The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-01-24
paoIecT,on w GERMANY.

The Landlords M rhs. s"a"trs In
Am.r,can Farm Products sxr'"'e" !,
How nigh rarirs inin~s oar '"'~ :,
Trade :
In a report issued by the department.
NJ state Mr.. Charles De Kay con>u,- II
general al Berlin. describes the grown
and aims of the agraria:i movement =.
Germanv. The condition 81 many a
the landed proprietors in that country =
T. described AS constant s'rn1IiS
AGAINST bankruptcy, and popu 'auon -
x,eadily immiyratnc from the rura. 7
ais.ric,s 10 the cities The nobes anu
landlords themselves ARE said To oe III
r,r, 10 blame. FOR they have been root
;ns, ont the small proprietors, seiz1nH
communal lands l,he property o' ''S
peonle) and turning large sections in'"
nr;rate ownership for plantations or
hunting PURPOSES Another cause -
,he connection Of the great wheat
f,-,,s ~ the United states and south
America. which have made wheat
growing in Germany unprohtaoe
A. remedy for the depression IN
,ha farming industry the great ianh-
o,-,er. have combined and formed the
..-rarian party for the purpose ~ Sc
cur;ng Legislation in thcr interests
!, Prussia. especially. they have SHOWN
.;lar.hi. strength. and have a large
representation in the lanatag' or iF"S'
ia, legislature. IN the rcichtaG' or
CONGRESS for the whole OF 'erihanr'
they have also number OF uepa''s''
a,d La. winter introduced an extreme
n-o,eetionist measure. when prae'
ca,lv prohibited the importation %
foreign meats and gram. Ai'no'E"
The bill did not pass 1t will be a-a'h
h-orcht forward this winter. ana
determined effort made to secure ns
Tha ayrarians. Consul-Generai DE
Kay states. are all staunch protec'''"'
;sts. and demand not only hi2ner "u'
ties and bounties on sugar but the az
location OF commercial treaties Win
other nations In reply 70 the ques'
ton. ..Suppose the king OF Prussia re
ed r,.e. his consent TO this scheme!
On leading member Of the agrarian parry
fe -.csn,lx said: Then the Prussiai
he hons. Of representatives will refuse I.
. vo,e the king Of Prussia his supplies
This is Given as evidence OF the pitte
axt .r;r;t Of the handwriting classes, ana
,;s .ra;r determination to make stron
| effOrt 10 keep fh'~''~@--
RS. Of Germany. -;
-. Jacket for corn. wheat. pork, S.ef an
gle other products ser,o"ss no,,trie
the the tariit laws =, 49, ,tis threa
will look with alarm on 'n's ''iT ~,
nod exclusion of their products ~
lin prohibition of the Importation % ''e'
IL. meats into Germany. ana the W
-. grain have already injured our i.''
'us' ers and helped force down Pr','
W should the agrarians be successful
securing a majority in the reicn,'
ons and proceed TO carry out their ~
ehiy ,rines. the result would not only oe
ten falling off in our exports TO "erms'
IN INIT a general decline in the price
II - farm products Thus millions OF nn'
sank leans would suffer serious
HID. through lessened returns Tor tne'r
nue. Dor. ,;.
nder- The possibility of such condit
, the NJ nj fairs should open the eyes oi
and rnblican farmers to the real natur'
filed rrotectionism and how II anect> u
hard. The McKipleyite orators OF tne ~
sting states who claim that high-'a
10 ma ,olicv is tie best for all countries
find it difficult to explain to the An
other lean grain growers or s'"eN
I'm in how the adoption Of Mckinney 'r'
haby hating theories 10y Germany -
i,h n thing for this country. Yet II pro
sro, ton is really great national primo
4 ~. !, ought TO be good for every nat
= ~. Do the republican farmers really
- IN see their products excluded iron
ether countries? !,
More protection in Germany WI
onlv injure American trade ou'
great mass of the German poop
we'll. The latter will have 70
A higher prices for their bread ana
H IN order that a comparatively ie"
~ HES and landlords may live IN III
IN IN their great estates In that
IN II the question Americans nave
= an indirect interest Their direct
,ern lies in the danger that thr
the spread Of projections, sup'
A ton our great agricultural ind'
will be in jured. Bu, the loss W
more than repaid II the resu',
reach bv a striking object lesson
sollv aud wickedness OF all tari =,