Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1895-12-06
INJURIES our interests In C,ermanv.

industries; the influence of the
delusive doctrine that the internal devel-
opment of nation is promoted and Its
wealth increased by policy, in under
taking to reserve its home markets for the
essarily obstructs their sales in foreign
markets and prevents free access to the
products of the world; the desire to retain
trade IN or rnts, nd $50 OF the
conditions of demand and supply, and our
own hating hardness in inviting a freer
Of fnatn and Il ~ this
ternal markets naturally open to us, have
created a situation somewhat injurious to
American export interests, not only, in
Germany, whore they are most noticeable.
but in adjacent countries.
interests Affected.
The exports affected are largely Ameri-
can cattle and other food products, the
reason assigned for unfavorable discrim-
ination being that their consumption IL
deleterlous to the public health. This is
all the more irritating In view Of the fact
that no European state is as jealous of the
excellence and wholesomeness of its ex-
ported food supplies as the United States
nor so easily able on account of inherent
soundness to guarantee those qualities.
Nor are these difficulties confined to our
food products designed for expectation.
Our great insurance companies. for eX-
abroad and invested a large share of their
gains in foreign countries in compliance
with the local laws and regulations then
rowing circle of onerous and unforeseen
conditions, and are confronted by the
necessity of retirement from field thus
made profitable, if indeed they are not sum
marily expelled, as some of them have late
ly been, from Prussia.
Hints at Retaliation.
1t is not to be forgotten that interna-
tional trade cannot be one-sided. Its cur
rents are alternating and It's movements
should be honestly reciprocal Without
this it almost necessarily degenerates into
device to gain a. var OF conrr,yance
of a return. In our dealings with other
nations we ought to be en-handed and
scrupulously fair. This should be our pol
icy as a producing nation, and it plainly be-
comes us as a people who love generosity
and the moral aspects of national good
faith and reciprocal forbearance. These
considerations should not. however con-
strain us to submit to unfair discrimina-
ton nor to silently acquiesce in vexatious
hlndrances to the enjoyment of our share
trade relations. If an examination of the
situation suggests such measures on our
part as would involve restrictions similar
to those from which we suffer, the way to
such a course is easy. 1t should. however.
by no means be lightly entered upon, since
the necessity for the Inauguration of such
sentiment of our, people. and because it
naturally and logically might lead to con-
sequences of the gravest character.
l take pleasure In calling to your atten-
tion the enconiums bestowed on those ves-
sells of our new navy which took part in
the i. e, notable ceremony Of the opening OF the
traordinary achievement of the newer Ger
man nationality should be celebrated in
the Grsssnce Of Americas exposition Of
naval energy.
Behring Sea Affairs Unsatisfactory.
Our relations with Great Britain, always
intimate and important, have demanded
during the past year greater share
mined by the decision Of the Behring sea
ihe ad down ne ba
body has not been followed by the results
they were intended to accomplish, either
the PRINCIPLES Locked
their execution has been more or less i'm
perfect Much correspondence has been
on the subject of preventing the exterml-
mating slaughter of seals The INSULT
cheney of the British patrol of Behring sea.
under the regulations a agreed on by the two
only two British ships have been on police
duty during this season in those waters.
of existing regulations, as well as the adop-
ton of such additional regulations as ex-
perience has shown to be absolutely nec-
essary to carry out the intent of the award.
have been earnestly urged upon the British
government, but thus far without effective
results. In the meantime the depletion of
the seal HeFQS Dy means OF peldSlC hunting
has SO alarmingly. progressed that unless
their slaughter is at once effectually
checked their extinction within a few years
seems to be a matter of absolute certainty.
A Judicious Arrangement.
The understanding by which the United
States was to pay, and Great Britain to re-
ceive, a lump sum of S425,0 900 IN full settle
ment Of all British claims for damages
arising from our seizure of British sealing
vessels unauthorized under the award Of
the Paris tribunal of arbitration, was not
confirmed by the last congress- which de-
ton. am still of the opinion that this ar
rangement was a judicious and advan-
tageous one for the government, and I
sidered and sanctioned. If, however. this
does not meet with the favor of congress.
1t certainly will hardly dissent from the
by every consideration of honor and good
faith to provide for the speedy adjustment
Of these claims by arbitration as the only
ton has therefore been agreed upon, and
will be Immediately laid before the senate,
so that In one of the modes suggested q
final settlement may be reached
notwithstanding that Great Britain
originated the proposal to enforce inter-
national rules for the prevention Of col
lions of the maritime conference of Wash
ington, and concurred in suggesting March
!, 1855, as the date to be set by proclamation
for carrying these rules into general effect,
her majesty's government, having en-.
countered opposition on the part of British
salpping interests, announced it's inability
10 tna datg wheh was
still in allegiance, without prospect of q
better cite condition in the near future.
The commissioners appointed to mark
the International boundary in Passama-
quoddy bay according to the description Of
the treaty Of Client have not yet fully
agreed.
The ALASKAN Boundary.
The CoYp p1atinp ne tho So, 49,,
yey of that Alaskan boundary which fol-
southernmost point of Prince of Wales
island until it strikes the 141st meridian at
or near the summit of Mount St. Elias.
awaits further necessary appropriation.
which Is urgently recommended. This
survey was undertaken under the pro-
visions of the convention entered into by
this country and Great Britain july 20.
1892. and the supplementary convention OF
February 3, 1894. AS to the remaining Sec
ton of the Alaskan boundary. which fol-
lows the 14lst meridian northwardly from
Mount ST. Elias to the Frozen ocean, the
settlement of which involves the physical
conventional agreement has yet been
made.
The ascertainment of given meridian
at particular point is a work requiring
much time and careful observations and
surveys Such observations and surveys
We're undertaken by the United States
coast and goedetic survey In 1880 and 1881.
while similar work in the same quarters
under British auspices are believed to give
nearly coincident results; but these sur
yeys have been independently conducted,
and no International agreement to mark
these or any other parts of the 141st meri.
dian by permanent monuments has yet
been made. In the meantime, the valley
of the. Yukon Is becoming a highway
Alaska, and abundant mineral wealth has
been discovered in that region, especially