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the reduced duties of section 3 of
the Dingley tariff as heretofore
May / ask you, Mr. Secretary, to ia
vor me with written confirmation Of
this at your earliest convenience?
The German government further hopes
that the existing severity and rigidness
of the American customs administration
will be lessened, and that during the
time granted the negotiations which
have been entered into will continue
and finally lead to a conclusion salts
factory to both parties.
Believe me, Mr.. Secretary, yours, most
sincerely, STERNBURG
The Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of
State of the United States.
And also to state that the
president will issue a proclamation with
regard to Section 3 in due time.
The negotiations in the reichstag will
begin on Tuesday next.
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Department of State, Washington,
February 10, l9O6.-Excellency: l have
the honor to acknowledge the receipt of
your note of February Is advising me
that the German government is willing
to grant to the United States for GER
tain period those reduced customs duties
which have been fixed by the treaties of
1904 and 1905 between Germany, Bel
GUM, Italy, Austria Hungary, Russia,
Roumana, Switzerland, and Servia, and
that bill is about to be introduced in
the Rechstag with a view to authorize
the Bundesrath to grant these reduced
duties to the United States until June
30, 1907.
I beg to say that upon the accomplish
ment of the purpose thus stated, by the
assurance to the United States of such
reduced duties until the Both of June,
1907, the president will promptly issue
the necessary proclamation for assur-
ing to Germany the reduced duties of
section of the Dingley tariff, as here
tofore.
| hope that the communication which
I had the honor of addressing to you FRI
day, the 10th instant, enumerating certain
proposed changes in the customs admin
istrative law and regulations will Oe
regarded by your government as evil
dence of the presidents strong desire to
relieve our customs administration from
everything which seems to German ex-
porters to have any feature of severity.
hope also that during the period which,
under the proposed action of the Ger
man government, will continue until the
3Oth of June, 1907, satisfactory way
will be found to establish a permanent
basis for the mutual trade of both coun-
tries upon terms satisfactory to both.
I am sure that there could not be
more sincere and kindly purpose, or
more reasonable and open minded views,
than have actuated the representatives
of both countries in the treatment OF
this subject, and I feel great confidence
that continuance of the same att1-
tude on both sides will lead to con-
clusion in conformity with the strong
desire for real friendship between the
German and American peoples which we
both entertain.
Accept. Excellency, the renewed assur-
ances of my highest consideration.
ELIHU ROOT.
His Excellency Baron Speekvon Stern
burg.
Whom with the people of the second
Minnesota district stand by President
Roosevelt and Secretary Root, his pre-
mier. who wish to promote industrial
peace and commercial expansion be-
tween the United States and Germany
of J. T. McCleary who introduced two
twenty-five percent retaliatory bills,
and who now insists that the tariff war
with Germany has just begun.