The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-20

FEDERATION OF HUsBANDRY MEETS


Berlin. February io.--t Copyrighted 1898
~ The Avsociated Press.) --3y far the most
important event Of the week locally was Inc
annual meeting OF the Federation OF nus
bandry In this city. Conservatives INC
wesk before attempted to make an amica-
bio bargain with the federation whereby
they would wage Joint campaign IN 'he
reichstag and diet elections, bull al the con-
ventien tho leaders OF the federation frank
IL declared they would not support any
candidates. who were not pledged 10 support
the aims Of the federation. Herrcn l'ico-
rich and Hahn, prominent members o. Tue
reichstag aud intimate friends ot irihce
bismarck, who are known To- be sihshiis"
from Friedcrichsruhe, boldly declared ,hae
The Federation must antagonizc the govern
,acnt At tho coming elections unless pre-
else promises are given to satisfy INC ASA
rien demands, especially in the direction
Of paralyaing or excluding the constantly
increasing American conpetitlon ~ ul
produStB' OF the soil which, u II feiisaIls
unchecked. viii utterly RUN Hermul W.
culture, which is equtVaiehe " '"''i'Ae
whole country ,A,.t
ResohItluus supported by Herron Ham,
Proctz, K,appetef and KaniA and others
We're nlop, cn 10 the effect that the aHta
rians, 10 matter OF what party Affiliations,
Z would only support canaiaales Summing VI
ths ieierationa platform aitatn the Ia ms
OF the patonal liberals siini'ai oto'A .,'ss
I'M OF rarity lines is ocpurrlpg, hummer
Of tic leaders declaring they VIII only vote
for candidates OF agrailan Tendencies tnus
ibe pivot OF the campaign TX the question
II OF supporting or antagoniziEG asrailauh'ti''
The whnlo OF the ietlists of course, ave
nutf.nsrarans, but they are almost insurer
81 the whole OF the rghtsls ana many Oh
Tho chntrists' support There Is VisiDis
;ucrassc in the ngrariap strcngth amecg
,hc eentrsts although the leaders OF tAe
ten{rist prcss are doing their best to uis-
ro,ttties H. shortly the agrarian pfollepl
will Sc paramount in all the legislatures u
the country. There Is no DOUBT the aeI'
rasns arc an enormously increasing leeeos
III politics and they ere iolhg 'htli n'S. "
hurry the government into iNriti wa'
with tho United States. In TINS cnnnee'
,,on the remarks of tha Dentschc 'Iege Ael-
tung, leading agrarian urgan, approves "
the news that the senate at washington
has called for the correspondence ielltini
to the American products pIohiplteu u
Germany. -,
tho Americans viii look thoroughly inu
these German murders. For one thiha
they will arrive at the conclusion ina
Germany has dealt as leniently as possips
with them. Then we harbor the nope wa
The inaoience OF the Yankees wili pc no ~,
creased by the introduction OF these maj
ters in congress that Germany VIII not Il
abe 10 do otherwise than 10 follow u
The paper measures by more paipable one
For this reason we do hope the American
will go Il In great style.
The vossichc zeitung replies TO TINS 9,
fusion, saying: 'ltwould be hard 10 VI
veil IN n more frivolous manner the desiSf
OF the Federation of Hnsnandry to arN
us into a tariff war the enormous uAihat
OF which can NOT be forcseen."
Following the example of the prcV'p'
week.. numerous members OF the reichstG
during the course OF the debates ma
fierccly abused the unfjea States and J
competition. Herr Roesioke declared u
German government had handled the liC
infected American products more tender
than America itself. adding: THE spec:
of a tariff war with that country mas
terror TO the Germans. who fear Goa ~
nothing else in the world
A meeting OF the Society of Husband
recently called haa passed reto.uti
calling on the government TO subject
American horses TO six weeks qnarantl
and to indelibiy braud them, The socie
has also decided to prepare statistics !
garding horse raising In America
The government during the past we
sent experts to all the ports OF entry u
revenue stations 10 assist In determinl
whether American fruit Is infected. y
orfleinls OF the unitea States embassy ht
have not yet been Informed whether
costs OF tho examination viii fall on
exporters.
Diplomatic notes arc passing botwe
Berlin and ST. Petersburg, che latter CO
planning OF tho new and meat severe res
lat!ons of the minister Of agriculture, NJ
on Won Hammorstein- Lnx'an, In regard
the Importation of American hogs, and
reprisal is threatened,
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aIsrEI, THE CONVENTION.