New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-30
GERMAN TRADE INCREASING.
A STEADY GROWTH IN SPITE OF DIFF
FICyLTIES.

FAILING OFF N EXPORTS To THE UNITED
STATES MORE THAN MADE GOOD RY IN
CREASE IN THOSE TO OTHER COUNTRIES
!rY TELEGRAPH To THr TRRrSr
uoshi,c,on Sen, y-According 10 official in
tell,cence received here Germanys foreien com
.rce has been steadily increasing under difncuieS
for four 1--WE years Consular AKe"' ''''
writing from Esnenstock August : recites some
=, ,rese drawbacks as the new tariff laws OF the
United States the confusion brought about ny the
war the famine in India, and the hnahcla' '''S''
in Chill ana Brazil. The falling on IN exports ~
This country has more than been made COCA ny uIe
Increase in exports to other lands. MI i'a''I
presents table from when tne supJ"'"'N pa
tculars are cleaned
SIX goods show gains over $780, but slight losses
since 1891 while iron and iron manufactures MAKE
q considerable advance since the latter perio''
Leather goods drugs and chemicals ana 'nS',u
menis and machinery arc all items that mac 80
imurovement The last group Of articles steaohE
rose every year from sl46l320O in 1924 70 Szzeo""'
n 1873 Drugs and chemicals rose from SS2il5""
IN 1914 10 ,1i77 400 in 1895 Ss5S3Wn in 1895 receied
slightly s35s42s 500 in 1885,. and leaped forward 10
s4Os02S00 in 1895 Leather goods were exported III
$50, 10 the value OF s45s 500 in 1895 sls2o'e"' In
1896 sl5S27 coO: in 1897 SIG $4,000 in 1895 sN2oioo
Iron and iron manufactures exports were IN lsS4
ssoscS 500: in 1896 s:c4I5so0. IN 1896. s39 in
1897 SOS 1872 POO in 1895 s434s2G0o The silk exports
IN 1894 were 81 G35 500 IN 1895 s63i0o; in 1896 VIZ
15e ipn in 1907 ss.4G9s00. in 1895. Sl@s.eN There
has also been increase for the first hall OF ms
wear over that OF 1897 of s23s 0 In the export Of
coal The significant feature in this statement Is
that the statistics Of France and England show a
loss in the first half Of this in the former OF
S22HiS $40 and In the latter or S2332i0N as compared
with the period Of 1897.
Consul Monag CHAN. OF Chemnitz also noting Ger
many's increase IN export trade. remarks under
date OF August Is:
Although Germanys geographical situation will
probably always preclude her from occupying Eng
Ianey Ss senon "a "oGnry in Europe in
tional trade Her largest business transactions are
with England. and they are constantly increasing
Consul Warner. OF Lepsc, gives three different
tables under date OF August II. concerning Ger
man exports TO the United States He shows for
the fiscal year ending June 90. 1895. decrease from
the previous year OF s37Soooo He cites the fact
that the exports from Germany were exceptionally
large for the first half Of the calendar year 1884,
and. considering that American warehouses were
heavily stocked al the beginning Of the fiscal year
1897 9s holds that it Is hardly fair to draw com
parison between the years 1859 and ls9I-N seven
articles-artifcia flowers. toys. anilne coors.
leather gloves. chloride OF potassium. fine leather
goods and cotton aces-were exported more largely
in 1895 than they were in 1896 or these articles
artificial flowers. aniline colors and chloride OF
potassium were shipped more largely ms year isa
Pictures, books and colorei paper are gradually
falling off as shown by the table presented
Then Mr. Warner presents list OF most impor-
tant articles. observing that the decrease In every
article very large. These articles are raw sugar.
haf-slk goods. cotton hosiery. woollen goods.
woolen clothing woolen hosiery, colored porcelain.
Roman cement worsted goods ard wine in casks.
Take the items Of woollen goods and raw sugar:
OF the former there was exported In 1872 i9lo&b
pounds. whereas in lS9S the quantity is only 1,I6%l
pounds or sugar in 1897 there was exported
ee 2s2 33 pounds but in 1865 the quantity had fallen
10 l79 $50 205 pounds.
The "Konsche Zeitung is translated by Consul
Petit at Dusseldorf as explaining that the prin-
cpal reason for the decline Of German exports 10
the United States must be sought in the new tariff
of the United States. The general inquiry made
by the Prussan chambers Of commerce was un-
favorable to war tariff retaliation. All the import
ing houses are againsi n tariff war, and large
majority Of the exporting firms are Likewise adj
verse. That important paper then proceeds 10 say
that a further increase Of American customs rates
would cause the breaking of Of I'll business rela.
lions and probably the loss OF the greater part Of
the American markets to German products This
market would at once be taken by England and
France.