The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-01-16
GERMAN OFFICIAL
SLAMS j. s. TARIFF
Privy Councillor GOldberger Calls
Trust Busting Political
Hypocrisy.
AT AMERICAN BERLIN DINNER
Prof, James Backs Up Loud Cry for Reel
procit, General Appraisers Take
lp German Demand.
.spcr,ol Cabt Dsspn'ri 10 THE Srx

| BFHitN, Jan. l5.--N the annual dinner
" the American association OF Commerce
held here thls evening, Ludwig Gold
I berger, PriVy Councillor. made a strong
! plea for III" adoption Of "a fair and rea-
sonable reciprocity treaty" between the
United States and Germany. Many of
the guests present CLEANED the impression
| that Herr Goldbcrgcr had been instructed
! 10y his Government to breach the matter
| publicly al this time
| Herr Goldbcrger said among other
things that any attempt to Interfere with
the trusts without revising the tarih was
mere political hypocrisy. 1t was his be-
I lief that # the sherman antitrust law
had been enforced for the last twenty years
! the trusts would never have gained their
! present tyrannical power. A. the same
time he praised the superior working
methods oi the great corporations and
their enterprise in securing the most per
| f"ct machinery 10y buying the best patents
IN the world and in obtaining tho coopora-
tlon of the most compstent scientists
! President James of the University of
! Illinois, who was also among the speakers
said that the present German prosperity
was due 20 science, which was really being
| excluded from America hv the tariff He
agreed with Herr Goldhergcr that the time
was ripe for reciprocity.
There were ~ guests at the dinner.
among them being tho American Am
has-ador. John G. 4 Lcishman
The Board of General Appraisers in
New York soon will begin unravelling
the tangled web which threatens in com
mercldl relations with Germany owing
TO the results of the free wood pulp
clause which some persons thought wa.
incun-equential when it was tackled ON
to tn. late lamentad roCiprocitv agree.
men' with Canada The Dominion did
not accept the agreement. hut the wood
pulp. clause went into effect anyhow. AZ
prov Idcd and a decision of the Treas.
urv Department made last fall allowec
the free admission of Canadian wool
pulp
! When the news of this reached Ter
many il caused fuss. When Count
Won Bornstorff. the German Amhassa
dor returned in November after hi
usual three months vacation al HON,
tn" first question he asked SrN report o
who interviewed him was whether tn,
clause had taken effect because. h.,
added, If wooG pulp can he imported
from Canada without duty should thin,
other c0'intri's might have just ,au-
Tor complaint.
, AIhe Count would not sav at the tim
what action he would take. hut almos
his first official act when he got back 4
Washington was To present a prot.s
1 To the state Department that As Cana
, dian wood pulp was now being admlttN
frnn thuf IN wood mi,
of Germany should he made to paw al
import duty, Germany. under the mos
, favored nation" clause IN the treaty wit
2 his country being supposed TO come !,
, for any privileges OF immunity from tn
tariff that any other nation should com
to enjoy.
Not until December 20 did the stat
Department make any formal reply
= and the inference from the Washingto o
, despat Ches is that the Administrative
, had been much exercised about the au"-
ton and the State Department hope,
the Customs Court of Appeals woul'
decide the clause had been Illegally pu
into effect by the Treasury Department
whose action thereby would he nulllhed
Meantime the importers who have bee
bringing IN wood pulp from German
and other countries except Canada hav
been paying duty under protest. In tn
, meantime in Germany they have starte
in to do something in the way of repriSa
Tarf experts from tins side have mad I
investigate charges Of discrimination
against certain lines Of American manu-
= factured and manufactured goods
which sifted down To the fact that in hey
. treaties with Sweden the German Govern
: ment had lowered its tariff rates on un
e manufactured steel andl manufacture,
} rubber goods coming in from those coun
tries but had refrained from extending
these benefits TO the United States. a
would ordinarily have been done unde
4 the most favored nation clause. DE
4 spatc ches indicate there is some prospeC
Z of tariff war,
q Major Madge, chief clerk TO the Boar
!, of General Appraisers, said yesterda
i that number Of protests had been re
ceived, but he WAS not prepared to sa
g exactly when the board would begii
, the consideration Of them.