The record-union., 1897-10-17


BERLIN, Oct. 16.-(Copyrighted 1897
by the Associated Press )-Soon after
the new United States tariff went into
effect the officials of the American EN-
bassy informed the German Govern
ment that the United States was will
ing to begin negotiations for reci-
Pre- city treaty under clauses and t.
No answer Of any kind has thus far
been made, but preparations are aetu-
ally making to open negotiations, al
though the way is very slow.
The question is being thOrouhgly con-
sidered in the Imperial Departments OF
the Interior and Finance, as well as IN
the German Foreign Office, the officials
of that department of the Government
being engaged in collecting and compil-
ing statistics for ascertaining not only
the effects of the new tariff OF the
United States upon the different
branches of German industry, but with
a view of the possibility of extending
new branches OF goods into the Ger
man exports.
one of the principals in conducting
this work is Herr Wermuth, the form
Fair at Chicago, while the statistical
branch is wholly in charge OF Baron
Won Thielman, formerly German EN-
bassador at Washington, and now Sec
retary of the Imperial Treasury.
The fact, however latent, that the
Cabinet crisis is still on, and is con-
sidered to only end with the departure
of Prince Hohenlohe, necessarily retards
the whole work of the reciprocity
treaty preliminaries.
Erroneous and misleading reports as
to the efforts of the new United States
tariff on German industries continue TO
appear in the press. Consul-General
Coldschmidt has just compiled an Of
fetal list Of German exports. That there
has been q great decrease in exports
for the quarter ending September ooth
is largely due to the very great haste in
crowdinsr exports to America prior to
the Dingley bill becoming a law; bur
the decrease in the whole of Germany
is only "a per cent, and not 56 per
cent. as reported by the "Kreuz Eel
tung.''
Mr.. Goldschmidt points out that the
decrease is mostly in sugar, evidenced
bv the fact that during the third quar-
ter of 1896 the sugar exports from Ger
many to the United States were valued
at Sc 669 .955. while in the second quar-
ter of 1897, anticipating the passage OF
the Dingley bill, the exports OF Ger
man sugar were nearly double that
amount namely, S13, $50 597, but for
the third quarter of 1897 the sugar ex-
rorts +o the United States We're under
100000 in value.
The sugar exported during the fiscal
wear of 1S96-97, ending on August 1st,
amounted to $50, ,22T ,66S, showing an
enormous excess as compared with
normal wears. How terrific was the
crowding Of German exports in antlcl-
nation of the Dingley bill becoming
law is shown by the fact that While
during the second quarter of 1896 the
figures were only S13,S37, ,10S for the
Berlin district, during the second quar-
ter of 1897 the amount reached S24,-
SIS. .167 for the Berlin district alone,
cornnrising only the northern half of
Germany. while for the whole of Ger
many the figures were about sol, ,00o,-
600 against S26, 100000 for the same
ouarter in 1896. In other words, the
German exporters discontinued their
trade in anticipation of the passage OF
the Dingley bill for whole quarter in
advance
The German press here, with few
executions. has not looked the above
fact suuarely in the face. Even the
Cologne Gazette" which has immense
influence in Western Germany, pub
fishes this week statistics claiming to
show the disastrous effects of the Ding
ley tariff law.
The National Zeitung' says: Every
body has known that the Dingley tariff
bill would injure German industry, and
the question is what can be done on
the German side to neutralize the IN
jury? A tariff war such as the Agra
rians want would only render the situ-
alton more acute"
The "Deutsche Zeitung," leading
Agrarian organ, after speaking OF the
continual flow of money from Europe
TO America, says: IF it should prove
that the commercial intercourse be-
tween Europe and the United States
continued as at present to necessitate
an outflow of gold TO America and
chronic stiffening of the European
money market, the European countries,
which this year viii have to pay about
6,0O0,O00 marks for the American ce-
reals in excess of their expenses. viii
be compelled to organize joint meas
ures for self-defense''
Under these circumstances, it is not
surprising that the growing feeling of
animoslty against the United States
finds expression even in the Liberal
and Radical papers, which have hither-
TO been friendly to America 1t is sig
nif1cant. for instance, that Herr Max
Sehipperel. Socialist memoer Of the
Reichstag. has declared, in behalf of
the other forty-seven Socialist members
of the House. the willingness of the So
cialist faction to aid the Government
in any measures calculated to bring
about a state Of commercial interchange
with the United States more favorable
to Germany than at present
The sentence imposed on the editor of
the Hamburg Echo" Herr Reinhold