New-York tribune., 1894-10-10

| OPINIONS or LEADING DEALERS IN The "i'hNi
HEET-RooT Producing cENTEE-How THE
DISCRIMINATING Duty CAME To BE RE
TANNED IN THE BILL OF SALE"
Berlin. oct. "a representative OF the tnted
Press has had interviews with "A number OF the
leading dealers in the great sugar centre OF Maggie
burg. Among them the senior partner in the house
OF Neubauer * Co says IN regard to the sugar
schedule of the Tariff bill recently passed by the
United States Congress:
The Increased duty upon sugar is evidently dl-
rccted solely against Germany. Its effects nave
been felt yet. owing To the enormous quaint
ties OF the commodity bought before the enau.- ma
ment Of the Tarif law. but when II becomes tinle
undoub;edly viii feel the effects OF the law badly.
If the extra duty continues In force II will mean
the ruin OF large class of beet-root farmers
Zuckschwert ~ Benschel expressed their opln-
| ion As follows.
We feel Confident ha the extra duty Mil soon TG3
the. present. hu, when business l. revived Ger
many will feel the effects OF the lncrcdSeh uuly
greatly. while France viii pocket the profits: We we
feel sure as on a previous occasion thai the
American Government in diplomatic note VIII re- re-,
Government will be forced to apply for the adop-
tion OF repressive measures against American I'm
ports.
T.. o. Drake & Go. say:
The tax is directed against all bounty-paying
countries. whether as In Germany. me bounty -
paid covcrtIy American consumers VIII have to
pay dearer for their sugar. for they are unaoir a.,
must necessarily import some OF Their supply
whether they buy IN dear market or ganap Umii &
have the advantage. but that viii not ruin Ger
many. who viii export her sugar to some ouher
farmer If he does get little less Tor hs bee'
roots The German farmer can stand ahytn'nsb sbo,
sugar Will be- doubly depressed as The result oi the
new tariff The sugar harvest for 1891 Is the larg.
est since 1855 but tn increased duty viii prevent
the Americans from buying sugar iroin other mar.
AT All friendly toward the authorities in Berlin.
Tney blame them for allowing American gram 10
tho United states Unless this state Of affairs Is
altered 1t will result in Crisis
Costc Il Llppert say:
II France and Germany treated upon equitable
terms Germany Will suffer no injury. Even shs
aone shall have 10 bear the duty. her exporters ana
l. viii be the beet-root growers that will suner
Many of these will be ruined and others VIII cn'ti-
Nafe other crops than bect-root Germany may pos
sin.y nnd 4 market In China instead - ne nNcl
nav C;ermany's own price for she cannot dispense
with German sugar for any 'rngth of time In IN"
mean time there Viii be a crise in Germany The
GERMAN agricuitursts are getting next To- nothing
FOR hsir grain. and The sane - iu~ as 70 me Pre-,
impassyc.y the farming population ruined
Tho "Frcslnnige Iciiuug." OF Berlin. says
We are drifting into customs war with Amer
Cbapc~lor Won Caprivi OF thcr side and ~
United states refuses to modify the sugar tarir.
grain duty from a to - marks Counter rcprisals
by the United states viii follow whIrh WI
the Russian tarir war
Washinston.O The dispatch from Berlin con
tainng interviews with the leading SUGAR dealers In
the great producing centre cf Migdchurg gives eN-
preston % a Complaint which Wa predicted when
the sugar schedule Was under Constellation In the
senate and later IN conference. The "inrreasei
and the extra duty referred ~ hy the-" iei."r- Il
the dis Eliminating duty Of lilo of cent pound IN
sugars exported from any country which pays,
either directly or Indirectly. any export bounty ~
Germany T. the only country which pays this Kind
OF a bounty the Law necessarily strikes AZ the prob
OF thai country and ~ other. AZ least Germany
Is the only beet-suglr producing country which
figures IN the mportations of sugar into ms coun'
law act with some hardship upon her exported prod
uCt Tho Wilson las provides. however thAi, u II
Is satisfactorily shown that thie bounty has been
discriminating duty shall not De collected when such
goods entered here
At the time this discriminating duty was Inserted
in bill u said that the lilo OF cent pound
Al which IL nx"i would about Offset The export
bounty paid by the German GJverniUcn' ana cause
German sugar t. come into the United states on the
SAM basis a. sugar from other countries soon
after the proposition was advanced in the Sendtr u
WAS intimatcd 10 some OF the Demorratlr leaders
that this discriminating duty would be offensive 20
Germany and would he looked upon IN act rather
In the nature Of unfrcnl!y legislation against a
Government which had been particularly anxious %
maintain trade relations with this country. Although
the fact never appeared az matter 81 record In the
senate, It was known To the leaders on both sides
celVtd "A protest from IN" fcrman f'Nrrninent
against the proposed discriminating duty At that
long ana IN" time Tor taking the vote had been
agreed 60. b. was deemed the part of wisdom H. let
the duty 20 ~ 1t was and make the correction In
conference. When the sugar schedule came up for
discussion In conference this discriminating duty
agreed 10 as one Of the provisions 10 be
plunged and II would haV" been stricken out had
The committee ever been able to make report. II
was no. stricken out because circumstances forced
the acceptance of the Senate bin the part ~ the