The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-17
SURE THOUGH SLOW
GERMANY FINDS THE YANKEE
TARIFF TOO BIG A JOB.


Instead Of Trying to BuIIdoze the McKin-
ley Administration, She is Coming
Round to See That Reciprocity Beats
Retaliation and Exclusion Put Together
and Prciiminaries for q Reciprocal
Agreement are Already Under Way
Meanwhile the Press Keeps Up Its
Barking.
Copyright 1897 by the Associated Press)
Berlin, Oct. 16.-Soon after the new
United States tariff went into effec, the
ofncials of the American embassy in Ger
many informed the German government
mat the United States was willing 10 be-
gin negotiations for reciprocity treaty
under clauses and 4.
NO answer of any kind has thus far
been made. but preparations are actually
making to open negotiations, although
me pace is very slow. The question is
being thoroughly considered in the i'm
perial departments OF the interior and
finances, Sas WEB as i'm the German for
eign Office, the officials OF the govern
ment being engaged ia collecting and
compiling statistics for ascertaining not
only the effects of the new tariff of the
United STATES on the different branches
OF German in dustry, but with a view of
the possibility OF extending new
branches Of goods into the German ex
ports One Of the principals in conduct
Ing this work is Herr Wermuth, the for
mer German commissioner at the worlds
columbian exposition al Chicago, while
the statistical branch is wholly in the
charge OF Baron Won Thielman, formerly
German ambassador at Washington.
now tne secretary of the imperial treas
ury. The fact, however latent, that the
cabinet crisis is still on and is considered
TO only end with the departure of Prince
Hohenlohe, necessarily retards the whole
work OF the reciprocity treaty prelimia-
aries.
THE LYING PRESS.
Erroneous and misleading reports as
TO the effects Of the new United States
tariff on German industry continue to
appear in the press. Consul General
Goldschmidt has just compiled an official !
list of German exports, from which il an
pears that there has been a great de- |
crease IN exports for the quarter ending |
september 80, largely due to the very |
great haste in crowding exports 20 Amer |
lea prior 10 the Dingley bill becoming a |
law; but the decrease in the whole of Ger
many is only 81 per cent, and not Sc Der
cent, as reported by the Kreuse Zeitung.
Mr.. Goldschmidt points out that the |
decrease is mostly in sugar, evidenced by
the Iact tnat during the third quarter of
1880 the sugar exports from Germany 10 |
the United States Were valued at 81. 669
300, while in the second quarter of 1897 |
the Dingley bill. the exports |
OF German sugar were nearly double that
amount. namely, $1S9SO.597. but for the
third quarter Of 1897 the sugar exDorts
70 the United States were under $500 900
In value. The sugar exported during The
fiscal year Of 1S96-1697 ending in August !
amounted TO $50. 227, SOS, showing an enor-
nous excess as compared with normal
years.
THE RACE WITH DINGLEY.
How terrific was the crowding of Ger
man exports in anticipation of the
Dlngley bill becoming a law is shown
by the fact that while during the Sec
rni quarter Of 1896. the figures were
only $l3.S37,10S for the Berlin district.
turing the second quarter of 1897 the
amount reached $24, S59. 167 for the Ber-
IN district alone. comprising only the
northern half % Germany, while for the
whole Of Germany the figures were
about s51, 100000, against SIC 900. 900 for
the same quarter in 1896. In other
words. the German exporters discounted
their trade, in anticipation of the pas
sage Of the Dingley bill, for a whole
quarter in advance. The German press
here. with few exceptions, has not look
ID the abovef acts squarely in the face.
Even the Cologne Gazette. which has
immense influence in western Germany.
publishes this week statistics claiming
% show thed isastrous effects of the
Dingley tariff law. The National lei
-ung says:
Every body has known that the
ingley tariff bill would injure German
and the question is what can
De don con the German side 70 neutral
re the injury. 4 tariff war such as
ne Agrarians want would only render
me situation more acute
The Deutsche Zeitung. leading
Agrarian organ, after speaking Of the
continual flow OF money from Europe to
America. says:
IF IL should prove that the CONNER
'ial Intercourse between Europe ana the
United States continued as a. present,
20 necesslt3te an outflow Of sold 10
xrTIAT &c ~,orrD TD.Dr,