The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-06
GERMANY IS HOSTILE
Tariff War Will Be Mayed Against
the United States.
CATERING TO AGRARIAN ELEMENT.
Unbiased Experts Say the Present
Scare Is uniustificd.
HORSES TO BE PROHIBITED.
HORSES TO BIB PROHIBITED.
Claimed They Have lnaucnsA--En-
Eiish Authorities Ridicuic the
Action Taken Against Fruits.

Berlin. February 5.- copyrighted, isaS,
by the Associated Press. 1.-The freedom
which the reichstag and tho Prussian diet
conceded this week to the agrarians, who
formulated numerous wishes and com
plants is significant. The minister OF
agriculture, Baron Won HamInerstcin-Iox-
ton. promised the government would grant
rs many of their demands as possible. At
the moment he WIS making this dcclara-
ton measures We're preparing to stop the
Importation OF American fruit. the decree
in that connection having already been
issued.
The entire liberal press openly d,suvows
the policy and assert 1t was a government
trick to obtain the vote of agrarians for
Emperor williams naval bill. The Leading
commercial journals point TO the IL vii
and indignation such measures are bound
TO produce in America, and to the futility
Of prohibiting the importation of an ar;i-
Gle Germany does not produce with snsI-
cheney. The newspapers claim the only
result will be that fruit will be imported
from the south of Europe at a higher cost
fruits.
DR.. Friedrich Won Kutager of the agri-
cultural 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 supposed to
be infected with the San Jose bug. After
many failures he finally discovered the
bug in three specimens Of peaches and
pears.
DR.. Heinrich Dorhru, president of the
chronological society Of Stettin, writes
that the San Jose bug has long been known
In Germany as the blut-laus. and has dew
country, especially in the neighborhood OF |
Frankfort and Stettin. He adds: The
present scare is as unjustified as the late
Colorado bug scare
The United States embassy is continuing
Its demonstrates as a protest against the |
unfounded runors alleging that 1t was
weakening.
Several OF the newspapers express the |
opinion that the decree will not be per- |
manent, and that it was only intended rs a
temporary act of retaliation for American
treatment of German sugar.
An inquiry made at tho foreign office |
and at the Prussian agricultural depart
ment have shown the steps 10 be only
forerunners of others of moro Importance,
the government having concluded that |
something must be done to crafty tho
agrarian demand for retaliation ON the
United States.
There was an excmplificaton In the
reichstag on Tuesday, when DR.. Hahn,
friend of Prince Bismarck, demanded Inc
the imports had increased in 1897 to 1878
900 marks, and that something must be
done to "show those oyerbearing aneri-
cans that an energetic German government
exists"
The views OF the Prissian diet are gaug-
able by the declaration made yesterday by
the minister of agriculture, Barren Won
clared that American horses developed i'll
flTenza after Importation, adding:
IF the mportations increase wo shall
certainly be forced TO adopt suitable
quarantine In order to protect ourselves.
The total exclusion of all living cattle aud
hogs is also under consideration.
The sugar producers have petitioned the
imperial chancellor demanding that 10
tariff agreement shall be accepted unless
the United States tariff on German sugar
is reduced 20 per cent from the present
no other country will be more fayorably
treated.