Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-19
GERMAN TARIFF WAR
VIGOROUS DEMAND FOR SUCH AC-
TION AGAINST THIS COUNTRY.
EXCLUSION OF AMERICAN MEATS.
Difficulty, However, I'm the Way of
bringing This AbOut-Intcrna-
tfonal Arbitration Experiments
With American Vines.

Copyright, 1887, by the Associated Press,
BERLIN, September 1S.--The first batch
Of replies to a circular Of inquiry as tc
the effects OF the new United States tariff
law, circulated by the Frankfurter Zei-
tung, has been printed. The general
tenor OF the answers sent In shows that
the manufacturers generally expect to be
able to stand the new tariff without such
alleged aid as the Agrarians propose, In
the shape OF tariff war with the United
States
me replies, however, show that some
branches of German industry have been
hit more or less hard For instance the
iron and steel industry OF Solingen and
Remschein, with the sole exception Of
scissors, have been seriously injured. and
the same is true in the case of yarns and
the cheaper silk stuffs OF Crefeld. the
cloth factories of Lennep and Huecken-
wagon, the prints of Gladbach, and the
leather ana glove and cheaper linen in
dustries of Silesia. On the other hand
the Chemnitz knit goods and hosiery.
the Saxon cotton industry. the Gera
woollens, the Berlin and Barmen trim
mings' the Crefeld necktles, and the
'olgtland laces, curtains, and knitting
machines are barely touched
besides, q number of manufacturers
notably the Chemnitz hosiers, are con-
templating starting factories in the
United States, in the conviction that the
new tariff will last for a number of
years.
In the mean time, the agitation of the
entire Agrarian and Conservative press
in favor of a regular tariff war with the
United States is more vigorous than
ever. The Deutsche Zeitung, the lead
ing organ of the Agrarians, in an article
inspired by high government officials.
says
"In spite Of the desire to retaliate
against the United States, the hands of
the government are, unfortunately, tied
to large extent. AS experience has
clearly demonstrated, Germany cannot
do without the main American staples.
such as cotton and petroleum, and to a
smaller degree. cereals"
The correspondent here OF the Asso-
ciated Press has secured full corrobora-
ton of the above views
EXCLUSION OF OUR MEATS.
In official circles, it is not concealed
that the aim is to frame laws to abso-
lutely exclude in future all American
meats and preserves, on the plea that |
the sanitary inspection In America is
not reliable, and is not stringent enough. |
As striking commentary upon the |
plans to exclude American meat, the |
fact may be noted that pork in Germany |
during the last fortnight has reached a
In, bor ~
p to 40 cents per pound at retail, and IS
cents per pound at wholesale This is
due to the exclusion of Russian pork from
the Silesian frontier districts.
At the launching of the new German
ironclad Kaiser Wilhelm der Zweite at
Wilhelmshaven on Tuesday last. Prince
Henry, of Prussia, emphasized in his
conversation with the naval officers
present. that all MISUNDERSTANDING be-
tween Emperor William and himself had
been eXpunged.
The Kaiser Wilhelm der Zwete is the
first large real German ironclad. She is
wholly equipped Wa. quick-fring guns.
The warship will be completed in 1899, at
a cost OF 100000 marks (A.s50OoO.
The Fresnnig convention at Nurem-
burg this week passed a resolution in
favor of submitting all international dis
putes TO arbitration.
At Cassel a laborer named Johannes
Muster, has been convicted of uttering
i've different so-called reasonable re-
marks. Although they were all uttered
years ago, Muster was sentenced TO six
years Imprisonment.
At the viticultural congress at Freiburg.
he Baden delegates secured the adoption
IF a resolution asking the governments
II the various wine-growing German
states TO experiment on large scale,
md in all sorts of soil with American
lines.
PRINCE INSANE.
Particulars regarding the Incarceration
" Prince Henry XVI, of Reuss, in an
lsylum for the insane in this city. show
nat the Prince was registered under the
lame of Count Won Plaur. His affairs
ave been placed under the control of a
curt owing to alleged scandalous finan-
ial transactions, connected with a Hun
arian estate bought by the Prince at
'etris, and upon which he gave as COM
Mission checks for 10000 forms CS55 7GO.
'hich the banks refused TO cash. as the
'rince is not good for that amount. In
rider to avoid a scandal, a banking com
any offered TO pay the amounts due
peculating that Emperor William would
ecoup the company.
one of the Princes agents. a man 2
AIMED Mack, obtained letters from the {
rince, which are said to COMPROMISE I
IGN personages of Emperor Williams {
curt. These letters, IL appears have !
cen sent abroad and Will probably form '
ne basis of a court scandal in the near
IttIre 1900 o