New-York tribune., 1901-07-27
NEW GERMAN TARIFF.
PUBLICATION OF THE RATES AS FIXED
IN THE PROPOSED CUSTOMS LAW

DUTIES HEAVILY INCREASED-FRUIT OF
AGITATION AGAINST AMERICAN PROD
UcTs-BUsINEss MEN CALL
1T INDUSTRIOUS.
Berlin, July 26.-The "Reichsanzeger' to-day
publishes a draft Of the new Customs Tariff law
and the customs rates.
The North German Gazette" discussing the
publication by the "Reichsanzeiger' of the Gus
toms announcements. points out that the draft
Of the new tariff published because it had
already been partly printed In an unauthorized
manner. but it had not yet been thoroughly
discussed in the Bundesrath, neither the pro-
visions Of the bill the customs rates therein
set down were unaterable before the bill reached
the Reichstag
DUTIES NAMED IN THE NEW LAW
The tariff bill. as printed by the "Reichsan-
zeger," fills pamphlet of 167 pages The duties
on grain are the published In the
"Stuttgarter Beobachter." The duty on maize is
four marks per metric hundredweight, without
minimum: the duty on barley is four marks per
metric hundredweight maximum. and three
marks per metric hundredweight minimum;
cloverseed will pay duty of five marks per
metric hundredweight; rice is four marks per
metric hundredweight; malt of barley will pay
four and one-quarter marks per metric hundred
Cotton is free. while hops will gay forty and
hopmeal sixty marks per metric hundredweight.
Apples, unpacked OF In sacks will be free of
duty. Apples packed in other ways will nav
duty of marks.
Hardwoods. not sawed. will pay 20 pfennigs
per hundredweight, or 1 mark 80 pfennigs per
solid meter: soft woods. not sawed will paw 20
pfenngs per hundredweight or 1 mark 20 pfen-
nigs per solid metre. Hardwoods sawed will
marks per solid metre; soft woods sawed will
pay mark % pfennigs per hundredweight or I
marks 30 pfennigs per solid metre. Barrel
slaves will pay 30 pfennigs per hundredweight
Horses worth from 300 marks to $500 marks
are scaled under the tariff law TO pay duties
ranging from 30 marks to 300 marks each Beef
cattle will be charged - marks. young cattle. Il
marks. calves marks and hogs 10 marks each
Fresh meats will pay 80 marks per hundred
weight; prepared table delicacies they will
pay 10 marks per hundredweight. Meat extracts
will pay 80 marks per hundredweight; sausages.
40 marks; lard. l. marks 80 pfenn!gs per hun
dredweight and oleomargarine will pay the
same butter Cheese will pay 80 marks per
hundredweight
All fiours except oat flour. will pay 1914 marks
per hundredweight while oat -four will pay is
marks. Cottonseed oil in casks. will pay 1919
marks and not in casks 90 marks per hundred
weight Sugar will pay 10 marks per hundred
weight. as will fruit sugars. glucose. dextrin,
etc Margarine butter will pay 80 marks. Arti-
| fetal lards will pay 1214 marks Fruit prepara-
tions will pay 10 marks. and in brandy so
marks per hundredweight. All hernetically
sealed foods otherwise unspecifed will pay 20
marks per hundredweght. Raw tobacco VIII
pay 81 marks per hundredweight, as will the
stems of raw tobacco. Stemmed tobacco leaves
and chewing tobacco will pay $50 marks per
hundredweight Cigars and cigarettes VIII pay
30 marks Petroleum will pay 10 and 8 marks
per hundredweight according TO It's quali'y
Wool will he admitted free.
Leather will pay from 30 10 30 marks, and
shoes from 81 to 120 marks per metric hundred
weight Wood manufactures will be taxed as
follows per metric hundredweight in marks;
Planed wood. q; further manufactured. 10; pre-
rared flooring & 20 Is; furniture made from
| hardwood -: in the rough, 10; finished fur
niture Of soft wood. S, and in the rough. IL
MANUFACTURES OF IRON.
Finished pig iron mark per metric hundred
weight; cast piping for walls. above milli-
metres IN the rough. marks; the same nm
ished AZ marks; the same. below miihfnet-es
in the rough q marks and the latter finished y
rrar,,s. rollers rough. 3Ia marks; finished. 10
marks Fine castings will pay ~ marks; ralis
and blooms. 1 mark 30 pfenngs; wrought bars
or, boons will nav from to = marks sheets D
roarls 10 pfenniys and marks: rough wire
min nav, from 3 TO ) marks; polished or gall
| ,,opIzed n will pay from marks 30 pfennigs L"
q marks. steam boilers Will pay from to :
| rrarRs per metric hundredweght; spades ana
sbove,s will pav 6 marks; forks, 10 marks; saws
| =, and 20 marks files. 10 20 20 marks; rough
| scratvs : marks: finished screws. II marks;
| aluminium hammered rolled. Will pay l.
| MARKS lead rolled marks: copper, wrought
| or rolled II marks; copper wire. l. ni"rNS'
| ocomotives will pay from 10 IL marks per
,,.,ric hundredweght. Steam engines VIII pay
az marks per hundredweight Sewing machines.
| a. marks The duties machinery FOR WOOD.
| ,ron and stone working will range from ~
| marks on machines weighing two and one-hal'
| h,,draawsieht 10 marks on machines weigh-
| ,ng Ton toms Steam thrashers and mowers VIII
nav q marks while the duties on other macnth-
sry range from marks 80 pfenngs to IL marks
| nor metric hundredweight
| TIL. duties on dynarnos and motors range from
| O marks on machines weighing five hundred
! ws,ght or less TO marks cn dynamos and
| motors Weighing from five hundredweisht u
| thirty hundredweight. Telephone ana telegraph
| anparatus will pay 90 marks. The duties on
| wagons will range from 20 TO loo marks. bicy-
clos will pay $50 marks. while huggies and car
| riares will pay from 100 10 POO marks Bicycle
| parts rough. 40 marks; finished 100 marhS,
| pianos and organs viii pay 40 marks ana pipe
| organs % marks All the foregoing duties are
| reckoned per metric hundredweight
A RETALIATORY CLAUSE.
| suo,,or Q of th,. tariff law provides that du-
t,ab,e goods sent to Germany from countries
treating German ships and German soods more
unfsvorab,y than those OF other countries may
| he provided