The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-11-19
FIFTY PER CENT.
Loss in the Exports of German Goods
to the United Stateo.
Some OF the German Papers Suggest
Raising Import Duties to hetaIiate Es-
Pecially in tho Matter of Sugar-A
Most Favored Clause Violated.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.-Consul Mo-,
aghan, at Chemintz, in a report to tn
state department in Germany's exports
to the United States saws: Germany
is alarmed. Exports to the United
States are dropping off. Nothing SO
alarming has appeared in 20 years.
America was always the best customer
In many lines of manufactures. In
the September quarter of 1895 IL
consular districts sent to the
United States goods amounting
to $14, 49,, Ala. In the same quar-
ter in 1897 the same districts
sent 81, 1871 The average loss all
over the empire is nearly 80 per cent.
In many cases this indicates much
more than mere money losses to our
revenues. 1t indicates diminution in
exports from this empire due to the
Dingley bill. The public is told to put
little confidence in newspaper reports,
even II accurate. Each issue urges in
telligent effort to retain the United
States market.
Consul Monaghan quotes from
paper which says that some of the fall
ing off is due to the rush of goods to
get ahead of the Dingley law, but adds
that Germany must suffer severe losses
on account of the tariff bill. Some
papers suggest raising import duties
to retaliate especially in the matter of
sugar.
One paper says: 1--WE can break off
now because of Americas insiderate,
almost hostile action and attitude. The
most favored clause has been violated.
The universal opinion favors retalia-
ton. We use, but we do not need
American meats, cotton, corn and pc
troleum. We must fight her inch by
inch over every line of goods that
go out into markets to meet
ours. The government must be given
full power to put reprisals in opera
ton. When the reich and landtags
get together this fall ways and means
must be found for forcing the United
States from its present position. We
must wait and see how much damage
Mr.. Dingley's bill has done or will do.
Mr.. McKinley's bill was as bad in it's
way as Dingley's- 1t did little real
| damage"
The paper next counsels against
hasty action and adds: 1.-The conscious
ness that we can count upon weapons
with which to make war aggressive or
| defensive, is enough now. Corn, cotton
| and petroleum they must sell. 1t is not
so certain that we must buy from them
Russia, India and Egypt are as near to
us. They have cotton and petroleum.
But we will wait. Not timid, because
the only way to have effect on Ameri-
cans is by display of sharp teeth"
Consul Monaghan says the above is a
fair illustration of newspaper feeling
in Germany regarding the loss of trade.
He also says that every effort is being
made to make up for the loss of mar
kets in the United States by increas-
ing trade in every other part of the
world.
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Behring
sea meeting, in which representatives
of Great Britain, Canada and the Unit
q. ed States have participated, came to a
close Tuesday night, the seal experts
making a unanimous report concern
| ing the conditions of the seal herds,
and the diplomatic reviews of the re-
spective governments reaching an I'M
derstanding by which they hope at a
later day to effect final adjustment not
only of the Behring sea question but
of other pending border controversies.
For the present, however, no final acc
ton was taken as to the suspension OF
pelagic sealing.