The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-07-21
RECIPROCITY WITH GERMANY
Presidents Proclamation Putting in
FOrce the New Reciprocity
Treaty with Germany.

Washington, July 1.-THE following
proclamation by the president on the
German reciprocity agreement hai
been made public:
RECIPROCITY WITH GERMANY-BY
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITEL
| STATES OF AMERICA.
"a ProclamatiOn.)
| Whereas, The German government has
| entered into 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. 1891 by which agreement, in the
| judgment OF the the president, reciprocal
| and equivalent concessions are secured IN
favor OF the products OF the United
States.
Therefore. Be It known that I, William
Mckinley, president of the United States
| OF America, acting under the authority
conferred by said act of congress- do here
b. suspend during the continuance in
force of said agreement the Imposition
and collection OF the duties imposed by
the trst section of said act upon the ar
tlcles hereafter specified, being the prod
ucts OF the soil and industry OF Germany;
and do declare in place thereof the rates
OF duty provided 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 less.
crude, hve percentum ad valorem. Upon
brandies, or other spirits manufactured or
one dollar and seventy-1Ve cents for proof
gallon. Upon still wines and vermuth, in
casks thirty-fVe cents per gallon; in bot
ties or jugs, per case of one dozen bottl IS
or jugs, containing each not more than
one quart and more than one pint, or
twenty-four bottles or jugs containing
each not more than one pint, one dollar
and twenty-five cents per case, and any
excess beyond these quantities found in
such bottles or jugs shall be sub
ject to a duty of four cents per pint or
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or additional duty shall be assessed upon
the bottle or jugs. Upon paintings in oil
or water colors, pastels, pen and ink
drawings, and statuary, fifteen per centum
ad valorem of which the officers and citi-
Gems of the United States will take due
notice.
In testimony whereof, l have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seat of the
United States to be alsxed.
Done at the City of Washington, this.
thirty seventh day Of July, A. d. one
pendence of the United States of Ameri-
ca the one hundreth and twenty-fifth.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
BY the President:
JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.
Terms of Agreement Not Reciied.
The proclamation does not Iecite the
terms of the arrangement. 1t is said
that each government will proclaim
only such features of the arrangement
as are necessary for the guidance of its
own officials in administering it. The
itself will not be made
public at present.
Operation of Meat Bill Deferred.
The putting into operation of the
German meat bill is deferred for an in
definite period. The official explana-
ticn is that the purpose of ITS suspen-
sion is simply to allow of the eXecu-
ton Of existing contracts held by
meat packers. 1t is not dis
covered just now whether or not
this meat act figures in any way in the
agreement, and it may be,
and probably is, the fact that the sus-
Lension has been arranged for sepa-
rately.
State Department Satisfied.
: The state department is perfectly
with what has been secured
lpder the agreement for American cx-
'orters, and though the proclama ton
,numerates no special privileges con-
erred upon these exporters, the de-
,artment officials feel that they will
De satisfied with the results attained
when they are fully disclosed.