Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-08-20

vest prospects. The say it is now al
most too late to avoid the distress that
will follow the short German crops, but
urge that the removal of the duties ON
gram will help to mitigate the suffer-
ings OF the people.
Chancellor Won Caprivi is deaf to all
the appeals made to him to remove the
grain duties. 1t is understood that he
is resolved to stick to his guns until the
commercial treaties OF Germany with
Austria, Hungary Switzerland and
Roumania are adjusted. and that he
will not entertain any propositions as
to the abolition Of the grain duty.
The full effects of the Russian meas
ure will not be felt fcr several DAYS.
The rye imported into Germany from
Russia cannot be replaced by the rye of
any other country. \ further and rap
id increase in the price OF bread-stuffs
must be expected. This will greatly
strengthen the agitation conducted by
the leader Of the Freisinnige party and
promises to augment the opposition to
the government. Russian finances will
also suffer from the prohibition. They
are already in sufficiently precarious
condition, especially after Russia's fu-
tile attempts to negotiate foreign loan.
ST.. PETERSBURG, Aug l2.-Such an
extreme measure as the prohibition of
the expectation of rye has not been
adopted in Russia since the Crimean
war. The Novosti says the measure
will seriously affect only Austria and
Germany and not England and France
which import only white wheat. There
fore the friends of Russia will not suf-
fer.
LONDON, Aug, 12.-The Times cor
respondent at Berlin says: There is no
chance of Chancellor Won Caprivi's
complying with the Radical request to
reduce the grain duties. The Russian
ukase will seriously affect East Prus-
sia which is almost entirely dependent
upon Russian supplies. Ninety per
cent OF the foreign rye imported into
Germany this year, from January to
July, came from Russia
The Daily News Says that it is reas-
suring to learn that the crops in the
United States promise to yield an ex-
ceptional}y large harvest. The farmers
of America, the paper declares, are
masters Of the situation, and it is to be
hoped that they will use their strength
mercifully. The making of corners in
the necessaries Of life is never laudable,
and in the present juncture it will be
little short of liendish.
The English press generally is much
disturbed over the announcement that
the Russian government has decided to
prohibit the export Of rye. The general
feeling is that although Great Britain
will not be affected to such an extent
as Germany and Austria, she will inev-
itably suffer to a great extent from the
prohibition.
The F3sGe-t Which 1t HAS GA Euro-
pcan Markets.
LONDON, Aug. 13.-The Trieste
failure and the Russian ukase have de-
dressed most Of the stocks. It is
feared that the failure of crops in Rus
sia Will give rise to popular disaffec-
tion, from which the Russian govern
ment is not unlikely to try and distract
attention from the complication.
There is an indication Of apprehensive
feeling on the stock exchange, and
even American securities yesterday
failed to attract the attention of buy
ers. The Russian ukase caused hard
ening of the prices of cereals in Liver
pool. Rye is not much dealt in in
England, as compared with the bnsi-
ness in that commodity on the contin-
ent, but Its absence causes Indian
maize to be in request, and for that
Liverpool is one Of the chief European
markets. Hence another further ad-
vance IN maize is expected.
The Times St. Petersburg cores
pondent says it is declared in well-in-
formed circles that the prohibition Of
rye exports was not warranted by the
condition of the crops, and the ukase
was a political move directed against
Germany and Austria.
BERLIN. Aug. 13.-It was at first be-
lieyed that the Russian ukase was di-
rected against Germany, but the gov
ernment now appears to be convinced
that the ukase was prompted chiefly by
economic motives. Germany's import
of rye in the last decade has amounted
to about one-sixth of her own product,
but the failure of the German crops
this year makes the situation more Sc
rious. The latest statistics, however,
leave ground for the hope that the har-
vest will be much better than was ex-
! pected.