New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
TRADE AND FINANCE ABROAD.

The American exports of petroleum 70 Turke,
will escape the increase OF customs duties which
the Ottoman Government has threa tened to impose
upon all kinds of goods and produce imported
into the Turkish Empire The American oil canros
be subject to increased duties unless the same
measure IS applied TO all other countries The OF
3i lhlehdihk 70 apply the increase OF duties 10
Kusslan petroleum, to alcohol imported from
Belgium and France. and 10 many similar artIele.
received from different European countries. The
atter nave already protested against the projects
OF The High Commission OF Financial Reforms
"hlcn aimed AT securing an additional revenus
a a, monopoly Of alcohol and petroleum. after for
from that hne of business The increase OF drtiss
on their articles would have been from 5 per cent
a. my are al present 10 20 and even 3 per cent
Ihis increase was so excessive that every Euro
Peh HA Innassador at Constantinope signed the col
ana the Financial Commission withdrew the ords-
the collection Of an enormous dutv upan sso5 5or
ana upon foreign oil which mainly represented
by American petroleum.
The negotiations between the Cabinets Of Par,
ana Rio JaneirO. relative to a decrease =, 4ba
duties imposed by France upon Brazilian co-ss
We're not terminated March L The term dur
ing which French products We're 70 be received
In Brazil at the lowest rate which was TO end
on that date, has been prolonged indefinitely By
and intelligent measure has been immedia teIv Re.
ciprocated 10y the French Government which hss
NAL products of Brazil Of the specially heavy
duties OF the French general tariff should remain
suspended also indefinitely.
The level of the Nile was. according to the
Egyptian Iapers. fortnight ago as low as IL Ia IN
normal years during the month of June and II
continued TO go down. Fears of all kind there
fore increased. and certain bitter discussions be-
came more aggressive and more frequent between
the officials who in favor of the maize cultiva-
ton and those who think of nothing else but OF
the cotton croD- Just previous his departure
for the SOudan. where he is TO stay only a few
days, the Minister. Sir William Garstin. handed TO
the Council a memorandum in which he endeavOred
to refute the arguments of the Council against the
project of the Introduction OF maize cultivation Sir
princnaI article Of food for me 90 ft,eI 81 me
preston of that cultivation He protests that ne
in the Nile; for this is the only way 10 save the
cotton crop, which must be saved at any price,
The "Moniteur Vincole." the official organ Of
wnegrowers in France. has recently published the
following figures in regard to the production Of
wine in the principal countries of Europe in the
year 1893: France produced nearly 100000 hectic
htres-one hectohtre contains about thirty quarts
against only 320O0O0 in 1888 Italy produced last
year 100000 hectoltres. against 315O0OOO the
100000 hectolitres; Spain. 225O009. while she had
nearly 100000 hectOlitres in 1895 The European
duced last year the largest QUANTITY Of Wine ars
RGmana, which grew 100000 hectolitres Bulgaria.
4.9sO Hungary. Soeoe0O; and Algiers. the French
African province, 464S.OC0 hectolitres-
The port Of Santos. Brazil. received during tire
month of January last S2GO bags of coffee against
421.64 during the same month in 1899. The ship
ments of coffee in January. 1900. amounted 10 SIS
95S bags, which the following destina-
TONS which indicate that the main drift OF the
The port of Santos sent, indeed. during January
1So 2SO,5l1 bags Of coffee TO New-York, s5s0 to
PSF to Antwerp 1883 70 Havre, 1ts2s TO Genoa.
I $780, 20 Iep ps S0eS 10 Marseiles 150l to
deaux and 1s2 to Naples ~ D'