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 AZ Our
Port viii Re Obliged To Pay
Tonnage Tax as American
ships do In Germany.

Washington, Dec. 4.-There Is reason
to anticipate a further break i'm friendly
relations between the United states
and Germany. The president today is'
the following important proclama'
ton Of retaliation for unfriendly acts Oh
the German government:
Whereas, BY a proclamation o. tha
president Of the United States, dated
January 20, 1883. upon proof then APP
pearing satisfactory hat no tonnage %
light house dues or any equlHalent TAX
or taxes whatever were imposed upon
American vessels entering the ports OF
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 Unlteo
States OF America n their cdrsoes
were not required i'm German ports 10
pany any fee or due Of any klnd OF ma
ture, or any import due higher or otnet
than was payable by German vessels OF
their cargoes in the United States, the
president thereby declare 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 { cents per ton not 10 eH'
coed 30 cents per ton, per annum, I'M
posed upon vessels entered in the ports
OF the United States from any or the
ports Of the empire Of Germany by sec
ton IL Of the act of congress, approved
June 10, 1883, entitled AN act TO abolish
certain fees for official services tc
American vessels and to amend h laws
relating to shipping commissioners
seamen and owners Of vessels n for
other purposes and.
Whereas, The president did further
declare and proclaim in his proclama'
ton Of January &c, 1883, that the sale
suspensions should continue so long as
the reciprocal exemption of vessels be-
longing to the United States and then
should be continued in the SAID
ports Of the empire of Germany, and nc
longer; and,
Whereas, IT now appears upon satls-
factory proof that tonnage or light
house dues, or taxes equivalent thereto,
are in fact imposed upon American ves-
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, 50
hat said proclamatiDn Of January 20
1900, III us blBtl dllpl diA' 'iA''hs N''N'
vcnes the meaning and intent OF said
section IL OF the act OF congress oil
June ., 1883.
Now, therefore I, 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'
suancc Of the terms of aid proclama
ton itself, do hereby revoke my said
proclamation Of January 26, 1883
suspending the collection of the
whole Of the duty OF 6 cents
per ton. not TO exceed 30 cents PEI
ton per annum (Which is imposed by tn
aforesaid section Of said acO, upon YES
sells entered in the ports Of the United
states from any of the ports of the Ger
man empire; this revocation OF sale
proclamation to take effect on and after
the 2d day OF January. 1897.
I'm witness wehereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal o
the United States to be affixed.
Grover Cleveland"
Evidences of an unfriendly dispose
ton on the part Of the German govern
ment towards the United states have
been accommodating ever since the differ
entail duty on bounty paid German bee
sugar was imposed by the Wilson tarif
law. American cattle have been ex
Guided on the pretext of danger OF con
taeion from Texas fever. which can
not exist in northern climates. Ameri
can hog products have been excluded
even though cooked and enclosed il
cans, on the allegation that thes'
cooked products might contain trich
mae, which annot exist In cooked o o
Discriminating and ~prohibitive dutie'
against American o~lea-glucose n pc
troleum and many other exports whicl
formerly went to the German empire
have followed n after the other. Al
these matters have been made the sub
iects of vigorous protest from our gov
eminent. much of the correspondents
having been conducted by Mr.. Edwin
T.. Uni, now our ambassador in Berlin
while he was our assistant secretary o
state. Mr.. Uhl is therefore particular
" we'll qualified to deal with the exist
ing situation should 1t grow more in
tense.
The German tonnage tax now beini
imposed is about 6Is cents Per ton. o
greater than the tax revoked by tn
president in his proclamation of Janu
airy 70. 1883. and which is now revived
The new proclamation affects all YES
sells coming from German ports AM
entering the United States. regardless
of the nationality of the vessel. From
June 30, 1883, to June 80, 1894, forelgl
vessels to the number OF 5000, with
tonnage of 10000, 900 tons. were exempt
ed from tonnage dues under the procla
nation of 1883. OF this number twenty
five were American vessels with onl,
10000 tonnage, so it is seen that tn
presidents action will have but
slightly injurious effect on America
m Rhine I'm interests