The herald., 1898-02-20
FARMERS OF GERMANY
GO INTO POLITICS WITH SOME
EMPHASIS
CANDIDATES GET NO SUPPORT
Unless Promises Are Made to Para
lyze the Constantly Increasing
Competition of Americans
Associated Press Special Wire

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BERLIN, Feb. 19.-(Copyright, 1882 By
far the most important event of the week.
politically, was the annual meeting of the
Federation of Husbandry in this city. The
Conservatives, the week before. attempted
to make an amicable bargain with the fed
Grafton, whereby they would wage joint
campaign in the reichstag and diet cleo
tions: but at the convention the leaders
of the federation frankly declared they
would not support any candidates who were
not pledged to support the aims of the fed
GRAFTON. Herren Dietrich and Sahn, prom
inent members of the reichstag and init
mate friends OF Prince Bismarck, who are
known to be inspired from Friedrichsruhe
boldly declared that the federation must
antagonize the government at the coming
elections, unless precise promises are CIV
en- to satisfy the agrarian demands, espe-
cially in the direction OF paralyzing or ex-
cluding "the constantly increasing Amer
lean competition In all products of the
stato," which, If 1t remained unchecked
will utterly ruin German agriculture, which
is equivalent to running the whole country
Shortly, the agrarian problem will be
paramount in all legislatures of the coun-
try. There is no doubt that the agrarians
are an enormously increasing factor in
politics, and they are doing their best to
huiiy Tic government lIltO IL tdTllL war
with the United States.
In this connection the remarks of the
Deutsche Tages Zeitung the leading agra
rian organ, apropos of the news that the
house of representatives at Washington
had called for the correspondence relating
to American beef, fruit, horses and adul-
terated German wine. are significant. The
paper mentioned says: 1--WE sincerely hope
the Americans will look thoroughly into
these German measures. For one thing,
they will arrive at the conclusion that
Germany has dealt as leniently as possible
with them. Then. we harbor the hope that
the insolence of these Yankees will be so
increased by the discussion of these mat
ters in congress that Germany will not be
able to do otherwise than follow up the
paper measures by more palpable ones. For
this reason, we do hope the Americans will
go 1t In great style"
The Vossische Zeitung replies to this ef-
fusion, saying: at would be hard to unveil
In more frivolous manner the designs of
the Federation of Husbandry to drive us
into tariff war, the enormous damage of
which cannot be foreseen."
Following the example of the previous
week, numerous members of the reichsNg
during the course of debates have fiercey
abused the United States and it's competi-
ton.
Herr Roescke declares the German gov
lean products more tenderly than Ameri-
ca herself did, adding: THE specter of a
tariff war with that country has had no
terror to the Germans, who fear God and
nothing else in the world"
meeting of the Society of Husbandry,
specially called, has passed a resolution
calling upon the government to subject all
American horses to six weeks quarantine
and to indelihke brand them. The society
also decided to prepare statistics regarding
horse-raising in America.
The government during the past week
sent experts to all the ports of entry and
revenue stations to assist In determining
whether American fruit is infected. The
officials of the United States embassy here
have not yet been informed whether the
fcost of the examinations will fall upon the
exporters.
The press is very indignant at the fact
that German nurserymen have been or
dered by cable to discontinue sending their
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