National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-09-30

items IN regard TO theduchy, The extensive
culture Of the sugar beet has enriched the
Brunswick peasantry, so that they are the
best situated OF their class in Germany.
Farming Is extensive, and the soil ls
worked to give the largest possible yield.
An extended demand for labor exists;
country schools are sometimes closed that
the children may assist In the field. Most
difficult Of all to obtain Ia female care In
the diaries. The young girls prefer the
Vaccinations OF city life, and 40 into ser
vice or In factories.
In the immediate vicinity Of Brunswick
agricultural laborers receive, men, $3.50
per year; women, SGI Ga. The mountainous
regions pay less. During great demand, I'm
the beet culture season, from April TO No
vember, fluctuating labor ia engaged by
contract. The workers arc generally
young, females predominatlng. The cash
paid lie from 90 TO 30 cents q day. Extra
houre, 2, Q, and cents. Time employed,
B or @ to IL a. m. and from TO p. m,
with half hour for breakfast and half hour
for supper. Coffee Ia supplied them in the
morning, warm meal at noon and night,
meat Sundays only Every five or six PEG.
pie receive one quart OF milk and often one
pound Of bread per head daily. Journey
to and from home is paid oace-fourth.
class railway fare. All live in common
quarters. II they prepare their own food
they are provided with place to cook,
fuel, utensils, and twenty-five pounds Of
potatoes and one and one.half pecks of
peas or other vegetables per head weekly.
Doctor and apotheeary free. Opportunity
to ride to church on Sunday.
Vice and Deputy Consul julius Dittmer,
Stettin, Informs us that the agricultural
laboTer generally receives daily wages
near towns, so cents; remote, 37l cents
and lives In the small houses belonging to
the estate. Only the thrashing OF grain
and the digging OF potatoes Is done by the
job. The iron pillow and harrow are used
on the smaller farms, drawn by two horses;
larger estates employ the steam pillow, built
after the American plan. There, also, the
American thrashing machine is much in
favor. Millers often use the American
sieve cylinders. During recent years there
has been such an overproductlon OF beet
root sugar that Just now the trade is stag
nant. The only agricultural products that
could be advantageously imported to Stet-
tin are maize and clovcrseed.
Consul Frank w. Ballow, Kehl, says that,
owing to the concentration Of small farms
into larger ones. Alsace-Lorraine can be
considered from the present time as a much
better field than IL has hitherto been for
the introduction and sale OF our excellent
agricultural machinery OF various kinds.
| Such of the smaller order as have been
| brought mere during the past few years
give unqualified satisfaction, and America
is highly praised In these for their light.
ness, durability, finish, and unequaled
utility.
Viticulture, since 1865, has increased
about one.sixth of its former area. A
marked advance in the price OF Alsatian
wines has been apparent since 1880. This
increase has, In some varieties, been over 80
| per cent.
Consul George G. Tanner, Chemntz, re-
| porting on hand and power looms, for
manufacturing dress goods, explains the
capacities Of both, and asserts that the
| former is subjecting the latter to a hard
struggle for existence. Yet there is n
suhtilty In the touch Of the human hand
which the machinery can never attain, aud
| which In the fabrication OF figured goods Is
Of such great importance. Therefore the
hand loom, In some degree, must still be
used.
The housing Of poor workingmcn, in q
single case, Is thus pictured Ivy the consul:
"At one place | counted eight persons,
men, women, and children, comprising two
families, all living In room measuring IL
by II, a chalk line drawn down the wall
indicating the partition. On each side of
this line stood hand-loom, q table, bed
with a truck bed underneath for the chill
dren, two chairs, and a bench, one stove
serving for both families.n
As TO their food they have but little,
| coffee and bread three times q day, occa.
sionally potato for dinner. Sunday, per.
baps, half Il pound OF meat. Horse meat
is extensively consumed by the laborlng
| classes, the prices ranging from to cents
per pound. Dogs, also, are killed for con
sumption, sold in markets, and even eater
hy well TODD people In preference to nut
ton. 1t is from to cents per pounl
more expensive than horse meat.
L pf &c n1u Do
dog and dumplings," and the Chemniti
papers contain weekly statistical account
Of the horses and dogs killed for consump
ton in that city.
Here the grave consul smilingly remarks
"Dog meat is supposed to possess a cura
tive power in cases OF pulmonary CON
plants, and, to judge by the number an
| the disease must he widespread" Pos
sibly "cur,n in the word "curativa,'
may he lurking pun, and "Dcigh,n In the
word "neighbor," abiding to horses, an
other.
Then follow descriptions of machinery
looms-with illustrative drawings, the max
ing Of pattern cards, OF ilannels, Of tambou
| goods, and Of plush.
| Agriculture Is next treated. "The acre
age OF the entire kingdom Is computed a
1900, $500, comprised of the most part II
large estates OF 1000 acres and upwards
with several ducal demesnes Of more THAI
$4,000 acres aud smaller farms ranging from
10 to 100 acres.n The land is very fertile
There is more under cultivation thar
In any other province In the empire
What may not be expected of lane
where cultivation Is the rule everywhere
Not one foot Of land is allowed to be idle
Even the public highways contribute thel
share toward the support of the community
They are planted with cherry trees, plum
apple trees.
Agricultural implements are uncouth and
of little efficiency.
Wages Of servants on farms are about
1919 per year, with board and lodging
for males; S2S.50 for females. Cows are
employed for tillng the soil on very small
plots Of five TO six acres and IN the noun
famous districts. The meals of farm hands
are substantial, not elegant; their homes
are one or two story brick houses, each, IL
many CAGES, inhabited by two or even foul
families.
Under the title "House Industriesn Mr.
Tanner writes: "Walking through vii
lage here one sees little girl on her way
to school patiently knitting silk stock
ing, an article that She. ma
never aspire to wear herself
will be included in an invoice which Gomez
into the United States. BY being CAREFUL,
taught at home when young these children
can card and spin as soon as they are ablI
to walk"
The President Invited TO Lynchburg
A delegation from Lynchburg, Va, he lded
| nv MFR RultOn pallpl nm tho President vast ~