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2 ear.not get to Manhattan from Brooklyn on of the lines without a. change. When It was pointed out to Mr. Oreatsinger that this would at least double the weight on the bridge he said he had had a talk with Chief Engineer Martin, who saw no objection to the proposed increase. However, he said, the proposition was all In the air at present, and nothing could be dona until more power could be obtained.

Mr Martin, when asked about this, said there had been some Informal conversation on the sub- but that he would not say anything for publication until It was brought before him officially. The entire plan would have to be passed upon by a board of experts appointed by Commlssonler Shea. .4 TRUNNION PLATE CLEFT. roiLows tiii: of ONE OF THE SNAPPED KODS. Hardly the nine broken suspension rods and the bridge pronounced "as safe as It ever wot" by Commissioner Shea and CMcf Engineer Martin, when a new break in one the trunnion plates was discovered.

Althoiph the break was said to be of trifling importance by the ensrineera of the bridge. nevertheless, immt iiste stepa were taken to repair it and a. consultation was held in regard to in the office of Chief Engineer Martin. Another feature of break which appeared add greatly to its significance was that it occurred exactly in middle of the bridge's weakest part and within eight feet of the point Where its two gTeat trusses meet. Aa has been told in The Tribune, the wire suspension rods which support the north roadway at the centre of the bridge were the ones whose snapping eloped the bridge to traffic Wednesday night.

Throe of these rods were The black shaped line indicates the location of the crack in ihe trunnion block, which was discovered yesterday morning. Into this block is bolted a suspension rod. which is fastened to the cable above. Cpom this block rests a transverse girder oT the roadway. hune to the great cable on the Manhattan side of bridge's centre ar.d six were hung on the Brooklyn side.

The work of replacing all nine rods was finished yesterday morning at 2 o'clock. The sag in roadway had bet brought again to a level by fcrew ing thf bolts at the end of the new rods, since on each of these bolts rested a trunnion', which is made into the trusswork of the bridge. The outermost rods were also furnished with new collars, and all the new steel work was heavily daubed with grayish white paint. Both the surface and the elevated cars had again begun to run. and the central footpath and outer roadways were again filled with traffic, when some one raised the cry shortly before 9 o'clock that a trunnion into which one of the new rods had been bolted had cracked.

Investigation showed that the report was true. A Tribune reporter succeeded In reaching the outside edge of the northern roadway, where the two great trusses, whose Inner ends rest on either tower, meet. Nine of the rods which were hung from the great cable by means of collars, and which are fastened into the trusswork beneath the roadway, were still dripping with paint. Three of these new rods are west of the centre and six are east. Examination of the rod in the centre of the nine, or the second rod the centre of the bridge itself, showed that the plate into which It was screwed had cracked.

This crack extended from the red across half the plate, in a line duo north and south. The other half of the plate was still Intact, and thus held the rod in place. It was evident that as soon as the other half broke the shaped the bolt which Is called the trunnion and which is lined on either side into the plate would pull loose and the trusswork then hang free from the cable as before in the caso of a broken rod. That the crack was very recent was evident from the fact that the fresh paint on the plate was also cleanly cloven by the break IV rd of the accident was immediately pent to Chief Engineer Martin, who ordered out a corps of engineers to examine the crack. On hearing report, Mr.

Martin said to a Tribune reporter: "This break is not so serious as the snapping Of a suspender rod and can be repaired in half an hour. The plate was doubtless cracked by subjecting it to too great a strain in screwing the new rod into place and in bringing the roadway to a level. crack has in no way rendered the bridge Insecure. It will be promptly repaired." Mr. Martin refused to tell where the crack was until the reporter explained that he had fnund It.

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V. Pierce, OVERBURDEN AND NEGLECT ENGINEERS THINK THE BRIDGE IS NOT PROPERLY CARED FOR. "The trouble with the Brooklyn Bridge is that it is overloaded and neglected." This is the verdict of every civil engineer who is not connected with municipal affairs and who would speak on the subject yesterday. Among those who are in the employ of the city there Is a natural hesitation about giving: an opinion. C.

S. Hill. Editor of "The Engineering News." said he had sent several expert engineers to examine the breaks and report to him on the reason for the breakage. "They found," he paid, "that the bearings of the suspender rods were rusted fast, thus preventing them from yielding to the motion that always exists in a bridge of this kind. Both above and below, where the rods are connected with the structure, the connections are always so made that they will play as the bridge swings.

