He later became minister of finance (1879), an office in which he displayed exceptional ability. He increased the indirect duties derived from the so-called tobacco monopoly and the tax on spirits and malt, and introduced the “Börsensteuer” (tax on the bourse). He concluded the commercial treaty with the city of Hamburg by which that city entered the German Customs Union. On 25 May 1881 this agreement was signed between Bitter and the State Secretary of the imperial Treasury, on the one hand, Hamburg's Plenipotentiary Senators Versmann and O'Swald, and the envoy of the Hanseatic states in Berlin Dr. Friedrich Krüger, on the other. It stated that Hamburg was ready to accede to the Customs Union with all its territory, but excluding a permanent free port district which it specified. For this district, Article 34 of the imperial constitution would still apply, thus the freedoms of that district could not be abolished or restricted without Hamburg's approval.[1][2]
He reestablished the stability of the Prussian finances, and took a prominent part in bringing the railroads of Germany under government control. He resigned in 1882, in consequence of differences with Bismarck.
His literary activity was confined almost exclusively to works on music. His Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Writings) appeared in 1884.
karl, hermann, bitter, austro, american, sculptor, karl, bitter, february, 1813, september, 1885, prussian, statesman, writer, music, biography, edithe, born, schwedt, province, brandenburg, studied, cameralistics, berlin, bonn, served, plenipotentiary, prussi. For the Austro American sculptor see Karl Bitter Karl Hermann Bitter 27 February 1813 12 September 1885 was a Prussian statesman and writer on music Karl Hermann BitterBiography EditHe was born at Schwedt Province of Brandenburg and studied law and cameralistics at Berlin and Bonn He served as the plenipotentiary of Prussia on the Danube Commission from 1856 to 1860 was prefect of the Department of Vosges during the Franco Prussian War He later became minister of finance 1879 an office in which he displayed exceptional ability He increased the indirect duties derived from the so called tobacco monopoly and the tax on spirits and malt and introduced the Borsensteuer tax on the bourse He concluded the commercial treaty with the city of Hamburg by which that city entered the German Customs Union On 25 May 1881 this agreement was signed between Bitter and the State Secretary of the imperial Treasury on the one hand Hamburg s Plenipotentiary Senators Versmann and O Swald and the envoy of the Hanseatic states in Berlin Dr Friedrich Kruger on the other It stated that Hamburg was ready to accede to the Customs Union with all its territory but excluding a permanent free port district which it specified For this district Article 34 of the imperial constitution would still apply thus the freedoms of that district could not be abolished or restricted without Hamburg s approval 1 2 He reestablished the stability of the Prussian finances and took a prominent part in bringing the railroads of Germany under government control He resigned in 1882 in consequence of differences with Bismarck His literary activity was confined almost exclusively to works on music His Gesammelte Schriften Collected Writings appeared in 1884 Notes EditThis article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations May 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Borowsky Peter Hamburg and the Freeport Economy and Society 1888 1914 publ Hamburg University Press Hamburg 2005 pp 114 115 The Last of the German Free Ports The Times London 13 Oct 1888 p 8References EditRines George Edwin ed 1920 Bitter Karl Hermann Encyclopedia Americana This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Gilman D C Peck H T Colby F M eds 1905 Bitter Karl Hermann New International Encyclopedia 1st ed New York Dodd Mead Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karl Hermann Bitter amp oldid 1082715819, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
