The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-23
AGRARIAN AND CONSERVATIVE
PRESS FAVOR a TARIFF WAR
WITH UNCLE SAM.
SLAVS and GERMANS IN AUSTRIA
Ordinances While Emperor Will
liam Is Holding Gentle Com
verse with Francis Joseph.


replies to a circular of inquiry as to the
effect of the new United States tariff law,
circulated by the Frankfurter Zeitung,
has been printed The general tenor of
the answers show that the manufacturers
generally expect to be able to stand the
new tariff without such aid as the
agrarians propose in the shape of tariff
war with the United States and higher
prices for cereals The replies, however.
show that some branches of German III
dustry have been hit more or less hard.
! For instance the iron and steel industry of
Olingen and Remshcid with the sole cN-
| cep,ion of Scissors, have been seriously
injured, and the same is true in the case
of yarns and the cheaper silks of Crcfcldt.
| the cloth factories of Lennep and Hueck-
enwagen, the prints of 'Giadbach and the
leather and glove and cheaper linen in
dustries of Silesia.
| On the other hand, the Chemnitz knit
| goods and hosiery, the Saxon cotton in
dustry, the Berlin and Barmen trimmings.
the Crofcldt necktics and the Voigtland
! laccS, curtains and knitting machines rro
barely touched. Besides a number of
manufacturers, notably the Chemn,z
hoslers are contemplating starting
! factories.
| In the meantime the agitation of the en-
favor of Il regular tariff war with the
! United States is more vigorous than ever.
The Deutscher Zetung, the leading organ
of the agrarians. in an article inspired by
high government officials, says
! I'm spite of the desire to retalate against
! the United States the hands of the govern
ment are unfortunately tied to large en-
! tent as experience has clearly demon
! strated that Germany can not do without
! rho m a in A M n cpnpliDc c,,nL
ton and petroleum. and to smaller de-
gree cereals. But in answer to the Chi
canery with which German sugar is being
treated by the United States the German
government will henccforth treat all
American meats and other preserves with
similar stringency. Laws will be passed
making meat inspection much more rigid
and these laws will be extended to every
kind of food preserves"
The correspondent here of the Associat-
ed Press has secured full confederation of
the above views In official circles it is
not concealed that the aim is to frame
laws to absolutely exclude in future all
American meats and preserves on the plea
that the inspection in America is not re-
liable, and not stringent enough. Even
this, however, fails to satisfy the agrariins
who have renewed their demand that
American cereals be excluded from Ger
the plans to exclude American meat the
fact may be noted that pork in Germany
during the last fortnight has reached q
price unequalled in many years, that Of
% to 40 cents per pound at retail and Is
cents per pound at wholesale. This is due
to the exclusion of Russian pork in the
Silesian frontier districts
This review of the situation may be con-
cluded with saying as cabled to the Asso-
clltpU Press r1inr thn 1ny thnt
result of the canvass made by the Cologne
Gazette among the importing and export
ing firms in the Cologne district a
memorial has been sent to the imperial
chancellor, Prince Hohenlohe, setting
forth that most of the exporters and all of
the importers of that district are opposed
70 tariff war with the United States.
The struggle between the Slavs and
Germans in Austria over the new language
ordinances has aroused intense feeling in
Germany. Many of the newspapers of this
country are vigorously condemnng the
Badeni cabinet but the official and semi
official newspapers of Germany are dis
crediting such uttcrances which are very
lnopportune at the moment when Emperor
William is guest of Emperor Francis
Joseph. All movements organized in aid
of the associations and other similar
measures 70 encourage the Germans in
Austria in their fight are also severely
! snubbed by the Prussian and other Ger
| man governments and the projected visit
to Bohemia of the Lcipsic university
students en- masse has been forbidden by
| the Saxon government Nevertheless there
is strong feeling in Germany on the sub
| ject.
The North German Gazette in an encr-
getic article warns its readers against all
| ''lTcdendenism and all dreams of aiding
tTprmlnS Austria. find n homo
| in Germany"
At the launching of the new German
| ir0nclad Kaiser Wilhelm Der Sweite at
| Wilhelmshaven on Tuesday last, Prince
+, Henry of Prussia emphasized in his CONVEX
saton with the naval officers present that
all MISUNDERSTANDING between Emperor
| William and himself have been arranged.
The Kaiser Wilhelm Der Sweite is a
| tirst-class German ronclad. She is equip
ped with Quick-firing guns, her main
| armament consisting of eighteen 15-ccnti-
| metres guns with q score of guns of Il
similar calbre and number of machine
guns. The 15-centimetrc guns are de-
scribed as having marvellous penetration
powers The warship will be completed in
1899 at cost of 100000 marks.
The Grand Duchy of Mecklenberg is the
only German state without a constitution.
Its sovereigns are still wholly autocratic
or feudal. Duke Johann Albrecht, how
ever is favorably inclined to grant a con-
stituton and in order to strengthen his
hands against obstreperous and reaction
airy mobiles. the reichstag will take up, this
coming session, the subject and urge par
liamentary form of government.
The FrCissinige convention at Nurcm-
burg this week passed resolution in favor
of substituting all internal disputes to ar
bitration.
At Cassala, n laborcr named ,IOhnncs
Muster, has been convicted of uttering
reasonable remarks. Although they were
MI uttered years ago, Muster was SEN
! fenced to six years Imprisonment.
! Particulars regarding the Incarceration
! of Prince Henry XVI Of Reuss in IN asy-
! lum for the insane in this city, show the
| prince was secluded under the name OF
! Count Won plnus. His affairs have been
placed under the control of a court ow-
| iug to alleged scauda.ous financial trans
actions connected with hungarian
! estate, bought by the Prince of Petris3. and
upon which he gave as commission checks
! for 10000 forms, which the banks re-
| fused to cash and the prince is not good for
! that amount. In order to avoid scandal
banking company offered to nay the
amounts due. specializing that Emperor
| William would rccoup the company. One
of the princes agents. man named Mack
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