The evening times., 1901-08-22
THE NEW GERMAN TARIFF.
Frank ~. Mason. the HerIin Consul.
DiscmsSes Tic Menaure.


The State Department as follows
"on the 18th of July. there appeared in
a newspaper published at Stuttgart what
was recognized as an authentic version
Of the new schedule Of import duties on
cereals. meats. and domestic animals that
forms part Of The bin for the revision of
The German tariff law. which has been
under discussion and preparation during
IN, past TWO years These duties on food
materials revealed a general advance Cf
from 30 To 900 per cent. and showed that
notwithstanding the depressed condition
OF German industries and meagrc grain
harv,sts, the agrariau plan for a general
advance IN duties on agricultural products
had been thus far triumphautly carried
This aroused on the part Of the whole Iib-
cral. industrial and commercial press such
a storm of indignant protest that the Gov
Crument deemed il wise 20 show what the
new tariff act proposed to do for mauufac-
turing interests, and the fun draft Of ;he
aC' was therefore officially Published on
the afternoon Of the 2Gth instant.
The new law viii take effect on Jauu-
airy ], 1904, so that between the oates OF
it's enactment and enforcement there viii
bc period of probably year OF more,
during which its provisions may be 10
granted rcciurocalIy in commercial trea-
ties with other nations. which. as is eX-
p,ctcd. may be negotiated during the in
JeTyeuiug period. In anticipation Of this,
and 20 insure the agricultural class
against any serious surrender OF the ad-
yantaEes which they aye To gain through
the new law, IL opens significantly with
the declaration paragraph u that under
no treaty or reciprocal agreement TO be
hereafter made shall the import duties on
cereals be reduced below SI31 for 90 i6
pounds for wheat, Sl.lJ for ryc and oats.
and IL cents for barley. After providing
that duties shall be henceforth in most
cases, as in the past. specific. and in all
cases where the duty does not exceed 81. As
for 20 i6 pounds the bill proceeds 10 lay
down the rates Of duty, which are group
cd under nineteen Categories. instead OF
the fOrty-thrce Of the present German
tariff, In which such important items as
calendars, playing cards. and candles
form separate groups in the classification
or the whole schedule. as now presented.
the following items viii affect principally
the import trade Of Germany from the
United States"
The new duty is as follows: / Cereals
and food products-Whcat. SI54: rye s.. y.
y
$Lf9, corn, % cents; -four, $321; oatmeal.
$3.50, hops. 1852; starch, g. So; dried apples.
pears. etc. $.S9- saUsages. 952, meats
pork, SIl4; other. &S33; butter. {7I4;
cheese, SLl4; eggs, Slf2. margarin. S7.I4-
cows and oxen. per head. S5.g5: young cat
tie. per head. 1857; hogs. per 100 Kilograms
VS. ? Machinery, etc.-LocomOtfves,
E5I; locomotives, abOv, ten tons. S214
Steam locomobiles-Under six tons weight.
$2lf; over six tons weight. $50 Sewing
machines -Treadle, $S.53; power, AT6. Bi-
cycles $50.
Electrical machinery, namely, dyna-
mos, electric motors. couverters. trans
formers, etc, for machines under 500 Kill
ograms In weight. per 100 Kilograms. S2I4;
same from 800 70 1900 Kilograms. SIG6;
same tmore than 5000 Kilograms in
weight. Sip
Machine tools for working metals, wood,
or stone, steam and hydraulic presses.
welding machines. mechanical hammers
as follows.
Two hundred and fifty Kilograms in
weight, $40. from 80 10 100 Kilograms,
S2S5: from 1000 10 5000 Kilograms, $3.50;
from 5000 10 1900 Kilograms. S142; over
10 ooo Kilograms. 97 cents.
steam engines. turbines. gas. and ga
l"ric engines. blowing machinery, pumps.
portable cranes. pile drivers, and power
hammers. ice machinery. etc. range from
a rate Of $3.50 per 100 Kilograms for ma
chimes weighing less than - Kilograms
each 10 $4-ZS for machines between one
ana two tons IN weight. and so on down
20 s3 cents per IJl Kilograms for machin-
ely weighing more than 10 tons each.
leltgTaphic Instruments. telephones.
electrical lighting and power transmission
apparatus. electrical measuring instrJl-
msnts, etc, $l4zs, motor. railway. and
81 Is .H..n.M
covered, $l-l9. passenger cars, not up-
hoisteTtd, SIS, upholstered. S2sJ. leather
shoes weighing more than Is pounds
per pair. rate per 100 Kilograms So ~
shoes weighing less than 10 pounds per
E-'', 49,, T9pntI hhoes- unpoAshtd Sls--
Under The new tariff, raw cotton, pota-
toes and fresh fruits remain free Of duty.
Petroleum and its products. Iubricatiug
pl4- PaTatNu, etc. are unchanged from the
present rate. 2-5s per 100 Kilograms
Continuing his report Air- Mason says:
1t viii be seen from the foregoing that
hy far the principal and more important
advances are in food materials notably
cereals, meats. and live animals The in
crease In the present Treatv rate Of ~
cents 10 $l-5i per 100 kiloEra ms Ia the duty
on wheat VIII affect most directly the
United States. Argentina. and Russia
which countries exported to Germany. in
1870 -6a.g .g1a. 44Jg-N. and rs 1e- metric ions
OF wheat. respectively The advance on
rye VIII AFFECT principally Russia which
Sold 20 Germany last year Ss4gZI tons of
that cereal, against 1886 tons from the
United States
Public discussion Of the measure is fo-
the moment confined mainly 20 two
puiuts-the alleged inadcquucy OF the
proposed duties on manufactured pro-
ducts. which, as usual are far from
satisfying the demands Of interested
parties secondly and principally th- ef-
feot that the heavy advances iu the
duties on food materials viii have upon
tho uuu-agTiCultuTJl population Of Ger
many The resulting burden that would
Be- laid upon the dwClcrs in cities and
lab1reTs IN factories. railways. and
mines VIII be readily apparent From
the Yearbook Of 1870 IL appears that the
import duties paid on ten lcaG.-g classes
Of food materials. including wheat re
barely, oats. catlc, hogs. meats butter.
cheese. and eggs. was SZ84II EV5 AZ
suming that the German hsrvests win b.
In future as hOuutiful as those of a
year ago, and that no larger imIurtad
supplies viii be- needed. IL Is easily dem
onstrated that these food Imports Of
rates proposed by the new law. wouii
pay as follows:
Wheat. dutiable at s. marks Der 70,
Sl5E6.tAu, rye, dutiah 1T 50 marks u.r
ton ELo'S16Gs, barley. duti1hlc N 90
marks per ton. S.5Ig SO. oats durfahI. at
80 marks per ton. E5.5H3.g-. calves drfi9-
be at y marks each. SOS -SN- c1v-e- ,1,
table at % marks each XS1G qgS. hogs an
TABLE 1t 20 marks each. SlGl $50. meat du-
TABLE al 800 marks per ton. s. fJS G-q- HTsf-
ter. Gutiable al 800 marks per ton 81 IS7
$40; cheese, dUtiable At 800 marks Dor ron
s. .lSS fs5. eggs. dutlable at G1 marks nor
ton. N.6sIi67: total. So so 800; an increase
of IS. Itg SO
But this IS Of course only "a part Df the
picture The imports Of cereals meats
and other foOdstuffS large as rhe,- arc
are small i'm Comparison with the home
grown supplies. all Of which would Doe