The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-28
SAY GERMANY TRIES
TO BAR U. s. GOODS
American Chamber of Commerce
in Berlin to Protest to
Washington.
RUBBER AND STEEL HIT
Attacks on Standard Oil Show
Alleged Policy Of Dis
elimination.
Speaa! Cable Despatch to Tar SITS.

SpeSa! cable Despdtch to THE SIS.
BERLIN. Feb. 27.--The American Cham
Der Of Commerce held meeting to-day
to consider the alleged unjust discrimi-
nation by Germany against certain Amer
lean goods. II was decided to lay the
matter before the State Department at
Washington and to demand that repre-
sensations on the subject be made to tho
German Government.
1t Is asserted that American rubber
shoes and crucible steel are being sub
jected to a severe discriminatory add.
tional duty Of 25 per cent. which Is not
exacted from other countries. The mat
ter was first taken UP with the German
Government over a year ago. The Ger
man Foreign Office at that time said II
would wait and see II the United States
would accord the same treatment TO Ger
man wood pulp that 1t gave to the Ca
madam article. The American Govern
ment decided some time ago to admit
German wood pulp on the same condi-
tons as Canadian, despite which. IL is
asserted, Germany now definitely refuses
to make good the promise which was made
to Ambassador Leishman by the Foreign
Office and declines to extend TO the United
States the favors granted by Sweden.
Japan and other countries under recent
treaties in respect to American rubber
goods. steel rods, &c. 1t is said that the
United States Rubber Company and the
, American Crucible Steel Company are
hard hit by the discrimination.
The attempt to exclude the STANDARD oil
! Company from Germany Is declared to be
another instance Of the policy which has
been entered upon ~ Germany 10
discriminate against American goods
wherever such discrimination Is possible.
The Petroleum Committee OF the Reichstag
discussed tho petroleum monopoly bill
again to-day. The Socialist members OF
the committee declared that II the Gov
eminent would not iiX too high maxi
mum retail price for the commodity the
10 votes OF that party would be given
for the measure in the Reichstag and this
would practically insure its passage.
The correspondent Of THE SuS Is In.
formed that the United States takes ex-
ception to tho German assertion that this
Standard oil Company is trust The
American State Department contends thai
under the decision Of the Supreme Cour
the STANDARD OH Company Is no longer q
trust. as II has conformed to the orde,
that 1t must break itself up into Its com
ponent parts. For this reason the STATE
Department says the Standard OIL Com
pany Is now IA legal corporation and there
fore ii Is proper and just that the Amer
lean Government should seek TO protect IL
interests.
Although II is i,ersistently denied tina
Germany Is seeking to dlscr!ininat'
against the STANDARD OIL Company tn
correspondent OF THE Sun has seen
copy Of what purports TO be the submis
sion conditions OF bids for furnishing
petroleum TO the First and Eeight arm!
corps These conditions specifically stat
that the petroleum must be free OF stand
ard oil" and that the substitution OF tn
product OF the standard Oil Compan,
would be regarded as constituting frau'
which would be followed by prosecution.