The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-08
TO CATCH AGRARIAN VOTES
Germany's Fruit Exclusion Partly a
Government Trick

Government Trick
copyrighted 1898 by the Associated Press)
Berlin, Feb. 5.-The freedom which the
reichstag and the Prussian Diet conceded
this week to the Agrarians, who formu-
lated numerous wishes and complaints, is
significant. The minister of agriculture,
Baron Won Hammerstein-LoXte promised
The government that he would grant as
many of their demands as possible. At
the moment he was making this declara-
ton, measures were preparing to stop the
imports of American fruit, and the decree
in that connection had already been is
sued. The entire Liberal press openly
disapproves of the policy and assert it was
a government trick to obtain the vote of
The Agrarians for Emperor Williams
naval bill. The leading commercial jour-
nails point to the ill-wln and indignation
such measures are bound 10 produce in
America, and TO the fuulity of prohibiting
the Importation of an article Germany
does not produce with suffic.ency. The
newspapers claim the only result will be
that fruit viii be imported from the south
of Europe at a higher cost than is now
being paid for American fruits.
DR.. Friedrich Won Kruger, of the ag-
ricultural high school, upon whose report
the authorities here are understood to
have acted. has been making an extensive
series Of experiments and examinations
Of the American plants and fruits sun
posed to be infected by the san Jose bug.
After many failures he finally discovered
the bug in three specimens of peaches
and pars.
Dr.. Heinrich Dorhru. president of the
CHRONOLOGICAL society o. Stettin. writes
that the San Jose bug has long been
known N Germany rs the blut-laus. and
has devastated orchards IN various parts
of the country. especially in the neighbor-
hood Of Frankfort and Stettin. He adds:
THE present scare is as unjustiGed as the
tate Colorado bug scare"
The United States embassy IS contiru-
Ing its rcraonstra noes. as q protest against
the unfounded rumors. alleging that II
Fyas weaken:nE
Several Of the newspapers express the
opinion that the decree viii not he per
manent and that it was only intended as
n Temporary act cf retaliation Eor Ameri-
can treatment OF German sugar. INQUIRY
made M the foreign cfice. and ut tn, = US
sian agricultural department. however.
shows The steps taken to - only forerur-
ners of others Of moro Importance. the
government having concludes that some
thing must he done 10 crafty the Ae~ar-
ian demand FOR retaliation on the United
States.
There was an eNemnl'dcation IN the
reiohSte@ On Tuesday. when Dr. Hahn Il
friend Of Prince Bismarck. demanded the
prohibition Of American horses. claiming
the imports had Increased in 1897 To l.
2-eo30 marks. and that something must
he done TO show those overbearlng Amer
scans that an energetic German govern
mont ex' sts
The views Of the PrUssia1 cabinet arc
Fau=eable b. declaration made yester-
day h the minister of agriculture. Baron
Won eunersteja-I.oxten IN the diet.
VINO declared that American horses de-
ve1oped in1uenza after importation. ado
ins: If the importatons Increase we
shalt certainly he forced to adopt n suit
able quarantine IN order to protect cur
selves
The total exclusion of all living cattle
and hogs Is also under consideration.
Ire sugar producers have petit.oned the
imperial chancellor. demanding that 10
tariff agreement shall 1,e accepted unless
the United States tariff on German sugar
IS reduced p per cent from the present
seal and an assurance given that no other
country viii be more favorably treated.