers OF the special advantages
that they now enjoy In the markets OF the spanish
and British West Indies Brazil and Germany
As TO Germany he situation In part Is this: Under
IN. reciprocity agreement American brcadsuns have
been admitted reduced rates since Februlry, lSyZ
Prior TO that time German imports OF breadsturs
from the United States relatively small as
compared with like Imports from Russia. In 1891.
when wheat imports from Russia anu the Inited
States were subject to the same standard duty OF
81 20 per ton. the total importation OF Russian wheat
into Germany amounted 5i55s1 tons. against 1858
tons from the United States. In l%2 the duty on
American wheat WAS reduced to $ 33 per ton. and
by reason OF this advantage and less favorable crops
I'm Russia wheat imports from the United States
T. Germany rose go 2} tons while those from Rus
STA declined 10 81 eal tons In 1893 the disadvantage
OF Russia was still further increased by the tarlr
war which from August ! raised the German inn
port duty on Russian wheat TO S7 NJ per ton. or
moro than double the duty rate on wheat from the
United States. Austria, Hungary. Rumania and
other most favored nations. Under these conditions
the United States contributed 3lig2S tons of wheat
and 1876 tons Of -four to Germany while Russia FUR
nishcd only q $50 Of wheat and ~ tons OF flour
In 1899 the United States furnished nearly onehalr
OF all the wheat one-twefth of the rye and about
ono-sixth OF the -four imported into Germany from
all countries In Il report from Consul General
Mason OF Frankfort. which recently received
at the State Department and from which the fore
going figures are taken, this statement appears:
The practical question is how serious VIII be
the competition OF Russia in these and other staple
products should the pending trcaty restore ner 70
commercial advantages equal To those OF the United
States. Russia will. from the day that the new
treaty takes effect her old position as the
source OF supply OF ninetenths OF the foreign rye
greater less degree OF raw flax. certain kinds of
lumber and timber lubrcating oils. barley fax-
seed and n number Of animal and mineral products.
~ ussa n suppInment naturally and rresistlby the
bread material for the Russian as well as the Ger,
pe@sa a dnT ana no n tmT o' '' ''A
MIR Mason further remarks that the cost OF rails
m sr cens ms ns compsrt1 with 80 cents in the United
States; that the danger OF Indian competition rs
mes sured only by the limit to which the area of
culture can be extended" and that enough Is
known to warrant the belief that the wheat crop
OF India and South America IL nearly. II not quite,
equal to that OF the United States. and in the
Argentine Republic. at least. the area of cultivation
is susceptible OF indefinite extension.
The exnorts of corn from the United States to
Germany during the fiscal year ended June 30. l93
amounted to +. .3ll .0S0 bushels.
Ia concluding his report Consui-General Mason,
referring to the years 1891 81, says:
ntroducrd througout large portion OF the German
| Empire. where us qualities are nov well under
| ~ Russia 10 reciprocal advantages will create
new and strong competitor for the German market.
| America will still find here fair field and equal