Of course, they were so made on the Brooklyn Bridge. But they have become rusted and are now as rigid as though they had been riveted at the points of joining. There are two motions, latitudinal and longitudinal, and they have the same effect on the rods that twisting a piece of wire has on it. If you wish to break a piece of wire and have no tools handy you can bend it back and forth until it separates. That is what happened in this case.

The rods were twisted back and forth until they could stand It no longer, the particles of which they are composed became disintegrated and they broke. "I have no doubt that there are other rods in the same condition as these were before they broke, and unless they are released by being freed from the rust that now covers them It Is only a question of time before they will break as Jliese did. NOT BUILT FOR PRESENT LOAD. "The bridge was never built to carry the heavy load that Is now placed on It-tracks, tubes, cables and cars-and it is my belief that the safety point has been passed. Bridges built as this one is should last for generations.

There is In fact, no period of time that can be called the life of a bridge, and if there were, this one is so young that it cannot have approached what might be called old age. But. young as it is, it can be overburdened. Trolley cars should I believe, maintain a distance apart of 10- feet according to their agreement with the city Everybody who crosses the bridge knows that at certain hours of the day cars are run so close together that they form almost a continuous train. This is dangerous and ought to be St "Paint, proper and immediate repairs wherever and whenever they are needed, and careful inspection are the only things needed to the bridge as safe as it can be with the burden of weight it is carrying." see that the theory of atomic disintegration consequent upon vibration has been advanced as the cause of the breaking of the suspenders.

I do not believe In the theory, but if I did I would have to observe that none of the rest of the bridge has been affected. Provision ample has been made for taking up the vibration of the bridge as is shown by the good state of preservation of parts that have not been allowed to rust fast or through. So far as I know there no fault in the construction of the span, but I repeat that there has been fault in the care of it." CALLS ELECTROLYSIS THEORY ABSURD. "I see that the theory has been advanced that the breaking of the suspenders of the Brooklyn Bridge has been attributed to electrolysis," said H. W.

Blake, electrical engineer and Editor of "The Street Railway Journal." "Nothing could be more absurd. Electrolysis can be produced only by running a current of electricity through a liquid medium, and the current must first pass through the object to be affected. That phase of It is not worth discussing. "What is worth discussing, however, is the neglect of the bridge and the excessive weight it is called on to carry. It Is well known that it was not at first Intended that any cars should run across the bridge.

Then the plans were modified to allow the regular bridge trains to cross, but not in such numbers as they do now. Since then not only have more cars been allowed on the structure, but cables and tubes welching many tons have been thrust upon the bridge, which was never built for them. Every civil engineer In the country knows that the bridge is overloaded, even though he has not the figures giving the factor of safety. "The vibration consequent upon the traffic is provided for, and this cannot, therefore, be considered as the cause of the breakage; that is. not primarily.

I can see how It might affect the suspenders under certain circumstances. If, however, proper care were taken of the bridge, the vibration would not be of consequence. NEGLECT CHARGED. "To what do I attribute the damage? Neglect. What else is there? The places where the breaks occurred were, as I understand, exposed to the weather.

Steel will rust out. I need not say, If it is not covered by something that will absolutely exclude the moisture. Where any part of the bridge Is not well painted there Is neglect. The breaking of one suspender would not be dangerous if it were attended to promptly. But if the weight that this broken suspender is supposed to support be thrown on the ones next to it, they are obliged to carry more than they were made for, and.

consequently, cannot stand the strain. They must, therefore, communicate their loads to other suspenders, the excess of weight Increasing with the loss of each suspender, and adding greater and greater loads to the Bound ones. "There is where the fault lies, outside- of the great weight the bridge has to carry. Too much weight, too much neglect and then a catastrophe. Fortunately, no catastrophe resulted this time, but that is not the fault of those who neglected the structure, nor of those who allow It to be overburdened." PAIXTSA VBS; RUSTCOBROPTS PLENTY OF Till-: PRESERVATIVE NEEDED TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE IX PROPER CONDITION.

