The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-07-20

Presidents Proclamation I'mttim& -
Force the New hecipr"csss
Treaty With Germany.


Washington, July 1.-THE following
proclamation by the president ON the
German reciprocity agreement haa
been made public:
RECIPROCITY WITH GERMAl,Ns,f,Tripi,,
STATES or AMERICA.
"a prociamation.)
Whereas, The German government Ia,
entered into commercial agrvens,nn
with the United States In conformity WIZ
the provisions OF the third section 81 tns
tariff act OF the United states, approNs.
July -. 1897, by which agreement IN ,n'
Judgment OF the the president. reciprocal
and equivalent concessions are secured "
favor OF the products OF the Unite.
states ,,.,,,.
Mckinley, president of the United Statea
of America, acting under the authorn,
conferred by said act OF congress. 90 ner.
b. suspend during the continuahcS u
force of said agreement the impositpl
and collection OF the duties lmposeu ~
the first section OF said act upon me al
ncles hereafter specified. being the prou'
ucts OF the soil and industry OF Germany
and do declare IN place thereof the rates
OF duty provided In the third section o.
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 vitae less
crude. fiye percentum ad valorem. lpor
orandies. or other spirits manufactured 90
distilled from grain or other materials,
one dollar and sevcnty-nve cents for proof
gallon. Upon still wines and vermuth, II
casks. thirty -fiNe cents per gallon, IN Dot
Ties or Jugs, per case OF one dozen bottles
or jugs. containing each not more than
one quart and more than one pint. or
twcntN-four bottles or jugs containing
zach not more than one pint. one dollar
and twenty-five cents per case. and any
excess beyond these quantities found ~
such bottles or jugs shall be sub
lect to duty OF four cents per pint OF
fractional part thereof. but no separate
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 centun
ad yalorcm. OF which the officers and citi'
gems of the United States will take due
notice.
In testimony whereof. | have hereunte
set my hand. and caused the seat OF the
United States To be asked
thirty -seventh day OF July, x d. one
thousand nine hundred. and OF the indie
pendence OF the United States OF Ameri.
ca the one hundre,h and twenty,nfth
BY the President
JOHN HAY. Secretary OF state
Terms Of Agreement Not Rccitrd.
The proclamation does not iecite iht
terms of the arrangement. Ii is said
that each government will proclaim
only such features Of the arrangement
ns are necessary for the guidance OF its
OWN officials in administering il. The
arrangement itself will not be made
public ut present.
Operation of Mcnt dill Deferred.
] he putting into operation Of tie
German meat bill is deferred for IN in
definite period. The official eNplana-
ticn j. that the purpose OF is suspen-
sion is simply to allow of the eNecu-
ton Ct existing contracts held by
American meat packers. 1t Is not dis
covered inst now whether or not
this meat act figures in any way IN The
reciprocity agreement, and Il may he,
ord probably is, the fact that the sus-
tension has been arranged for sepa-
rately.
stntc Department Satisfied.
The state department is perfectly
satisfied with what has been secured
urder the agreement for American cx.
roriers, and though the proclamation
enuinerates no special privileges con.
ftrred ,Ron these exporters. the de.
Iartment officials feel THAI they will
bc satisfied with the results attained
nhtn they are fully disclosed.