Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-02
REBATES IN GERMANY.

The government of Germany pays
liberal bounties on our grain exported
from that country II does this as
sort Of corollary 10 the high duties
It places on imports of grain and
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The need Of revenue developed the
heavy taxes on imported bread-stuifs.
The further announcement Of agri-
culture produced the countervailing
duties on the same products re-export-
ed. and the bountics include exports
OF domestic grain.
German agriculture differs essential
~ ia is social and political aspect
from that Of the United states.
In that country the farms are large
ly owned and managed by wealthy,
titled. and landed proprietors whose
operations extend over wide sections
OF territory. often embracing many
thousands Of acres, containing within
themselves villages for the homes Of
laborers. shops and factories, distiller-
les. mills. and rehneries for converting
as much as possible the raw products
Of the soil and forest into finished
goods NJ for consumption and use.
Societies with semi official authority
exist throughout the Empire, afiliat-
ed with various government bureaus
and supported by strong corps OF
scientists and experts. Il is the duty
Of these officials TO bring up TO the
90. fhuf
particular line of agricultural economy
and production 10 which their efforts
may be directed. This direction y
systematic and 10 a great extent obli-
gatory upon the part OF the agricul-
turists. The result Is highly beneficial
10 the farming industry. Under these
forms OF scientific supervision. the
best crops attainable are produced
from the soil.
Thus agriculture in Germany is
more widely influential and IL
involves more progressive people than
elsewhere. In the language Of Special
Ascent Davis az Berlin, there is a unfit
cation ana concentration Of influence.
political and otherwise. growing out OF
this Systematic or paternal advance
ment Of agriculture which gives II
prominence beyond any other I'm many
respects"
Thus the German government, when
its need OF additional revenue be-
came acute. found ready aid at the
hands of those connected with agri-
culture when IL was decided 10 tax
agricultural imports. such taxation,
the agrlculturists foresaw. would make
q permanent advance in the price Of
such farm products as were put upon
the duty lists.
"The price Of a crop" writes Mr..
Davis. "is gained by the value Of
the surplus" but Ca this case he finds
an exception 10 the rule. for In Ger
many the value OF the grain crops rs
I fixed "by q voluntary addition 10 tho
cost OF the denncioncy" which the
asrarians welcomed and the consum-
crs have approved
The German TAX on grain has made
| ID cost more 90 i've but, says Mr..
Davis. "the tax of 80 cents per bushel
ON the then average Imports of wheat.
about s0.00O.00O bushels anntpHy
and rye about sO.00OOO0 bushels an-
nually would Dee more than offset by
the added value 90 the annual crops OF
I Iyo and wheat which were averaging
about a10.00o.o00 bushels and lAo.-
000. 600 bushels, respectively The
/ prediction has proved true. rye hes
/ been less Influenced than wheat oa
was expected would bo the case. and
/ rye is the food of the poorer classes.
Hut wheat has made splendid zee
Spouse boy way of increased value
where at port cities, the home
grown varieties. Inferior iu many rec
apects 90 me Imported sorts, actually
command prices generally equal DO
the latter. ana occasionally premiums
over them after tho duty has boon
added 10 the worlds market price
The manufacturer of Hour. hove
ever. made objections. German mills
export Sour and woula Pee handicapped
in their trade with the people OF other
nations by the advance ip the price
of grain There are over 80 600 muir
mills ln tho Empire, employing oyer