Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-23
GERMANY'S NEW TARIFF
SCHEDULE MADE PUBLIC
WILL BE SUBJECT OF SERIOUS
DISCUSSION WITH U. s.
Matter viii Probably Be Taken Up
Soon After the Return to America
of Baron Speck Won Sternberg,
the Kaiser's Ambassador
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Oct. pa statement
of the German customs tariffs, COM
pairing the rates of import duty levied
| in Germany under the old and new
customs tariffs respectively, was given
| out today by the department of COM
merce and labor. A table has been
compiled expressing the difference pc
tween the old and new tariff In ad
valorem amounts based upon the Ger
man import value of the articles In
1903, the latest year for which figures
are available.
| The estimates as to what percentage,
ad valorem, the new general and con-
ventional rates will constitute, can be
only approximately correct at best If
prices of commodities shall not change
greatly as compared with those pre-
vailing in 1903 the estimate of what
the new ad valorem rates will amount
! to will be, fairly accurate, otherwise
they will not. On bacon the rate at
present charge Is 20 marks per 100
kilos, and that to be charged under
the new general tariff 36 marks, an in
crease of 80 per cent.
Among the products constituting the
most important items in the export
trade of the United States with Ger
many. the highest ad valorem rate rf
cent ad valorem on illuminating and 72
per cent on lubricating oils. The spe-
cific rate on illuminating oil has been
increased Sc per cent in the new gen.
eral tariff and left unchanged in the
conventional tariff.
The duty on tobacco is 81 per cent
ad valorem and has not been changed
in either of the new tariffs. A series
of notable increases affects agricultural
products. Thus the duty that now con-
stitutes the highest ad valorem rate.
viz: 35 per cent, is advanced to about
70 per cent ad valorem under the new
general tariff, and 43 per cent under the
conventional.
The specific duty on wheat is ad
vanced ia per cent, on wheat flour
157 per cent. corn 212 per cent, dried
fruits $50 per cent and fresh oranges
200 per cent. The conventional tariffs
are somewhat lower. Thus, while
oranges coming from favored nations
will be subject to a duty of "a per cent
ad valorem, those imported from other
countries will have to pay about SO per
cent ad valorem.
The rates on provisions also have
been advanced greatly. The specific
rate on bacon is advanced 80 per cent,
pork 176 per cent, beef 200 per cent, the
conventional tariffs being somewhat
lower.
AS regards manufactures, the old
rates are for the most part moderate.
The duty on sewing machines, repre-
senting the highest ad valorem rate
under the existing tariffs among impor-
tant articles of export from this coun-
try, viz: % per cent, is raised 46 per
cent q. E., to about 80 per cent ad
valorem under the new tariff no pro-
vision having been made under the
conventionaD. Agricultural machinery,
which pays on the average about 46
per cent ad Valorem, will be subject
The rates of duty on steam engines
and motor cars of all kinds which were
hitherto the same as that on agricul-
turaI machinery and averaged 4 per
cent ad valorem, are advanced all the
way from 40 to $50 per cent Motive
machinery, coming from countries not
enjaying the conventional rates, will
be subject to duties as high as so per
cent ad valorem, while that coming
from favored nations will pay duties
ranging from 1-2 per cent to 36 per
cent ad valorem.
Duties on boots and shoes are in
creased from 20 to 1T per cent. the ad
valorem once being from 80 to 115 per
cent. On cottonseed oil the advance is
about 20 per cent.
These new, tariffs will be the subject
of serious negotiation between this
country and Germany, and the matter
probably will be taken UP soon after
the return to America of Baron Speck
Won Sternberg, the German ambas-
sador.