The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-08
ENEMIES Or GERMAN TARIFF DE-
TERMINED TO DELAY PASSAGE
AT ALL HAZARDS
UNITED STATES NOT FEARED
Remarkable Results Are shown by
Comparison of the work of
American and German
WorlKmen
YANKEE CRAFTSMEN SWIFT

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE tariff bill goes to
the committee next week and nobody eX-
poets its reappearance for months. Her
rem Babel and Richter and other Opp0Sl-
tion leaders have agreed to delay the
measure as long as possible in commit
tee They are determined to make fight
on every one of the 946 items. This we'll
worn form of parliamentary obstruction
is to be continued in the house after
it leaves the committee and it is quite pos
sible that the final vote will not be reach
ed till 1903, unless the government offers
a compromise, which is unlikely. The gov
ernment, being aware Of the dilatory
tactics ahead, is considering changing
the rules of the house so as to block the
obstructive tactics of the opposition.>
variety of estimates of the majority
for or against the bill are in calcula-
ton. The general impression is that the
government commands large majority.
1t is not the United States that the gov
ernment would be concerned about should
the tariff bill be put through in it's pres
ent form, but Russia and Austria-H Hun
gary. It is the belief of the foreign Of
flee that Germany is well able to hold
up her side should the United States make
reprisals, but Russia and Austria-Hun-
gary already have informed Germany that
they are not willing to negotiate COM
mercial treaties on the basis of the pend
ing tariff. These notifications are con-
sidered equivalent to the declaration of an
economic war in which the board mar
kets now open to Germany will immedi-
ately be closed and the considerable vol
ume of Unied States products now find
ing their way to Russia through German
traders would in consequence be excluded
with German goods. A~r
American Worl<men Are Swift.
The manager of an American company's
works in Berlin has made remarkable
comparison of the wages paid and cost of
tools made here with the wages paid and
cost of tools at the American works, both
sets of laborers using identical machines
He finds that the American workman,
making an exact allowance for the diff
ference In wages, turns out clear rs
per cent more product for the same unit
Of wages. Man for man the German
produces only two-fifths of what an
, American does. A shoe factory in BreS-
lau, using American machinery, secured
better results by importing eight Anleri-
can workmen and paying them by the
piece, to stimulate the German workmen
who then came within 10 per cent Of the
Americans work
The American insurance companies,
which have compiled with the law COM
ing into force with the new year, trans
ferring the control of insurance from the
state government to the imperial gov
ernment know that their concessions may
be withdrawn whenever the government
chooses. The law is framed so that it is
really left to the discretion of the gov
ernment when licenses are granted or de-
MED to foreign companies and Americans
run the risk of having their privileges
Cancelled should Germany and the United
states have an economic disagreement.