For a long time now the once familiar sight of men swinging from the cables of the bridge on little scaffolds or chairs, painting ropes and other iron work, has been missing. Who ordered the suspension of the painting Is not known, hut the damage that has ensued because of this neglect is apparent. Not only Is the paint worn off in places until the iron Is bare and rusty, but where some of the big nuts have been tightened bolts show bare parts between the nuts and the old coats of paint. In such places the rain may filter down Inside the nut where it closes on the bolt and rust the iron so that the nut cannot he turned without breakage. In time corrosion may result so that the strength of the bolt will be weakened and threads be torn away by the heavy weight of the part of the structure they support.

Several civil engineers have said that painting is one of the most important points in the care of a bridge. On of the big bridges, notably the bridge acroes the Firth of Tay, In Scotland, a gang of painters Is kept constantly at work. They travel from end to end of the bridge laying on the preservative material without regard to whether places are ban; or not. But this means every part of structure Is periodically examined and no break or threatened creak can fall to be reported. Bridge Commissioner Shea aald yesterday that the force of painters employed by the Department of Bridges of this city number twenty men.

They are expected to care for all bridges within the city's Jurisdiction. It is obvious, with the large number of bridges that must be taken care of, that this is an insufficient force. One, bridge expert yesterday said It would require half that force to give proper attention to the Bridge alnna, NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SATURDAY. JULY 27. 1901.

NT TS AT TTTE END Of BOBPBNSION RODS, which have been screwed down so far as to leave part of the bolts bare of pnlnt and thus exposed to rust and dlsinteKratlon. NEW BRIDGE TO BE BETTER. STRONGER STEEL IN COMMISSIONER LANE CHARGES NEGLECT ON OLD ONE. Smith E. Lane, one of the commissioners of the New East River Bridge, said the trouble on th" bridge was due to the poor material used, neglect and the absence of paint.

"In the new bridge," he said, "we will not have basic steel. That is the material used in the Brooklyn bridge. It Is too cheap. We are using open hearth acid steel. It costs much more, but Is safer.

This bridge is being built with all the experience that has been gained from the construction of the old one, an i we propose to have it as much better as later improvements in the manufacture of steel and the progress that has been made in bridge bunding will permit. "It may not be proper for me to say so, but the Brooklyn bridge is overburdened and neglected. Engineers should examine the work thoroughly and often. If not engineers, then men who are experts In such work. It is not difficult to discover a defect, and I gather that some of the defects that have caused the trouble were known long ago.

"There Is some talk about the vibration having been the cause of the breaks. This is not so, unless conditions that were established when the bridge was built have been violated or abrogated. In a suspension bridge rigidity Is a desirability, but not a necessity. It Is subject to a constant swaying, which it is built endure. If.

however, any part that arranged to yield with the motion of the bridge is tightened by reason of rust or any other result of neglect the swaying motion become a I apprehend that this is what occurred. the preservation of a bridge, or any othftr Fte'-l or Iron structure, In fact, it ia necessary to paint frequently and thoroughly. Hum must not be allowed to form where. Kust is the bane of a bridge, and nothing will more quickly contribute to its destruction. I understand thai painting has not been bo car.

fully attended to as it should have been. A force twenty m'-n to paint all the In New-York i- absurdly small, and cannot possibly the work. "The bridge is carrying a load that It was never intended to carry. The towers and cables can support all that can be put on them, but the part that is suspended from the cables is too light for the work it has to do. The flooring Is not heavy enough, and th- sunpendor rods proved their Inadequacy.

tower to tower the work in too light to carry the long trains and the numerous trolley cars that cross II every day." Alexander Johnson, the engineer In charge of the construction of the Manhattan end of the new Kant River Bridge, declined to discuss the breaks, faying that It would not be fair for him to do so unless he made a thorough examination of them. "The new bridge will be so much larger." he said, "than the old one that comparison cannot be made. We are examining every piece of material thoroughly, and will not use any that will not stand the most rigid test. I do not know, except from reading the papers, anything about what has happened. If there Is fault in construction, we will not fall Into th" same error, because we are able to use all the experience that was gained there.

If It Is in material we will avoid it, for the reason I have mentioned. If damage resulted from neglect there Is no provision we can make against it happening on the new bridge. More than this I do not care to say." Ml. I'IIILIUX AROUSED. APPOINTS AN ENGINEER TO EXAMINE BRIDGE AND may PROSECUTE.

