The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1899-02-18
Condition That Pleases Agrarians
Is Very Hard on Other In
dustries.
An Official Statement by the
Imperial Secretary Of the
Interior.
Germany's Case Worse Than Eng
land's---A Prediction for the
Coming Year. @

=. BERLIN, Feb. 15.-1n the debate in the
Teichstag upon the Interpolation of
Count Won Kanitz, the agrarian leader,
regarding the commercial relations be-
tween the United States and Germany.
Count Posadowsky-W elmer, imperial
secretary of state for the interior, made
singularly able and lucid statement of
the development Of the trade of the
United States with Europe, accompany
ing this with detailed statistics. Deal
ing particularly with trade between the
United States and Germany, Count Pos
adowsky- -Wehner said he thought the
extraordinary increase Of Americas ex-
ports was not solely due to protection,
but also to the industrial productivity
Of the United States, which was rap
idly becoming great industrial as
we'll as great agricultural country
He made a comparison between the
years 1890 and 1898, showing a note
worthy diminution of agricultural ex-
ports and a large increase in industrial
exports. The agrarians, he said, might
perhaps welcome these figures. but the
reverse of the picture was that the
American imports Of foreign manufac-
lures had materially declined. Quot
ing further statistical comparisons for
the same years of Americas trade with
the various countries Of Europe, he said
that
Germany's Case IL Worse Than Eugland's.
since the latter chiefly imported cereals,
cotton and raw materials. Germany.
he continued, was already to be seri-
Ously affected by American industial
competition. As Illustrations he cited
the textile, iron and steel and shoe max
ing industries. In the first eight months
Of the financial year 1919, no less than
a third of the whole bicycle export from
America was destined for the German
market. This, he contended, was due
to the fact that extreme protection
not only sustained the prices
of bicycles in the I'm. States, but
also artificially stimulated the bicycle
industry there; and when the crisis
came the surperfiuous production was
thrown on the German market at re-
duced prices. 49,
Count Posadowsky-W -Wehner main.
tanned that the fact of reputation by
the United States congress of an inter-
probation of the act of 1842, which Aus
tria had challenged as infringing article
of her treaty of 1920 with the United
States; was an excellent precedent for
Germany to claim the most favored na-
tion treatment in the widest sense.
In concluding his speech he estimated
that American exports to, Germany in
1899 would be found to have amounted
to S52, 500, 900 marks, while American
imports from Germany were found to
have declined to 344, ,000, ,000-a state of
affairs warranting the government in
asking that the treaty Of 1899 should be
enforced in spirit of fairness.
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three months old, never found any
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Congratulated by Alser.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.--Secretary AL.
ger sent the following cablegram tc
General Otis at Manila:
accept my best congratulate upon