New-York tribune., 1900-05-16
NODANGER IN TARIFF WAR
noesrVrF RESULTS OF THE GERMAN
MEAT INSPECTION BILL.

--,,--rn STATES WOULD PROBABLY SUFFER-
,r,gr-Ax AMERICAN CONSULAR AGENT
ON THE SITUATION.
washington May Is Cspecan-Ernes' ~
49, Agent OF the United States at Elpens'oex'
~ 80 sent 10 the State Department ,he iol-
-. -anort on the German Meat lhspee'i'h OiD
-. ,ts relation TO American EXPORTS
FRIENDS AND ENEMIES OF THE BILL
,,o.+ r,snect,on bill which is being debated
IN the Reiehsag i0Ts Tass t al present opinions
sion sioned N M are varied All the uanufactutIIng cen
snS ss Bremen two great shipping PIN
empire The landed proprietp%Ts % interests enhanced
or T has drifted from agriculture INTO manu-
,,Ins n lSs2 the population of the empire was was
15Oa1o0 43 per cent of this nui9ei g commerce and
T ofter yoca lions were placed at II per cent IN
1895 the population vas asr,,I;Jlre 3 per cent in
5ustry and commerce @ ana bee y per natural and iog-
cal. To-day Germany, any, ne az demands OF her 5000
ton able 10 meet 80 foreign foodstuffs
viii cause hardships among the aPorng S ed sses
,aats ia -. of ali kinds grease. ETC. 10 me amounS
nf 90 10000 Cereals reached me Vast h SUN lao, 1r
s.2gag s wSgd be dTected chiefly against the United
States.
WHO WOULD BE INJURED Mosr7
But it IS question whether he IA afTi6 hfI affer a II
49, he horne in mind that Germany Is not Amer
lea & 2 gly american farm products than all the
rest OF the world combineo ms ms i,,e % Hsears Rrt
sh buyers have taken 60 per cent OF an the bPd PpoG
ucts that me Sd1gbf only one-ifth as much
Great Britain p per cent france ma nan he aS esbla n
as as 5dke good this p per difference in otaer
markets in case there should ever be a tarih war
For tariff war is not out Of the question If the
Rsasag permits ri d 5Re Of P hs n II rs wpnd be well for
American importers and exporters 10 IIioi ~ ica
@ Commerce II IS difficult see how Germany
could win in the long run deTe Is b,ch AMER
cans cannot either make, DO without P or pus - eI
some other country glance al the consIIar s; e,
ports published quarterly viii carry co4vlcIlo6 n n@ OF
this. The bulk OF American imports rom s,Ir+a Gs
Hben5icals and sugar The chief exports TO Ger
many many wi Germany get these last named products
Il II does buy them of America? II the cotton f
trr sey: ~ Hd,id have taken advantage of 1t long
ago II the cereals of Argentine Russia the
Balkan countries equalled IN quaII5'y fsTousd IN
preference TO ours And the same is true OF meats.
Germany is compelled 10 buy these - otF1er
country must supply them. But the eIect upon upon
the landed proprietors would IN every case feiiA''
the same.
A READTSTMENT THAT WOULD FOLLOW
In tariff war with the United States Germany
would play her industrial interests nio Ie aot.,S S
hitherto German orders in those countries ana lles
would buy Increased shipments of cotton from m US
How absolutely necessary our cotton Is may De Il
ferred from the following statement: In 1898 Ger
man pa EFRD} 1P&rfad and IONS IONS from the Tinted
Raise the price on cotton ana the txIie It @
Saxony and Rhen!sh Prussia Will be aTIect1 ai
once. If our foodstuffs are barred Out SIX sKillea e
empire will be obliged pay increased prices for
The daiy necessities of life; and these two factors
OF products which are 10 be sold abroad in competi
tion with those Of other nations. - ,o ,,o,,or
A-| here again America would
ANY factor thus far which has influenced the Ger
FSn F5r eSample our tariff has forced many manu-
facturers 10 ernigrate TO our country with their
desirable class of skilled labor with them. have
aud prosperity Of our country The exports from
Chernitz 70 the United States have been steadily
declining since 1850
GERMANYrs TRANSATLANTIC SHIPPING.
Germany has a capital Of SO,OoOoco invested in
transatlantic shipping In all It's merchant marine me
interests the empire is most dependent upon i Ine
might result in favor. 1t would certainly open
the eyes OF manufacturers as TO how de-
pendent are upon foreign shipping The Ger
man steamship companies would at ohcs raise me sIe
price OF freight on all American exports 70 Eu-
rope. England naturally would benefit by thls put
after time should profit the most. An impetus
would be given 10 american shlppulIoHs &c sucn @ 8 as
would place US on our own feet IN a rev years
should be able TO throw our exports on foreign
Last fail the iDepfsche Tagesseitung. of Berlin
printed the following wonderful report:
sredt that the swine refuse 70 eat a new kind of
imported American barley To this may be added
that exactly the thing has appeared here A
large number OF peasants purchased quantities OF
this barley from a grain dealer, and have been
obliged butcher much earlier than otherwise, be-
cause the swine suddenly wouldn't any more
This bic dispatch ends with the following
question:
When will finally reject unhealthy every
American product from hams to barley?'
7 is unnecessary dwell the influence Of
such press reports upon the German people That
carg0es Of barley have reached Germany OfttimeS
IN a damp and moulded condition will cheerfuly
admit: but the fault IS TO be attributed TO the
sci rather than the quality Of the grain. II Is
wonder that the American people talk OF retala-
ton. On this principle we have right TO suspect
GA are colored with a substance which is danger
Gus 20 the health OF children.
Tariff unnatural. They lead to CONNER
ctal fluctuations, financial depressions and hard
times What for all Industries is
natural growth. free from all spasmodic influences
Our commercial relations with Germany at present
are good. We they Will remain so. But under
al circumstances farmers and manufacturers
can view the situation with complacency. There is
g great deal Of truth IN the old statement that
when wheat is "cornered" in Chicago more than
Il Is unnecessary borrow trouble They need us
more than need them.
MODELS FOR BUFF4LO EXPOSITION.
Washington, May Is (SpeciaD.-Thomas A
Witherspoon. examiner of patents, and Edward V
Shepard chief clerk Of the Patent Office have been
designated by Commissioner Duen TO superintend