New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-28
A DESTRUCTIVE TARIFF WAR.
GERMANY AND RUSSIA BOTH SUFFERIN
SEVERELY.
EXPORTERS COMPLAIN BITTERLY-TllE GERMAN
MARKET FOR INDIAN CORN GROWING
RAPIDLY-oTHER TOPICS.

MARKET FOR INDIAN CORN GROWING
RAPIDLY-oTHER TOPICS.
Berlin. Aug 27.-At the beginning of the tariff
war between Russia and Germany Berlin poll
ticans made airy prophecies that German indus
tries would hardly feel the change. Their idea Of
the situation has proved to be miserable de-
fusion. Without doubt Russia suffers more thah
does Germany from the break in their commercial
relations. but the losses this side OF the Nisua
are far from trivial The loss Of the entire eX-
port trade with Russia has been felt with uh-
usual keenness on account of the general depres-
sion preceding it. Among those who complain
most bitterly to the Government are the rup~r
exnorters the Thuringan porcelain manufact-
urers. the lampmakers. metal workers ana
chemical manufacturers in Leipsic and Berlin ana
the owners OF the great leather industries Ill
Onenbach These men reproach the Government
with having proceeded nippantly and reckessly IN
joining issue this unfavorable time Russia
they say was their best customer and their
losses already amount TO several hundred 'hou-
sand marks. Many manufacturers who with dt-
fcuty survived the blow given them by the NC
Kinley bill have been brought to the verge or
ruin by the tariff war Not few are believed to
be insolvent
The leaders in the semi-ohical journals increase
the discomfort in the industrial centres by making
light of Germany's loss in trade. They continue TO
maintain that the effect Of the tarin war Is hardlE
felt in the Empire. in proof of this assertion they
'iiNN
Russia the trade of the seaport luebeck has not
been lessened by a marks worth. The truth or
this statement may be gauGed by the fact that
the lines of steamships plying between Luebeck
and Russian and Finnish ports have suspended
their services. The sufferers in all parts OF the
country say that a military war would not cause
a greater commercial loss than does the present
policy of the Government. The fact that the
Russian orders once filed in Germany are piacen
now in England and France adds to their bitter
Meanwhile reports from St Petersburg and Mos
cow show that industrial affairs in Russia are
about bad they can be Since the export OF
Russian grains to Germany has been cut off the
Government has striven to keep up agricultural
prices by all known artificial means Enormous
quantities of cereals have been bought for the
army, loans deposits Of corn have been ad-
vanced. and railway tariffs have been made as
low as possible to help exporters in using new
outlets to foreign markets. All this, however.
has availed little. as Bulgaria. Rumania. Turkey
and even Spain sending such great quantities OF
corn to Central Europe that, instead of the ex-
pected rise, a notable fall of prices in the Berlin
market has taken place To the Russians them
selves therefore. the situation seems almost hope
less The widespread dependency in both coun-
tries Is regarded sign that the war cannot
last long. and in this fact tho German manu-
facturers and Russian grain dealers find about
their only consolation.
Among the side issues of the tariff war Is the
noteworthy increase of smuggling the Russo
German frontier. Although officials on both sides
close an eve TO this of thing affrays between
them and smuggers become daily more frequent
Some have resulted in death: many in severe in
juries
The army manoeuyres in the annexed provinces
next month will be stern work for the soldiers.
taxing their energies hardly less than would actual
war Exacting movements will be made on every
DAY from the ID to the 18th, not even excepting
Sundays Military men are especially interested IN
the effect Of the cavalry rules The use or
DOGS TO carry messages and look up the dead and
wounded after battle will be tried on larger
scale than ever before. The trainers nave been
out with the dogs near the Tempelhofer Field for
months In preparation for these experiments. ana
they are said TO have reported remarkable success.
The refusal OF France 10 he represented by d
military attache as formerly at the manoeuves
is still the subject Of much comment;
The suicide of a private in a guards regiment In
Potsdam has revived public discussion Of bullying
and abuse in the army. The private was the victim
of his corporal whose inhuman practices ne de-
scribed in a note left for his family. The Noi-
waerts," the organ of the Social Democracy Is
quick usual to turn the incident to It's own ac-
count. In a long leader it directs attention to the
fact that the eleven-year-old Crown Prince com
mands the half-company to which the dead
private belonged. and therefore, according 10 ili-
tary law, il answerabe for the whole affair. Ihe
Crown Prince ought TO be court-martialed says
the "Vorwaerts." and condemned 10 rigorous arrest
for several months.
In Bavaria official report published on Wedncs-
day shows that in 1892 privates in the Bavarian
Army complained Of seventy non-comfnlSsiohed 3
officers and eight commissioned officers. The sub
jecs of the complaints were, usual, physcal
violence and abusive language. All the commits
stoned officers and the majority Of the non-com-
missoned officers found guilty and were pun
fshed Bavaria is the only German State in which
military procedure is public.
But for a few sporadic cases, traced to outside /
sources Germany is still regarded free from !
cholera She Is exposed daily however to dangers ,
Yrom her infected neighbors. On the Polish from /
tier danger threatens constantly On the Aus
trian border the danger is fully great, while /,
all efforts guard against il are likely to be
rendered futile by the lying Of the Hungarian au-
thorities The Hungarian Minister Of the Interior
Is doing his best 70 obtain truthful reports from
the infected districts but he Is thwartcd by the
local authorities. Some Of the city and district
officials suppress cholera news merely because ,
they are too shiftless and ignorant to the need
of obeving the orders of the Home Office Others
do not report cases because they fear TO annoy
the people whose votes will be valuable at the /
dtsrict sre reckless and icrate Most Of them
dirty and dislike to be I3use1, cteahseu ana ana
unchecked among them and and nobody nobody hears OF 1t
until the increasing mortahty causes paiei 1si,,e
IN Hamburg has tested seventy-sevcn samples Of
water from the Eibe and its aniuents since July
18th He has found choleraic bacteria In twenty
samples but in no the genuine bacilli of Ash
attic cholera.
The United States Consuls of all Germany will I
meet in Hamburg tomorrow 70 agree upon con
certed action under the United States April laws /,
TO prevent infection of American PortS by I
emigrants goods from this country, ! ne nfSt
plan of the Consuls was to meet carly IN sep
tember but disquieting reports of cholera In Neuss
Halle Duisbwg and Sismarlnseh cause" 'he" 10
fix the earliest possible date.
The trade statistics Of Hamburg. published on
Friday show that compared with the buslnes,
done IN 1881 the imports fell 1861 100 marks and
exports fell l2252S.g5O marks. This decline IS