District Attorney PhilMn. who was back In his office yesterday, Bald that he had chosen a civil engineer to investigate the break in the Brooklyn Bridge, and that if it was found that any one could be held responsible for the accident the matter would at once be presented to Jury. Mr Pbilbin regards the breaking of the nine suspension rods as evidence of gross negligence on the part of some one, and hln In probing the accident will not at all he lessened, he paid, by the fact that repairs have been mini. Mr. Phllbin added that his engineer should not alone devote his attention to the breaks that have already been made, but to the entire structure frnn one shore to die other.

1 ii" expert will accordingly make the minutest examination of all the suspendor work, truss work and tho roadways. From information obtained at the District Attorney's office, it appear? that there had been a desire on the part if engineers of the bridge to prevent an examination cf the parts which have now b'en replaced. Inquiry was made at tho engineer's office regarding broken It was said that they were not. to be seen. When Assistant District Attorney Le Harbior was asked if efforts were being made to conceal the bn.k"n rods he replied: "We a ent cut orders yesterday for a thorough investigation, and Inspector Cross find his men ere at work Heeuring all the evidence they ran." "Are they going to the suspenders?" he was asked.

"They are trying to get all the evidence in the case they can, whatever it relates to. I don't know In what form the evidence will be." Mr. Le Barbler afterward admitted that the broken parts might constitute most important evidence In case the matter was brought before the grand jury. Mr. Philbln has received a report from Commissioner Murphy In regard to the investigation, in which he pays the District Attorney will have the fullest co-operation of the Police Department.

It Is said th it the District Attorney Is of the opinion that the. overcrowding of the bridge is due in a measure to Commissioner Shea, as he is in control and has general supervision over the bridge. It was the drift of opinion yesterday in the District Attorney's office that Mr. Shea might soon rind himself in the possession of a summons to appear before the errand Jury, as his friend Commissioner Scanneli was called on to do with the result of an indictment Mm, FbUhln he did not to make public, the name of the civil engineer who Is to conduct the Investigation for his office. Another Investigation was begun yesterday with a great flourish of trumpets by the Health Department, but it didn't last lons.

Commissioner Sextan said yesterday that he had assumed Jurisdiction In bridge matters for the time, at least, and would nee that tho health of the people was cared for. "The public must be assured of the perfect safety nt the bridge," he declared, "and I propose to make it possible for the people to cross without fear that it will break. One my sanitary engineers has made a careful examination nf tho brldKe and has to me through Dr. Michael B. Peeney, the chief sanitary inspector.

The engineer, A. J. Rrennan, found that all known defective parts of the bridge had i repaired, lie found another break on a second Inspection, but says it is not vital and will be repaired. Acting on his expert opinion, which Is that the brldce is safe, I have nothing mpre than to send both his reports to Commissioner Shea. Since the matter has been attended to, see no reason for further action my I will, however, en.leavor to se In future that cnrefui inspection of the bridge is made and that it Is kept in a safe condition." TRAFFIC PARTLY RESUMED.

HEADWAY BETWEEN CARS INCREASED IN A FEW HOURS AFTER STARTING AGAIN. Traffic was resumed to a certain degree on the north roadway of the bridge yesterday morning and continued ail day. Brooklyn Rapid Transit authorities paid in the evening that they would be rendy this morning to handle the usual number of people who cross to Manhattan, and that the regular schedule would be in force. Klngsley Martin, an englnfor connected with the now East River Bridge, and a son of Chief Engineer C. C.

Martin, took charge of the repairs tbal were "necessary. He had a force of men working all night and Just before 6:30 In the iTiornlnp announced that repairs had been completed and that the road might be used. A few inlnut'-s afterward the roadway was thrown The first to cross were two bicyclists, and after them went a ng string of wagoaa At 7 o'clock trains began to run on a headway of two minutes. At this time In tho morning usual headway Ir fifty seconds. By o'clock the headway had been reduced to two and half minutes, which was maintained all day until the rush hours at The headway of two minutes was resumed after 7 o'clock In the evening.

Ah to the surface roads, the tables had nil boon made for the day on the supposition that the bridge would be used only by the shuttle cars. As soon as the authorities knew that the road was open they cent their extras along. The Ilrst trolley car crossed the bridge on the north roadway coon after 8 o'clock. It was Impossible to change the schedules in a moment, so It whs some time before cars began to run with anything like regularity. Boon, however, about two-thirds the usual number of cars were running, and tills ratio was all day.

