Show i TARIFF TROUBLE WITH GERMANY Halt Half a Bilon Billion Dollars Worth of Trade Involved in Game of Diplomacy Now On OUTLOOK NOT ENCOURAGING Loks Looks nl sn Though lough Stutter Would Only le be Alter Anti And Bluer Struggle WashIngton Jan 1 a bilon billion dollars worth ol of trade 1 s the ho stake In in tle tIne same game of oC now mi In progress nn and Gor Ger German man mans and nn an Issue will i b be kown with within In a month On Fob Feb 7 1 In accordance wih wIth the tho notice given to Geran lat last April by tine state the tho reciprocity arrangement made durIng tho ho Dingley nt act wIth Germay Germany wi wilt anti ami elm sim the general tariff rates of that countr country wi wilt a apply ply to al all imports from rom America unless In tIres the short p po nod ol of time Intervening Secy Kno Knox and tine the German ambassador th reach ma a satisfactory At title this the indications a are that ts thIs understanding II is bond beyond theIr attainment nl and that I it wH will bo be only un under under der tine tho stress stress of a a bitter a and coly costly struggle le that tho ho two nations cn can cm corn pose posu theIr dIfferences and restore trade to normal con conditions AmerIc America wH will not b be tine tho only sufferer from t this rupture for on Arl April 7 next the tho ful full rigors of at the maximum trl tariff rte rates carried by tIre the tariff nt act wi will be automatically apple applied to the tho vt vast German import tre trade which il in 1908 aggregated moro more than 0 and over overy artcle article ot of German pro production ducton to AmerIca must pay 25 5 py pel per cant cont Increase In the duty Negotiations have have ben been In progress for tor months between the two too gover govern governments ments to avoId thIs Issue but a an ob steele ha has been rho reached In te the demand ot of the thc state department for tor the tho rela relaxation ton tion of the tho Germa German prohibition agaInst American Ameron catte cattle Th The Geman government takes the position that these restrictions founded on veterinary and and sanitary gounds grounds embodied In las laces ol of general Lion cannot be regarded properly 8 as discriminatory against the tho United States and that It would be Q cue rn reason reasonable able to expect America to ral repeal 01 or sos sus pond the luc laura food law law a as to requIre the tho German government to disregard the provisIons ot of tho thio animal Imports ton tion act Jut Just what this f fight ht wl will men mean Is ro b by to the ot of Gera German American trade for 1908 Gomy Gormany stint to AmerIcA AmerIca In that ye year Gos goods valued at more that ot of whIch wore were dutiable and on tee these ther there w wOuld uld apply an Increased tariff rt rate ot of its p par cent centOn On th other hand AmerIc AmerIca shipped t to Grman Germans our amon ansong nations no les less than worth of oC products Many ot of teso these wH will have to py pay increased rates afe after Fob Feb 7 1 But lii In 1900 worth of I 9 American wheat entered Gonan Germany ad and thIs must pay a penalty ol of 2 marks for cah each hundred klo s this ye year which would probably result In the transfer ot of al all this tro trudo t to Argentina Canada Canada and Russia RussIa Cor Corn ws was shipp shipped to Germany to the tho value ot of In 1900 ad and tine tho In Increased creased duty that would be exacted on this staple wi wIll bo be 3 marks pr per hun hundred rd practically a prohibitive rte rate Ninety millions milon dolar dollars worth or of cotton tore formed part of to the exports to Germany Gormany In the tho so same y year ar ad and while this Is nt at present on lic lie German free list It might bo be subjected to a a hevy heavy duty Il if the tho Geran German government shoud havo recourse to It Its fighting tart tariff Half a million dollars worth of Amer Amerlean lean lenn apples and lour four Ures times tat that amunt amount ot of drIed fruits wi will hyO have to py pay a an excess ot of between 4 ad and 10 mIt manes duty falling a an alclo arrangement 0 be tween the two governments worth ol of sawed lumber will 11 pay doubLe dut duty arid and a great number ot of other proportion products wi will suter suffer In Ilo like On the whole the effect upon Amer Anton can export tro trade will 1 bo be tar far greater than than Inn In the ease ol of the abrogation ot of tho ho agreement Onla Only a small numer ot of Amor AmerIcan cn products tore concerned d In that while to the Ger German German man Imports man cover covers the tho whole rno range df l r |