The herald., 1897-10-17
EFFECTS OF
THE TARIFF
Carefully Considered by
the Germans
A REQUEST FOR RECIPROCITY
WILL BE RENDERED IN COURSE
OF TIME
| REQUEST FOR RECIPROCITY
The Only Article Very Seriously At
fectcd by the New Tariff
Law Is Sugar
associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
BERLIN, Oct. 16.-(Copyright, 1879
Soon after the new United States tariff
went into effect the officials of the
American embassy informed the Ger
man government that the United States
was willing to begin negotiations for
reciprocity treaty under clauses three
and four. No answer Of any kind has
thus far been made, but preparations
are actually making to open negotia-
tions, although the pace is very slow.
The question is being thoroughly con-
| sidered in the imperial departments OF
the interior and finance, as we'll as in the
German foreign office, the officials of
that department Of the government
being engaged in collecting and COM
piling statistics for aScertaining. not
only the effects of the new tariff of the
United States upon the different
branches of German industry, but with
view of the possibility of extending
the German exports. One of the princi-
pals in conducting this work is Herr
Wermuth, the former German commits
soner at the Worlds fair at Chicago,
while the statistical branch is wholly
in charge of Baron Won Thielmann,
formerly German ambassador at Wash
ington, and now secretary of the i'm
perial treasury.
The fact, however latent, that the cabi-
net crisis is still on and is expected to
end only with the departure of Prince
Hohenlohe, necessarily retards the
whole work of the reciprocity treaty pre-
liminaries
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 Off
cial list Of German exports, from which
it appears that there has been great
decrease in exports for the quarter end
ing September 30th, largely due to tn =
very great haste in crowding exports tc
America prior to the Dingley bill becom-
ing law; but the decrease in the whole
of Germany is only "a per cent and not
Sc per cent as reported by the Kreuz
Zeitung.
Mr.. Goldschmidt points out that the
decrease Is mostly in sugar, evidenced by
the fact that during the third quarter of
1885, the sugar exports from Germany
to the United States were valued at &c.
$50, 955, while in the second quarter Of
1897, anticipating the passage of the
| Dingley bill, the exports of German
sugar were nearly double that amount
namely, $13,9S0,5 597 but for the third
quarter of 1897 the sugar exports to the
| United States were under 5000, ,0C0 in
value.
The sugar exported during the fiscal
year OF 1867 ending on August l.
amounted to $50, ,227, ,66S, showing an
enormous excess as compared with nor
nal years. How terrific was the crowd
ing of German exports in Anticipation
of the Dingley bill becoming a law is
shown by the fact that while during the
second quarter of 1896 the figures were
only $13.S37, los for the Berlin district
during the second quarter of 1897 the
amount reached $24S59, 167 for the Ber-
lin district alone, comprising orMy the
northern half Of Germany, while for the
whole of Germany the figures were
about $51,000O00, against $26,000,000 for
| the same quarter in 1896.
In other words the German exporters
discontinued their trade ir anticipation
| q
a whole quarter in advance. The Ger
man press here, with few exceptions,
has not looked the above facts squarely
in the face. Even the Cologne Gazette
which has immense influence in Western
Germany, publishes this week statistics
claiming to show the disastrous effects
of the Dingley tariff law.
The Natiosaal 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 10 reutralize the injury
A tariff war such as the Agrarians want
would or,ly render the situation more
acute"
The Deutsche Zeltung, 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 ard the United States
continued as at present TO recessitate
az. outflow of gold to America an6, a
chronic stiffening of the European mon
ey market, the European countries.
which this year will have to pay about
5000, 900 marks for American cereals in
excess of their exports, will be compelled
to orgarize joint measures for self de-
| fepse."
Under these circumstances it is not
surprising that the growing feeling of
animosity against the United States
finds expression even in the Liberal and
Radical papers, which have hitherto
been friendly to America. 1t is signifi-
cant, for instance, that Herr Max
Schipperel a Socialist member of the
reichstag, has declared in behalf of the
other forty-sevev1 Socialist members of
the house, the Willingness of the So
cialist faction to aid the government in
any measure calculated to bring about
a state of commercial interchange with
the Urited States more favorable to
Germany than at present.
SOCIALISTS SENTENCES
The sentence imposed on the editor OF
the Hamburg Echo, Herr Reinbold
Stencil who was committed to eight
months sentence after being tried on