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Show I If PLEASED IJMFF BILL Effitor of Berliner itt Discusses the jure at Length. TION IS PRAISED faken That Masses, as Manufacturers, 'e Protected. IDERICK WERNER, to The Tribune. Oct. i. An event, of nportanco was what prac-;hoo prac-;hoo German press callod o American senate passing locratic tariff bill, and wo ; awaiting tho day when residential signature joy Germany has greeted toward tho lowering of i tariff wall, becauso sine event a signal to tho old Id to leave the worn out nerated protection to man-Gongh man-Gongh everybody realizes he foolish to look for an e trade policy for years to or's View, rdon, the famous financial Borlinor Tagoblatt, writes new American tariff bill tho senate: i one side tho bills look c interests of the con-i con-i American industry, on sido, cannot complain ot sufficiently protected, etions have only been ch industrial products in during of which Amori-acturera Amori-acturera aro ahead of foreign competitors, or at least very well able to take up competition successfully. Protection of industry, indus-try, however, lies in another moro important sphere, which, of course, is a iorra incognita to shortsighted short-sighted or dyed-in-the-wool bc-liovers bc-liovers in excessive tariffs; tho cost of living of tho workers is port of tho cost of production in all industries; in-dustries; the more it costs tho workor to livo, the higher will bo the cost of production. if this now bill takes caro of tho interests of tho masses it certainly also protects the interests of tho manufacturers, asido from the fact that in tho increased purchasing ability of the working classes lies the main spring- of economic progress prog-ress and prosperity. Under tho Payne-Aldrich law, winch will now bo abolished, it was impossible for tho United States to concliulo commercial reciprocity treaties with other countries. Amer-ica Amer-ica sot an autonomous custom policy according to tho antiquated doctrine that the state must have freo hands to protect tho intorests of national production, and must not he itself by troatios with foreign for-eign countries. As a weapon of reserve re-serve tho United States then held tho maximum tariff of 25 per cent additional duties to bo imposed on imports from such countries which ''discriminated" against tho United States. Amorica, then, though in vain, demanded to bo treated as "the most favorod nation" na-tion" by all othor countries, though sho was sparing -with, favors fa-vors herself, though sho, in tho interest of Pan-Americanism, did not hositato to grant certain South Amorican states, as well as tho neighboring Dominion of Canada, concessions which wore not extended ex-tended to tho "most ifavorcd" nations. na-tions. Will Help Treaties. Tho now tariff bill makes it possible pos-sible for the Unitod States to conclude con-clude customs treaties with othor countrioB. This bill increasos America's exports, and ns this will mean keener competition in tho markets of the world it is, of course, evident that the American tariff reform, valuable though it is from a gonornl economic point of view, holds certain disadvantages to European industry. These, however, must not be ovorostimatod, any moro than must tho distinct advantages which the American tariff reform will bring to European Euro-pean export. I havo quoted this at some length, because I think my Amorican readers are interested in knowing what Germany Ger-many thinks of tho now policy of thoir country, and bocauBo the views ox-pressed ox-pressed give a very good idea of tho general opinion in Germany. Kairser Maneuvers. Tho recont kaisor maneuvers in Silesia Si-lesia havo given amplo proof that dirigibles di-rigibles and aeroplanes havo made completely com-pletely new military fighting methods necessary. All tactical aecrets nTe like an open book to Zeppelins and fliers; that is to say, if the atmosphero be clear. In fog and mist tho new engines of war are usoIcsb for reconnoitoring purposos, but under ordinary circumstances circum-stances thoy aro far superior to cavalry. cav-alry. During tho maneuvers the commanders command-ers and officers of the opposing armies made use of all tho latest tochnical inventions in-ventions with most oxcollont result, and even the anti-militaristic papers must admit that tho training of tho German array is perfoct and absolutely up-to-date on every point. AJl foreign officers who attended tho maneuvers expressed their admiration and took homo with thorn tho conviotion thate tho German army, in case of war, would be an invaluablo f riond and a moBt formidable for-midable enemy. Of all armies in Europe, probably only the French is tho equal, if not the superior, of the Gorman, with the army of England loft hopoleesly far behind, be-hind, iudging from the reports of the English army maneuvors which have reached hero, and which mention a number of blunders committed by English Eng-lish officors which have boon most carofully concoalod by the English press. |
