Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-23
Neat and Neat Products Also Gene in for
Lively BOOSt,
BOTH ITEMS HIT UNITED STATUES HARI
Manufactured Goods More Literally
Treated Under Schedules
SPECIAL RATES FOR FAVORED NATIONS
Question of Securing More Favorable
Treatment to Be Taken Up at
Once with German
Ministry.

WAsHINGTON. oct GA statement Of
the German customs tariff, comparing the
rates of import duty levied in Germany
Under the old and the new customs tartn.
respectively, was given out today by the
Department Of Commerce and Labor. A
table las been compiled expressing the
difference between the old and new rates
in advaloreai terms, based on the German
estimates OF the import value Of the articles
ir 1868. the last year for which figures are
available
The estimates as 10 what percentage ad-
Valorem the new general and conventional
rates VIII constitute can only be approx
mately correct at best. II prices of COM
noditles should not change greatly as
compared with those prevailing in 1sO5
the estimates of what the new advalorem
rates will amount to will be fairly accurate,
otherwise they will not on bacch the rate
at present charged is twenty marks per
100 kilos, and that to be charged against
the new tariff thirty-siX marks. an increase
of 80 per cent. Among the products con-
stituting the most important items in the
export trade Of the United States with Ger
mahy the highest advalorem rate affects
mineral oils. being Il per cent advalorem
on Illuminating and 70 per cent on lubricat-
ing oil. That on Illuminating has been in
creased 66 per cent in the new tariff and
left unchanged In the conventional tariff.
The duty on tobacco is 81 per cent ad-
valorem and'hes not been changed in either
OF The new tariffs.
Hits Agricultural Products.
A series of notable Increases affects agri-
cultural products. Thus rye, the duty on
which until now constituted the highest
sdvalorem rate viz: % per cent. is ad-
vanced to about 20 per cent advalorem
under the new general tariff and I3 per
cent under the conventional
The specific duty on wheat is advanced
III per cent; on wheat -four, 157 per cent
dried wheat. 50 per cent; fresh oranges
200 per cent. The conventional tariffs arg
somewhat lower. Thus. while oranges com.
sing 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 yaiorem.
The .rsies. on pravisiens also have beer
eavanceyi so Der cent; pork i76 per cent
beef. 200 per cent though the conventional
tariffs being somewhat lower
Better for manufactures.
AS regards manufactures. the old ratei
arc for the most part moderate, The dut!
on sewing machines, representing the high
est ad valorem rate under the existing
tarlu among important articles OF eNpOl
from this county. viz % per cent 4
raised &c per cent, T. @, to about 80 pc
cent advaloren. under the new genera
tarff. no provisioi having been made un
der the conventional Agricultural machin
cry, which pays on the average about
per cent advalor' m, will be subject to rate
from 20 per cent to IS per cent higher. TIL
rates Of duty on steam engines and motor
of all kinds. which were hitherto the sam
as that on Agricultural machinery are ad
Nanced all the way from 40 per cent to Il
per. cent Motive machinery coming fror
countries not enjoying the conventions
rates will be subject to duties as high q
81 per cent udvalorem while that comm
from flvored nations will pay duties rang
ing from 5is per cent to % per cent ad
valoyen.
Duties on boots and shoes are increas Sc
from 70 10 III per cent. the advalorem Il
crease being from 8 to Is per cent b
cottonseed oil the advance is about % pc
cont
These new tariffs will be subject Of 81
rtous negotiation between this country an
Germany and the matter will
taken up socn after the return to Americ
of Baron speck Won sternberg, the Ge
man ambassador