During the rush hours In the afternoon cars were sent from Manhattan on a headway of one minute, By 0 o'clock the usual number of cars were crossing, but without the usual Dumber of passengers. people seemed to be afraid of the bridge. in the morning the usual crowds were not present, but thin because all lines ran ferries. But not more than of the ordinary number of pedestrians, according to police, who were on duty at the Manhattan end. walked over On the promenade.

This traffic Is heavier than most people think, and great diminution was easily observed. In the evening Police Inspector Cross ordered fifty of the reserves from the downtown prrclnts to handle the crowds that expected. The reserves had nothing to do. Less than half the number of persons who usually cross ewry evening appeared at the entrance Seats In the. cars were plentiful, and there wan n.i crowding, The promenade, too, was comparatively deserted, either because the regular pedestrians feared a crush or because they doubted the safety of th" bridge.

UoW IT USED TO BE 'BED A FORMER TRUSTEE TELLS OF THE OLD SYSTEM OF INSPECTION. L. Keeney, who was a trustee of the Brooklyn Bridge for about twelve before the were legislated out by consolidation, at his home. No. 221 Brooklyn, informed a Tribune reporter last evening that during his administration skilled mechanics went over tin; bridge every day to see if anything was wrong.

If nnything was found Which needed repair a report was made at once to the chief engineer. Something broke nearly every day or week. Several suspender rods broke from time to time, but these breaks were not considered serious. The last year Mr. Keeney was trustee the bridge was painted from end to end.

It was painted throughout on an average of about once In four years, but whenever any part of it was BePn to need paint it was attended to. Mr. Keenly thought Wednesday's accident on the bridge might have happened at any time, that it had been exaggerated, and that there had been paid and written about It than was necessary. He believed the bridge was carrying all it ought to, and more than It was Intended to carry, but it was as safe as the day it was built. On the main span, however, the cars, he naid should not get closer together than 102 feet at any ii WO as to make an equal bearing on the bridge.

Trolley traltlc in Mr. Keeney's opinion did not hurt the bridge if it was not and he did not think the bridge had at all deteriorated since it had passed into the control of the Rapid Transit Company. WORLD'S RECORD FOR MILE BROKEN. Providence. H.

1., July "Wi11" Stlnson broke the world's record for the mile a nix lap track at the Colosseum this afternoon, riding the distance In Ha made two attempts and wan successful in the second. All the requirements as to referee, timers and scorers were fulfilled. The previous record was made at by Archie" McEachern last season. Btlnson received and builder of track a Ilka amount, offered si a whan the record vu broken. NEW GERMAN TARTFF.

PUBLICATION OF THE HATES AS FIXED IN THE PROPOSED CUSTOMS LAW. DUTIES HEAVILY FRUIT OF AGITATION AGAINST AMERICAN MEN CALL IT MONSTROUS. Berlin, July The "Relchaanzeiger" to-day publishes a draft of the new Customs Tariff law and custrms rates. V' The "North German Gazette," discussing the publication by the "Reichsanzeiger" of the customs announcements, points out that the draft of the new tariff was published because it had already been partly printed in an unauthorized manner, but as It had not yet been thoroughly discussed in the Bundesrath, neither the provisions of the bill nor the customs rates therein set down were unalterable before the bill reached the Reichstag. DUTIES NAMED IN THE NEW LAW.

tariff bill, as printed by the "Reichsanzeiger," fills a pamphlet of MB pages. The duties on grain are the same as published in the "Stuttgarter Beobachter." The duty on maize is four marks per metric hundredweight, without minimum; the duty on barley Is four marks per metric hundredweight maximum, and three marks pet metric hundredweight minimum; cloverseed will pay a duty of five marks per metric hundredweight; rice is four marks per metric hundredweight; malt of barley will pay four and one-quarter marks pf metric hundredweight, while other malt will pay nine marks. Cotton Is free, while hops will pay forty and hopmeal sixty marks per metric hundredweight. Apples, unpacked or in sacks, will be free of duty. Apples packed in other ways will pay a duty of marks.

