Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
THE PRESIDENT RETALIATES
He Gives Germany a Dose Of Her
Own Medicine.
German Shipping Arriving at Our
Port Will Be Obliged ~ Pay
Tonnage Tax as American
Ships do I'm Germany.

Washington, Dec. 4.-There Is reaso
To anticipate a further break I'm friendly
relations between the United States
and Germany. The president today is'
sued the following important proclama,
ton of retaliation for u%nfriendly acts OF
the German government:
Whereas. BY a proclamation of tho
president Of the United States, dated
January rs, 1883, upon proof then ap
pearing satisfactory that no tonnage %
light house dues or any equivalent tax
or taxes whatever were imposed upon
American vessels entering the ports 81
the empire OF Germany, either by the
imperial government or by the govern
ments Of the German maritime states.
and that vessels belonging to the United
States OF America and their cargoes
were not required i'm German ports 10
pany any fee or due Of any kind or ma
ture, or any import due higher or other
than was payable by German vessels or
their cargoes in the United States, thc
president thereby declsre and proclaim
from and after the date of his said proc.
lamation Of January &c, 1888, the sus'
pension Of the collection of the whole OF
the duty of c cents per OF not to ex'
coed 80 cents per ton. per annum, i'm
posed upon vessels entered In the ports
OF the United States from any OF the
ports Of the empire Of Germany by Sec
ton IL OF the act of congress. approved
June 10, 1888, entitled an act TO abolish
certain fees for official services &c
American vessels and to amend the laws
relating to shipping commissioners
seamen and owners of vessels and fol
other purposes and,
Whereas, The president did further
declare and proclaim in his proclama'
ton OF January 20, 1883, that the satc
suspensions should continue so long as
the reciprocal exemption Of vessels be.
longing TO the United States and their
& should be continued in the said
ports Of the empire Of Germany, and nc
longer; and.
Whereas, IT now appears upon salts
factory proof that onnag or light
house dues, or taxes equivalent thereto.
are in fact imposed upon American YES
sells and their cargoes in German ports
higher and other than those imposed
upon German vessels or their cargoes
entered in ports Of the United States, so
hat said proclamation Of January 20,
1883. in its operation and effect, contra.
NtfftS TIE HttdtitbS aho ihh'ht VI F"''
section II of the act Of congress OF
June 9, 1883.
Now, therefore. ]. Grover Cleveland,
president Of the United States OF Amer
lea, by virtue of the aforesaid section II
Of the act aforesaid, as well as in pur.
suance OF the terms of said proclama-
ton itself. do hereby revoke my said
proclamation of January 26, 1883,
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whole OF the duty OF 6 cents
per ton, not TO exceed 80 cents per
ton. per annum (Which is imposed by the
aforesaid section Of said act}, upon yes.
sells entered in the ports Of the United
States from any of the ports of the Ger
man empire; this revocation OF said
proclamation to take effect on and after
the I'd day Of January, 1897.
I'm witness wehereof, I have here.
unto set my hand and caused the seal OF
the United States to be affixed.
Grover Cleveland"
Evidences of an unfriendly DISPOSE
ton on the part OF the German governs
ment towards the United States have
been accommodating ever since the differ.
entail duty on bounty paid German beet
sugar was imposed by the Wilson tariff
law. American cattle have been ex-
cluded on the pretext Of danger OF con-
tagion from Texas fever, which cam
not exist in northern climates. Ameri-
can hog products have been excluded,
even though cooked and enclosed in
cans, on the allegation that these
cooked products might contain trich-
mae, which canno exist In cooked food.
Discriminating and prohibitive duties
against American ole~a-glucose and Pc
troleum and many other exports which
formerly went to the German empire,
have followed one after the other. All
these matters have been made the sub.
jects of vigorous protest from our gov
eminent, much of the correspondence
having been conducted by Mr.. Edwin
+. Uhl, now our ambassador I'm Berlin,
while he was our assistant secretary OF
state. Mr.. Uhl is therefore particular
ly we'll qualified to deal with the exist
ing situation should tt grow more in
tense.
The German tonnage tax now bein4
imposed is about 61a cents per ton. or
greater than the tax revoked by the
president in his proclamation Of Janu-
airy &c, 1883, and which Is now revived.
The new proclamation affects all YES
sells coming from German ports and
entering the United States. regardless
Of the nationality of the vessel. From
June 80, 1888, to June 30. 1894, foreign
vessels to the number Of 5000, with a
tonnage of 10000, 900 tons. were exempt
ed from tonnage dues under the procia-
nation Of 1883. OF this number twenty
five were American vessels with only
$4,000 tonnage, SO 1t IL seen hat the
presidents action will have but a
slightly injurious effect on American
maritime infAraSfs