The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-23
NEW GERMAN TARIFFS
MARKED INCREASES IN CHANGES
 ON PRODUCTS.
N,Is be the Subject of serious Negotin- tio.s Between WashinGton sna Beriin--Instances ot Ad-
 vances Made.

washington. Oct 22.--A statement or the German tariff, comparing the rates of import duty levied by Germany otei the old and new custom tartns. respec lively. was given out today by the De 1 na rtment of Commerce and Labor. table has been compiled expressing tne difference between the old anu hsw rates in ad valorem terms, paseo ou inc German estimates of the import vaiue of the articles in 1903, the latest year for which figures are availapie. The estimates as to what percentage ad yalorem the new general and con entional rates will constitute can only
 | be approximately correct at best II
 prices of commodities should not change | greatly as compared with those pre- yailing in 1903, the estimates of what | the new ad valorem rates will amount | to will be fairly accurate. otherwise | they will not. On bacon the rate IS l present charged is 20 marks per 100 l kilos and that to be charged under the new general tariff 36 marks, an Increase of 30 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 or
 duty affects mineral oils, being II per cent ad valorem on Illuminating and 12 I specific rate on Illuminating oil has been increased 6s per cent In the new l general tar.r and left unchanged in the 1 conventional tariff
 The duty on tobacco is 57 per cent
 ad valorem and has not been changed | in either of the new tariffs.
 | A series of the notable changes af- | fects agricultural products. Thus rye, the duty on which until now consti- | At,1 |. f.~f&1 n1 m | 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 1t4 per cent; on wheat flour, | 11T: corn, 212 per cent: dried fruit. l5o per cent. and fresh oranges coming | from favored nations will be subject | to a duty of 24 per cent. advalorem; i; l those imported from the other coun- l tries will have to pay S9 per cent. ad- valorem.
 The rates on provisions. also, have been advanced greatly. The specihc rate on bacon is advanced 80 per cent. !; pork. 176 per cent; beef 200 per cent. {; I the conventional tariffs being some what lower. As regards manufactures, 1 the old rates are for the most part mod crate. The duty on sewing machines Is raised 46 per cent tto about 32 per | cent advalorem), under the new general tariff, no provision having been made under the conventional. Agricultural machinery which pays on the average I of about 4 per cent. advalorem, will
 | be subject to rates of from 20 per cent. I to SS per cent higher. The rates of | duty on steam engines and motors of
 l all kinds, which were hitherto the same | as that on agricultural machinery and l averaged per cent. advaiorem. are advanced all the way from 40 per cent. | to 150 per cent - l Motive machinery coming from coun-
 l tries not enjoying the conventional l rates will be subject to duties as high as 30 per cent. advalorem, while that coming from favored nations will pay
 duties ranging from s 12 per cent. to l 35 per cent. advalorem. | Duties on boots and shoes are in. creased from 70 to 177 per cent, the advalorem increase being from 8 to 15 per cent. On cotton seed oil the ad- | vance is about 25 per cent.
 l These new tariffs will be the subject | of serious negotiation between this 1 country and Germany and the matter | probably will be taken up soon after l the return to America of Baron Speck
 von Sternburg, the German Ambassa-
 | dor.