Arizona republican., 1905-08-07
THE GERMAN TARIFF
The New Arrangement f.
feCtiVe Next March
The Extensive and Intimate Relat-
ions at Present Between this COun.
try and Germany.

Washington, Aug. 6.-The recent
action of the German Reichstag in ra-
tifying the new commercial treaties
with Russia, Austria Hungary. Italy,
Switzerland, Belgium, Roumania, and
Seriva completes the work of prepar-
alton of a new German tariff on which
the imperial government has been en-
5gaged since 1898. The new tariff law
will go into effect March 1, 1906 and
will remain in force at least until the
end of 1917.
Under the old tariff imports from
the United States have been subject
to the lower or Conventional set of
duties, at first under the so-caIled
Saratoga convention" of 1892, now no
longer in force. and later by virtue of
the commercial agreement between the
United States and Germany of July 10,
1900. BY the terms OF that agreement
this country was granted the cOnven-
tional rates of duty fixed by the COM
merciaI treaties of 1S91-1S94 between
Germany and the seven countries men
toned above in consideration of the
reduction of duties on imports into the
United States from Germany of argols,
brandies. wines. paintings and statu-
airy, authorized by section 3 Of the
Dingley act of 1897. This agreement
may be terminated by either country
at any time upon giving three months
previous notice. There is, moreover, a
most favored nation treaty between
the United States and Prussia, cOnclud-
ed in 1S2S; this treaty may be termin-
ated upon one years notice.
The Importance of the United States
to German foreign commerce is seen
from the fact that during the calendar
year 1903 this country held first rank
among the nations from which Ger
many receives its imports and third
rank among countries of destination Of
German exports. while in the foreign
commerce of the United States Ger
many was Outranked only by Great
Britain both in our exports and i'm
ports.
The total exports of Germany to fo--
eign countries increased from 756 mil
lion dollars in 1891, the year of the
adoption of commercial treaties, to l.
243 million in the year 1904 an in
crease of about 65 per cent. During the
same period the imports of the United
States from Germany increased from
81 million in the fiscal year 1891 TO 109
million dollars in 1904, or only about
y per cent. The exports from this
country to Germany increased in the
same years from 90 million to 215 mill
lion dollars. or more than 131 per cent.
The principal exports from the Unit
ed States to Germany during the fiscal
year 1904, according to latest accounts
of the bureau of statistics We're: I'm
manufactured cotton. 109 million dol
lars: breadstuffs, over 16 million dol
lars; provisions, about p II million
dollars; manufactures of copper, II Is
millions; mineral oils, millions; iron
and steel manufactures, about mill
Millions; manufactured tobacco,
about 3 millions; wood, and manufac-
lures, about 4 1-2 milliOns oil cake
and meal about 4 millions; fertilizers,
about IL millions; and agricultural
implements. about 1 u million dollars.
The leading imports into the United
States from Germany during the fiscal
year 1904 were: Chemicals, over 16
million dollars; cotton manufactures,
over IA millions; iron and steel manu-
features, about 1-2 millions; manu-
factures of silk, about millions; toys,
1-2 millions; earthen and china ware,
ga millions: manufactures of wool,
about 1-3 millions, and various ar
ticles too numerous to mention in
brief discussion.