Hardwoods, not sawed, will pay 20 pfennigs per hundredweight, or 1 mark SO pfennigs per solid meter; soft woods, not sawed, will pay 20 pfennigs per hundredweight, or I mark 20 pfennigs per solid metre. Hardwoods, sawed, will pay 1 mark pfennigs per hundredweight, or 10 marks per solid metre; soft woods, sawed, will pay 1 mark 2." pfennigs per hundredweight, or 7 marks 90 pfennigs per solid metre. Barrel staves will pay 30 pfennigs per hundredweight. Horses worth from 300 marks to marks are scaled under the tariff law to pay duties ranging from marks to 300 marks each. Beef cattle will be charged marks, young cattle, marks, calves 4 marks and hogs 10 marks each.

Fresh meats will pay 30 marks per hundredweight; prepared as table delicacies they will pay 7." marks per hundredweight. Meat extracts will pay SO marks per hundredweight: sausages. marks; lard. 12 marks .10 pfennigs per hundredweight, and oleomargarine will pay the same as butter. Cheese will pay 30 marks per hundredweight.

All Hours, except oat flour, will pay 13' a marks per hundredweight, while oat flour will pay 16 marks. Cottonseed oil. in casks, will pay marks, and not in casks. 20 marks per hundredweight. Sugar will pay 40 marks per hundredweight, as will fruit sugars, glucose, dextrin, etc.

Margarine butter will pay 30 marks. Artificial lards will pay marks. Fruit preparations will pay marks, and in brandy, SO marks per hundredweight. All hermetically sealed foods otherwise unspecified will pay 75 per hundredweight. Haw tobacco will ay S5 marks per hundredweight, as will the atoms of raw tobacco.

Stemmed tobacco leaves and chewing tobacco will pay ISO marks per hundredweight. Cigars and cigarettes will pay 270 Petroleum will pay 10 and marks per hundredweight aoc Nrdlng to its quality. Wool will be admitted free. Leather will pay from 30 to 50 marks, and shoes from 85 to 120 marks per metric hundredweight. Wood manufactures will be taxed as follows, pat metric hundredweight, in marks: Planed wood.

further manufactured. 10: prepnrcl flooring. to IS: furniture made from hardwood, 12: in the rough, 18; finished furniture of soft wood, S. and in the rough, 12. MANUFACTURES OF IRON.

Finished nig Iron. 1 mark per metric hundredweight; east piping for walls, above 7 millimetres, in the rough. 3 mirks; the same finished. 4 i marks; the same, below 7 millimetres In the rough. marks, and the latter finished.

0 marks; rollers, rough. marks: finished. 10 Fine castings will pay 24 marks; rail." and blooms. 1 mark 50 pfennigs: wrought bars and hoops will pay from 1 to 5 marks; sheets. marks 50 pfennigs and 7 mirks; rough wire will pay from 3 to 5 marks; polished or galvanized it will pay from 3 marks 50 pfennigs to 6 marks; steam hollers will pay from 5 to 8 marks per metric hundredweight: spades and shovels v.HI pay forks.

10 marks; IB nnd 20 marks: files. 10 to 20 marks; rough aor 5 mark-: finished screws. 12 marks; aluminum, hammered or rolled, will pay Imarks; taad. rolled. 3 marks; copper wrought or rolled 12 marks; copper wire.

12 marks. Locomotives will pay from to 11 per metric hundredweight. Btearn engines will pay SV-i marks per hundredweight. Sewing machine, 35 marks- The duties on machinery for wood, iron and stone working will range from 20 mnrks on machines weighing two and one-hair hundredweight to 4 marK, on machines weighing ten Steam thrashers anil mowers will nay 0 marks, while the duties on other machinery rang- from I marks 60 pfennigs to IS marks per metric hundredweight. The dutiea on dynamos and motors range from 0 tnnrks on machines welshing five hundredweight or less to I marks en dynamos an.l motors weighing from five hundredweight to thirty hundredweight.

Telephone and telegraph apparatus will pay marks. Th. duties on wagons will range from 20 to 150 Bicycles will pay 150 marks, while buggies and carrlnpes will pay from IM to 200 marks. Bicycle nrt rouirh marks: finished. 180 marks.

Pianos and organs will pay 40 marks and pipe organs. 26 marks All the foregoing duties are reckoned per metric hundredweight. A RETALIATORY CLAUSE. Section 9 of this tariff law provides that dutiable goods sent to Germany from countries treating German ships and German goods more unfavorably than those Of other countries may be assessed double the rates provided for under this law. or to the full urn of these poods, that dutiable goods arriving from countries that are on the.

free list may be assessed per cent of their full value. The text of the measure appeared too late for comment in the evening papers. Opinion In Berlin commercial circles, however, is that the agricultural schedules are monstrous. Involving a great burden for Germany's Industrial and commercial classes, together with a serious In Jury to foreign trade, tariff wars nnd hindrances to commercial treaties. AMERICANS DISAPPOINTED.

