Arizona republican., 1909-11-01
INTEREST IN NEW DEAL
Principal Talk on Both Sides Has Been About Retalia. tion-Germany Adv ised to Get Ready For Conner cial War Next Year.

| Washington, Oct. 31.-The close Of ! business yesterday marked the eN- i piration of the commercial agreements
 entered into with France. Switzerland and Bulgaria under the Dingley tariff act, and the preferential agreement with those nations ceased to exist Duties imposed by the new tariff law 1 will be imposed on all importations
 which were not entered in the United ! States customs houses before the close fof business yesterday. The effect will
 be to largely increase the price of | wines and other merchandise import ed from France The tax will fall heaviest upon the consumers of cham pagne.
 Advices from Paris state that there
 is much dissatisfaction in France over the new American tariff
 There is great anxiety with regard | to the future position of France, and
 the hope is expressed that the gov ernment will avoid a needless and harmful tariff war, and that it will
 act quickly and prudently to obtain the minimum rates for French im7
 ports.
 The three countries with which the preferential agreements expired yes
 terday are not the only European
 nations which are up in arms against the hateful Yankee tariff wall" Ger
 man manufacturers. as represented in
 the press of Berlin and other cities are hot under the collar and are in threatening mood. although the Ger
 man agreement does not expire until
 early next year.
 The tone of the German press Is especially unfriendly to the United
 States Even the unofficial press is publishing editorial articles which
 show that every pressure is being
 brought to bear upon the government in order to secure the adoption of a
 program of retaliation. The most marked exception is taken to the max imum and minimum feature of the new tariff law. The impression is
 now abroad in Germany that many of the increases in the law are aimed
 directly at German trade.
 The exporting interests of Germany seem to be convinced that the United
 States will enforce the maximum
 rates against that country on March 31 of next year. As a result of this belief, strong pressure is being brought to bear upon the imperial govern ment to induce it to assume the of- fensive before that time. The ex- isting commercial agreement between the United States and Germany will
 expire next February. If the German government accedes to the demands of the business interests of the coun- try. 1t will put it's maximum rates into effect against America at that ] time.
 The appeals submitted to the inn
 perial government are designed to show that Germany can endure g
 commercial war much longer than the | United States It has been pointed
 out that in 1908 the imports into Ger
 many from the United States were
 valued at $307. .OO0. 900, while the goods 1 shipped from Germany to Amerlca represented only 21.O00.OOO. The value of the exports from Germany 1 to the United States last year was [ considerably less than that of the preceding year.
 The German exports which will b' most seriously affected by the new law are silk goods. cotton fabrics
 wines. razors and post cards. Ger
 man business men believe that these articles will be discriminated against
 not only by the. application of tho
 new schedule. but by the adoption | of the new system of valuation. whlcf makes the wholesale price in th' United States the basis. instead o the value mentioned in the manifes ! accompanying the shipment.
 It is expected that France will i'm
 pose her maximum tariffs immediate ] iy. The United States will be prac l ticaIly helpless so far as retaliation
 is .concerhed, until March 90, 1910 | one measure of retaliation that ha:
 been considered is the exclusion ab solutely of French champagnes an' sparkling wines. Undoubtedly thes'
 could be shut out of the American
 market under the pure food law. fo
 it is we'll known to the government | chemists that certain preservative'
 are used in preparation of the Frenci i wines which are forbidden or art
 subjects of regulation under the foo' ! and drugs act.
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