The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-30
GERMANY'S TARIFF BILL
1T Is SHARPLY ATTACKED BY THE
AUSTRIAN AMI RUSSIAN PRESS.
Views of Merchants Interested in
American Goods-Increased Duty
ON bicycles Is Enormous.

BERLIN. July 29.-The comments of the
foreign press on the German tariff are eX-
tensively reproduced here, especially the
Russian and Austrian. American comments
are fewer and more temperate than those
of St. Petersburg and Vienna. There is a
widespread impression in Berlin that the
severe criticism appearing in the Austrian
semi-oficial press is due to an effort on .the
part of the Vienna government to impress
Germany with the great political dangers
TO which the German element in Austria
would he exposed through the resuscitation
of race animosity in Austria if the bill
should become law.
The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten is deep
ly incensed because the F~remdenblatt, the
organ of the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Of
flee. appeals TO the Reichstag to reject the
bill; and ii regards the indignation of the
American press as ell placed, in view of
the fact that the German increases don't
reach by any means the height OF the
American tariff war"
Commercial treaty sympathizers have be-
gun TO raise a fund, called 'gegen den
brotwucher' to promote agitation against
the bill. The Rheinische- w estphalische
Zeitung reports that the great manufac-
turers of west Germany generally approve
the bill.
In the course OF the day the correspondent
of the Associated Press interviewed a num-
Der OF merchants interested in American
goods. The director OF a large electrical
company importing much electrical ma
chinery from the United States said:
While some of the increases i'm our line
are very heavy, still the duty is so small
a part or the value of the goods that we
can continue importing. The bill will un-
dnIrhfQdlN reduce Inn0rf nf electrical
goods, but the Americans produce such
extraordinary good and cheap machinery
that the latter Will continue to come in I'M
der smaller profits for makers, shippers
and sellers
A prominent importer of American
machine tools said: American ma
chine tOolmakers are SC far ahead OF the
Germans and their system OF production is
SO specialized that their cheap machines
Will continue to nnd a market here. OF
course the market will not retain the di-
mansions OF the past two years, which was
due to the great German boom, but steady
imports VIII be kept up Tor some years
yet. Two dealers in first-class American BIZ
cycles pointed out that, while the increase
on bicycles is enormous, namely from 60
TO $50 marks per hundred efght-stm the
wealthy classes in Germany are so thor
oughly convinced of the superiority Of
American machines over German that they
viii insist upon having them without re-
gard TO the price
The correspondent heard a report in
manufacturing circles to-day that the pub
LEGATION OF a sharp attack upon the new
tariff bill in Russian papers by a tele-
graphic agency here having the mos; in
innate relations with the Foreign Office
indicated that the chancellor. Count Won
BueloW, caused the publication OF the tariff
bill In order to arouse anti-agrarian agi-
tatiOn against the measure and thereby
secure lower agricultural duties. The cor
respondent called the attention OF q high
government official 10 the violent tone Of
the Russian press. He answered. Yes.
! have read the published extracts. and
we are doing nothing to suppress them"
The official referred to implied that the ex-
tracts were published with the govern
ments expressed sanction. and he further
emphasized the fact that foreign news
papers should not get excited. since moth
Ing had yet been decided. the bin being
only the basis for discussion"