Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-07-14
RECIPROCITY
WITH GERMANY.

Washington. July 1.-THE following
proclamation by the President on the
German reciprocity agreement has teen
made public;
Reciprocity with Germany. BY the
President OF the United States Of
America a proclamation'
Whereas. the German government
has entered into a commercial agree
ment with the United States in con-
formity with the provisions Of the third
section Of the tariff act Of the United
States approved July "a, 1897, by which,
ia the judgment Of the President re-
ciprocal and equivalent concessions are
secured in favor Of the products Of the
United States.
Therefore. be II known, that /, Will
liam Mckinley, President of the United
States Of America, acting under the au-
thority Of said act Of Congress do here
by suspend during the continuance In
force OF said agreement, the imposition
and collection Of duties imposed by the
first section Of said act upon the arti-
cles hereinafter specified, being the
products OF the soil ana industry OF
Germany and do declare in place there
of, the rates Of duty provided In the
third section Of said act 10 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 al yalorem.
Upon brandies or other spirits manu-
featured or distilled from grain or other
materials, S.l5 for proof gallon.
Upon stu wines and Vermuth, in
casks, 50 cents per gallon, IN bottles or
jugs, per case Of one dozen bottles or
jugs containing each not more than one
qdart and more than one pint or twen-
ty-four bottles or jugs containing each
not more than one pint. Sl.25 per case,
and any excess beyond these quantities
found In such bottles or jugs shall be
subject 20 a duty Of cents per pint or
fractional part thereof, but no separ-
ate or additional duty shall be assessed
upon the bottles or jugs.
Upon paints In oil OF water cOlors,
pastels, pen and ink drawings and stat
uary, 10 per centum ad valorem.
OF which the officers and citizens OF
the United States viii take due notice
In testimony whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Of the United states TO be affixed
Done at the city OF Washington this
18th day OF July. A. d. one thousand
nine hundred. and on the independence
Of the United states Of America one
hundred and twenty-nfth.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
by the President:
John Hay, Secretary Of State
The proclamation does not recite the
terms Of the agreement IL Is said that
each government win proclaim only
such features OF the arrangement as
are necessary for the guidance OF rs
own officials administering IT, The put
ting into operation Of the German meat
bill Is deferred for an indefinite period.
The official explanation is that the pur-
pose Of It's suspension Is simply 20 al
low Of the action OF existing contracts
held by American meat packers. Ii is
not discOverable Just now whether or
not this meat act figures In any way
in the reciprocity agreement, and Il
may be. and probably II. the fact that
the suspension has been arranged for
separately
The state department r. perfectly
satisfied with what has been secured
under the agreement for American ex-
porters. and though the proclamation
enumerates no special privileges con-
ferred upon these exporters. the de-
partment officials feel that they VIII be