Americans in business In Berlin regard the bill as exceedingly bad for both Germany and the United States, pointing out that the sharp agitation during the last few years against certain American products has borne fruit in present bill. Besides the agricultural schedules, the Americans express disappointment at the heavy Increase in machinery. The present duties, ranging from two and a half to eight marks per hundredweight, ore in many cases more than doubled. In the case of saws they are quadrupled. American woods are also hard hit.

The measure shows a reclasalflcatlon of and a much more minute division. Comparisons, therefore, are often difficult. The Tariff bill stipulates that In any new commercial treaties entered into by Germany the ditties shall not be lower than rive marks on rye. five and a half marks on wheat, three marks on barley and five marks on oats. The duties on grain, provisions and cattle are as published last week by the "istuttgartsr Beoaaaaiar." and already cabled to The Associated Press from Berlin, with the exceDtirm toes, which are exempt.

cxce of The Berlin dispatch referred In the sage Is dated July 20 and says: me A lively discussion of the tariff anwtnr, broken out as the result of the haa CW a "tcultural schedules by the tl tha Eeobachter." which asst-rts that it information in regard to the matter. The lratte striking features of the schedules are th. ties and the minimum and maximum chare? minimum figures are to be 011 admissible in commercial treaties. th. Mt are marks (nearly wheat.

and 60 marks a ton on rye and minimum char on wheat Is 8 a tan Th on rye and oats 30 marks. The present ma rk nd wheat are 35 marks a ton. There is no minimum tariff on animals and The duty on cattle has been raised from and on swine from 50 marks a ton to lS) mTrk, ton. Meat lard and calves are scheduled Tor con slderable increases. Sausages are raised fronTm to 4-.

marks a ton; butter and cheese from 20 to 30 marks a ton. and eggs from 20 to INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES IN BANK SHARES STILL FALLING-PI iron PRODUCTION DECREASING Berlin. July attack of the bears upon the shares of provincial banks continues. Muehlheimer Bank shares fell to-day points; Hannoverische. Barmen Bankvereln.

3. and Duisburg-Ruhrort. Some of these Institutions were affected by the failure of the Terlinden Company, of Oberhausen. managing director has absconded. Germany's pig Iron production for June was tons, as against tKU.IIT tons for the corresponding month last year.

The output for May was tons. ITRES. STATISTICS OF THIS EXTORTS AND IMPORTS. "Washington. July The detailed figures of foreign commerce of the United States in the year ended June 30.

1901. were completed by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics to-day. They show total imports, total exports. and exports of domestic products, The imports by great classes in the yea? 1901. compared with the preceding year, are as follows: Articles of food and animals in $28,310,0931 1901, articles in a crude condition toe use In domestic Industry, in 1900, In ISO! $269,763.

404; articles wholly or partially manufactured for use in manufactures and mechanic arts in 1900. 185.433.549, in 1901. 579.050.716; articles manufactured ready for consumption in BtS, In 1901. $130,652,903: articles of voluntary use, luxiM ries, in ISO). in 1901.

$120,938,095. The reduction In value of Imports occurs chiefly" In raw silk, hides and skins, wool and Indian rubber, and in most of these the reduced value is partially due to reduction of price, rather quantity. Raw silk shows a reduction from in ISM to $29,133,777 in 1901. a decrease in value of 34.1 per cent, while the number of pounds shows a decrease from 11,259.310 pounds in 1900 to pounds in 1901. a decrease of only 13.3 per cent.

In India rubber, while the imports of 1903 are only 455.383. against $31,176,867 in 1900. the quantity imported in 1801 is 55.275.259 pounds, against 43.377.133 pounds in 1300. In wool, the Importations decreased, from 155,928.433 pounds, valued at in to 1U3.553.5ud pounds, valued at in The exports of domestic merchandise by great classes were as follows: 1001. of agriculture 58K.858.t23 Prtxtucts of manufacture taO.tSI.TS9 41o.3O:u;» of minir.K W.S«.«a Products of the forest 34 312.8301 Products of the fisheries 7.743.31* Miscellaneous 4.Ct5.21S Each of these great classes except manufactures) shows a marked Increase over last year.

