Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-14
AGREEMENT PROCLAIMED
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
RECIPROCITY WITH GERMANY.
Arrangement Effected Under the Pro-
visions of the DinEley Tariff Law
Meat Exclusion Matter.

The President today issued a proclama-
ton giving the terms of reciprocity with
Germany under a treaty just concluded.
The proclamation is as follows:
Whereas the German government has
entered into a commercial agreement with
the United States in conformity with the
provisions of the third section Of the tariff
act of the United States. approved July "A.
1897. by which agreement, in the judgment
of the President. reciprocal and equivalent
concessions are secured in favor Of the
products of the United States.
Therefore, be it known that 1, William
Mckinley, President of the United States
of America, acting under the authority
conferred by said act of Congress. do here
by suspend during the continuance in force
of said agreement the imposition and col
lection of the duties imposed by the first
section of said act upon the articles herein
after specified. being the products of the
soil and industry of Germany and do de-
clare in place thereof the rates of duty pro-
vided in the third section of said act to
be in force and effect from and after the
date of this proclamation, as follows,
namely:
Upon argols, or crude tartar, or wine
lees crude. per centum ad valorem.
Upon brandies or other spirits manufac-
tured or distilled from grain or other ma
terials, S1.15 per proof gallon.
30 cents per gallon; in bottles or jugs, per
case of one dozen bottles or jugs contain
ing each not more than one quart and
more than one pint, or twenty-four bottles
jugs containing each not more than one
pint. s1.25 per case. and any excess beyond
these quantities found in such bottles or
jugs shall be subject to a duty of cents
per pint or fractional part thereof, but no
separate additional duty shall be as
se>sed upon the bottles or jugs.
Upon paintings in oil or water colors,
pastels, pen and ink drawings and statuary.
Il per centum ad valOrem.
''Of which the officers and citizens of the
United States will take due notice.
IN testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to be affixed.
Done a. the city of Washington this
18th day of July. A. D. one thousand nine
hundred. and of the independence OF the
United States of America the one hundred
and tWenty-tifth.
BY the President:
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State"
Full Terms Not Given.
The proclamation does not recite the full
terms of the arrangement. 1t is said that
each government will proclaim only such
features of the arrangement as are neces-
sary for the guidance of its own officials in
administering it. The arrangement itself
will not be made public at present.
The putting into operation Of the German
meat bill is deferred for an indefinite period.
The official explanation is that the purpose
of its suspension is simply to allow of the
execution of existing contracts held by
American meat packers. 1t is not discOv-
cradle just now whether or not this meat
act figures in any way with the reciprocity
agreement. and il may be. and probably is,
the fact that the suspension has been ar
ranged for separately.
The State Department is perfectly salts
fed with what has been secured under the
agreement for American exporters, and
though the proclamati ton enumerates no
special privileges conferred upon these ex-
porters, the department officials feel that
they Will be satisfied with the results at
tanned when they are fully disclosed.