The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-30
THE GRAIN DUTIES
Germany Considering the Expe-'
diency of SuSpending Them.
1T WILL ONLY BE TEMPORARILY
The Emperor is Des1rous Of sunnrass,ns
ntemperance Fair Commissioners Cor
nal.y Received In Russia.

BERLIN, Aug. 29.-TCopyright 1901 nv
New York Associated Press 1-Ordars
nave Oeen issued by the government calling.
upon agricultural district officials to re-
port as to the condition and probable
yield OF wheat and rye. Judging from the
altered tone of members of the official cir
Gle, suspension of the import duties ON
grain is becoming a recognized necessity
Inc minister will not wait till November
TO submit the question in the reichstag. but
Immediately upon the conclusion of the
gathering and digesting Of statistics will
declare the duties suspended. The North
German Gazette published an article on the
subject In which it avowed that the main
reason of the government in hitherto RAJ
1uslng to lessen or suspend the duties. was
tne Tear tnat the reichstag would, once
Ghey were abolished or reduced, never
allow them to be restored. This
statement raised storm OF
protests, in which the sgrarian journals
joined. The notion that suspension Of
the duties meant permanent abolition il
denounced as absurd in view of the fact
that the reichstag. which has YET three
years to live, has a clear protectiouiss
theory, ready TO reimpose the duties when
the government desires. In the meantime
what measures are possible will be taken to
tighten the hardships resulting from the
dearneSs of rye.
The Reichs bank has been authorized tn
make advances up to two-thirds of the
value OF grain placed i'll the depot I'm
porters nave made every exertion to sup
| ply TIE depots. Until yesterday, when the
Russian prohibition came into force. the
frontier railways did a great CARRYING
trade. Mixing rye with wheat all eady has
oeen largely resorted TO and nothing but
TINS mixture IS now used for making bread
! for the army.
| The FTciSSiHHig6 Zettung has decided to
| oppose the main clauses of the governments
! Dill Tor the repression of drunkenness. The
| ultimate fate of the measure may be pre-
dlcted, as II Is modelled after bill of sim
/ liar import which was introduced in tina
relcnstag in 1881 and dropped in committee.
! Leading mlnisterialists are the only SUP.
port OF the present bill and their support is
| due simply TO the fact that the Emperor.
who IS the father of the DILL, is in earnest
In his efforts to suppress the growing evil
of incompetence.
Handy, Peck and Butler, three members
OF the foreign commission of the Chicago
| Columbian exposition who have been visit
ing Russia, describe their reception by NJ.
de Glers, Russian prime minister, as of a
most cordial nature Vishnegradskv. min
lister of finance, promised he would at an
early date appoint an imperial commission
to attend to ali matters pertaining to the
proper representation of Russian art, in.
dustry and manufactures.
AzIhe eleven days tour of Messrs. Gros-
venor and Lindsay IN Switzerland covered
every industrial centre. Everywhere they
were told they could rely upon a represen-
tatlOn of Swiss products.
Percy Tilghman, who at one time was
United States consul in this city, but who
subsequently became notorious for his
swindllng operations, has been at his old
tricks again, having swindled Banker Ian
dry at the Hague out of 500
The fall of President Balmaceda, OF
Chill, is received with general satisfaction
mere. The position of the new Balmacedon
warshiD, the Presidente Pinto, which ia
now at Kiel, is matter of discussion
among naval officers owing TO the different
circumstances which now attach to her.
Her commander expects to remain at Kiel
until he can obtain orders from the consti-
tuted government at Santiago de Chill.