The apparent decrease In manufactures, which amounts to $23,342,563. is due chiefly to the absence of figures showing exports to Hawaii and Porto Rico, which are estimated at about 1i0.0C0.000 for the year, and largely consisted of manufactures. In two Important articles of manufacture, however, the ports of 1901 fan below those of 1900. The total exports of copper in 1501 were pounds, valued at asainsr. pounds in list, valued at Ji5.772,l i5.

This decrease was chiefly due to a reduction In demand for copper fes Europe In cotton cloths there a reduction. due to the temporary suspension of to China to which the of cotton cloths fell from IBl.oa.ssl yards, valued at in 19Mb to "3 yards, valued at J4.332.524. in 1901. The by continents in 1901. compares with IMS, are as follows: 1901.

i North 1 South America 35.845. T63 44. -H M. Africa .7.7 ttVMsxsw $1.304. The exports to each of the continents, except Asia and Oceania, show- a marked Increase over last year.

To Oceania the apparent decrease of JS.Ot4,oo!> is entirely due to the absence of thai Hawaiian figures from the export statement 1901. To Asia the reduction of J13.310.903 Is due in parti to the temporary suspension of exports to China, durtn? the recent period si hostilities, and in para to the reduction hi exports of cotton to Japan, as compared with abnormal export 3 la 1900. The principal chances In th- exports by countries Hr A decrease of to Japan and to China, which are due to the causes above mentioned. The exports Russia in the year IMI were airainat In The principal Increases in exports are: To 1 Kingdom. W.OM.IXO; British North America, British Africa.

Germany. Mexico. Chill. Peru, Porto Rico. and Philippine Islands.

By far the largest increase was to Trlted Klnpdom. to whi. the exports were 3CB.M In IW, 1533.819.535 in the total Increase being nearly of which over in cottonf abom in and about SHMXNMWO In provisions. The total exports to British territory were valued JiW.sol.*-. or per cent of the total exports of I The total Imports of the year were 5 than those of 1900 and than of im earlier.

The total ex in escess of those ct SCO. and in excess of these of ten years JTn.lJ Tn excess of exports over Imports wis Krent'r thar. that of ISM JS2s.3i;.!*r greater than that of 1891. WAKEUAX WILL SOOS WAKE AXSTFER. THE nut.

REPLT TO PRESENT CVaATKMCS CHASjOSJi MJkDB ix the past. Wiltnir F. srahs-stfu the Appraiser of the Port. that he will make in answer soon to the charges ngalnSl Mm that have km nte.l wita the Secretary of the by New-York Beard of TratU- and Transportation and the NVw-York Crockery of action In transferring some examiners from public stores to the docks recently, which tha basis of the charges, th- Appraiser i 51 the Inter.st of the public ami to prevent d.Mnjs- This Is not the first time that hnve made ssjsteel the Appraiser. In there were reports that he to on account of Influences which were being exerted against him at Washington.

He contradicted th reports, and It wax ascertained thai no formal eharsea sgsjnsl him had been I-' 1 with the Secretary of the Treasury, although some pwssaie had been exerted by to have Mr. WaVeirnn forced to resign. In March. Importers el this dry were connected with the Merchants' Association tod a meeting and protested, "in resolutions I si were adopted, against needless delays in the appraisal of goods at the public scores. There waS another report that Mr Wahemaii Intended to resign, but he declared that he would achi on to In April.

a II In of th Merchants Association prepared formal charges against Mr. A commission to Investigate charges was sent to the Public Stores in the following month by the Secretary of the Treasury; The report of the commission In the folio win, September declared that there complaint that unjust discrimination "J.l maS in appraising St. nail elKii rrlct-s should have been obtained in t.ie pralsal of certain goods, and that KaaM cause for complaint that a damped at the Public Stores, but of needless delays In 1 I "flier. that Mr. Wakeman a letter protesting against a ore Wnkemnn to levy an a distinrt two cents on Imported cc tWpattern in the weave.

The Appraiser vi pVi thai ha ssssndei I i his offl war aerTAc'wAMM i 1 1 Messrs. Hedges Butter, of Lcndon. England, hnvejuit had the honor of appointed gpsoial Rov4l ra chtnu to the KUag ox.