Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-04
GERMANY KICKS.
An International Question Raised
by the New Sugar Schedule.
IT OPPRESSES GERMAN PRODUCERS.
True Bills Found by the Grand Jury Against
Havemeyer and Searles, of the Sugar
Trust, for Refusing to An
swer Questions.

WASHINGTON, Oct. Am interna-
tlonal question involving the United
States and Germany has been raised
by that feature of the new tariff law
which inspired the most domestic
trouble-the sugar schedule. The
German government, through its am
bassador, Baron Won Saurma-Jeltsch,
has made strong protest to the secre-
tary OF state against that clause of the
act which imposes an additional duty
OF one-tenth of a cent per pound on
sugars imported from those govern
ments which pay an export bounty on
the articles to their producers. The
am bassador himself has just arrived in
the city from his summer trip, but the
protest was conveyed to the depart
ment of state by the official of the en-
bassy acting as charge d affaires in his
absence and has been the subject of a
conference.
1t is held by the German government
that the feature of the new tariff act is
more oppressive in its action against
the sugar producers of that country
than any other, and violates the spirit
OF the treaty arrangements between
the two governments, particularly in
view of the concessions by which the
mbargo against American pork, for a
time enforced by Germany, was raised,
Germany thinks her commercial inter-
ests in the matter should be upon the
same plane as the most favored nation
to use the common treaty term of
Europe. Her representatives here,
however, understand the nature of the
case; that it is not in the power of the
state department or treasury depart
ment to change the workings of exist
ing laws; that it is the prerogative of
congress alone by legi Station to take
that step.
The German amba ssador said last
night that protest had been entered in
Il friendly spirit. While the feature of
the law to which his government had
objected operated also against France,
Austria and Belgium, it was much
more urfavorable to the German sugar
interests because the, export duty paid
by Germany was lower than that
granted by either of the other coun-
tries mentioned, so much lower that the
German exporters were placed at a
decided disadvantage in competing
with their neigh bors in the American
markets. With this discrimination re-
moved, he said, the German sugar
growers would be able to conduct a
profitable business with the United
States. The ambassador was very
hopeful legislation would be adopted
at the short session of congress to obvi-
ate the discrimination against his
country.
SUGAR MAGNATES INDICTED.
WASHINGTON, Oct q The grand
jury yesterday brought in indictment is
against Henry o. Havemeyer and John
E. Searles, of the sugar trust, and AL
IAN L. Seymour, of the stock broker
age firm of Seymour & Young, for re-
fusal to answer questions put to them
by the senate sugar trust Investigating
committee. The grand jury also
brought in an Indictment against Mr..
Mccartney, of the firm of Carson &;
Mccartney, this last, however, being
merely to perfect previous report.
All of the cases will come up for argu-
ment on demurrers on October IL. The
indictments each cover twenty-eight
pages of large type'Vrftten sheets. The
history of the sugar schedule of the
tariff bill is rehearsed in the contents.
These indictments differ somewhat
from the others