The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-10-26
NEWS BY CABLE FROM ABROAD.
German Progessists Working
Against Restrictive Laws.

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Against Restrictive Laws.
TREY WIZ Make Terms With the Emperor
ON his Pet Social Reform Msasures--
AIacricsu Tariff Legislation HasStirrer
Things Up In Europe -Px5isian Notes.
lCopyrightl 1890, by the N y Ass ysiatci F,tess
BERLTS,Oct .25.-[SpeciallNT COM
mission OF the Reichstag, to which was
referred tho labor bills, will resume it's.
sittings NHvembev 18th. Time will thus.
De given far a cnHaplete discassio of.
measures before the reassembli 1s of the,
Keischstag inthe fSnst week of Decem--
Der. The ultimate shape and fats of the.
bills depends largely upon the govern
nfents tact in securing 4 majoritn The
center party continues TO make the aboI-
ALTON of the prescription of religious.
orders an absolute condition of its-sup-
port of the Em,mror's, social reforms.
The IColdartellistss resiss the abolition.
~ section of the Proguessits, and all
socialists considering prescription con-
trary to the principles Of a free people.
will vote with the CentriMis.
Herr Windthorst reckous there will
he 2i0 votes cast for the uepeal of tho
law II the government accepts the
gage OF peace offered bvtho centre party
and aaeords the abolition desired q
strong majority will be assured for labor
and other social measures
Several official movements point tn
the probability of the tariff Question
engaging the attention of the Reichstag.
rendering all the moro lie oessary care
full nursing of the ministerial majority.
a commission comprising twenty mem
bers has been appointed under the min
istry of the interior to inquire into
Austro-0@rman commercial relations
with view to the reciprocal diminution
of the tariff. Experts appointed by the
Federal government will assist in the
revision of Stro-Germanltroaty.
Communica tons from the minister of
tho interior have been sent TO leading
firms in Hamburg, Bremen. Breslau
and other trade centers asking them to
report on the effects of the Mckinley
bill in their lines of.tradc. They are also
asked what prospect there is for finding
new channels for merchandise affected
by the American tariff. The commits
sion further has to consider tho new
1euooidH pNOstCIlOn measure. The re-
cent raising of import duties imposed
by Russia twenty per cent. was merely
provisional, pendiny the fixing of new
rate.
tariff commission, drawn from the
public departments OF the chief COM
mercial centers of Russia and presided
over by the finance minister. will begin
its sittings next week for the purpose
Of deciding Upon the details of tho new
tariff, which the Novoe Vremya de-
clares will be the highest in Europe
While the government recognizes tho
necessity of considering tariff questions.
Official circles continue to doubt that
any important alterations will be made
In the existing treaty with Austria, an
are equally sceptical as to any German
rcprisals upon American trade Reports
thus FAR received at tho ministry of tho
interior tend TO dssipate tho fesling of
alarm created by the augmented Ameri-
can tariff. Leading export houses APP
pear u he doing their n IN inal trade.
American orders in the leading COM
mercial centres do not apprcciably
diminish However. the future NAV
affect exports, the government has time
to pause and it will not he driven into
concerted reprisals with Austria by IL
sudden collapse in the American trade.
Reports emanating from Paris and
Vienna attributing the initiation of the
proposed concerted legislation in retail
alton for the passage of the Mckinley
bill to the Berlin Government are ut
terly untrue. Since Ribot's overtures
looking to such action were rejected no
communication has passed between tho
French and German governments on the
subject. The tariff negotiations with
Austria originated solely with Count
kalnok. the Austro- Hungarian prime
minister, and are being continued with
out sanguine expectations on part oe
German officials of beneficial issue
PARIS, Oct 20 Special The new
tariff bill was issued to-day to tho
chamber of deputies. 1t dwells upon
the tendency toward protection dis
played by most nations, and refers
especially to the high tariffs of the
United States. Canada and the South
American states. 1t proposes the fol-
lowing duties per 100 kilos: On wheat.
francs; on flour. francs; on corn, 3
francs; on cornmeal francs, and on
salt pork, l. francs. The duty on pc
trolcum has not been fixed, pending tho
decision on proposals of the budget COM
mission.
In regard to cattle, tho bill reserves
liberty of action, but the duty hence
forth will be levied on weight instead of
by head. Cocoons and thrown silk will
pay duty. Raw silk will be free. Wool.
raw cotton, flax, hemp, fleeces, hides
and jute are exempted from duty. Duties
on eggs, butter, oils, oleaginous seeds,
woods, foreign wines and textile fabrics
are increased. Duties on coal and
chemical products remain as Mt present,
but the tariff on medals has been revised,