Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-02-10
TO BAR OUR HORSES
GERMANY BECOMING MORE UGLY
TOWARD AMERICANS.
M kINLEY MAY RE TALIATE
kaiser's Concessions to tue Agl arian
Party Even Arouses the Protests of
the Berlin barge on
Fruits Has Virtually Stopped Their
lmportations Into Germany.

Berlin, Germany, Feb. 5.-Germany
has decided to quarantine American
horses on the alleged ground that the
imported anim-ls bring influenza into
the country. TINS is supposed to be
another step in the policy of Germany
in excluding or embarrassing the i'm
portation of American farm products
and another concession to the agrarian
party.
Ambassador White has lodged an
other formal protest with Baron Won
Buelow, as in spite Of the bundesrath's
resolution, American fresh fruit is
everywhere excluded. The United
States consul at Dusseldorf telegraphed
Friday that only dried fruits had been
eleased, and there wee about 1900
barIe-s Of appl~s in bonded ware
houses there
The agrarian newspapers thank the
government for the prohibition. The
Iageblatt, however, asks why the
importation of healthy, living plants is
prohibited, and says: "Such extreme
measures will doubtless provoke retail
Iation''
Washington, Feb. 5.-The cable
despatch as to the prospective quaran-
tine Of American horses by Germany
was shown to Chairman Hit Of the
house foreign affairs committee Fri
day. He said that the move was
r. art of
exclusion as shown by the recent action
against American fruits. His col
league on the committee, Mr.. Adams
rep, Pa.) said that the dispatch sug-
gested that it was time to discover the
bacillus in German wines, and it would
be desirable also to determine as to
the sanitary character of the process
Of making German sugar sent to the
United States. Mr. Cousins (rep, la,
another member of the committee,
said: Our state department should
give distinct notice that if there is
any desire to step trade With us this
should be dcne in d Straightforward
way and not by indirectly attacking
our pro ducts on sanitary grounds. :"
Chairman Dingley Of the ways and
means committee said that this was
in line with the German action on
American fruit. The quarantine is
not an absolute prohibition, however,
Mr.. Dingley said, and it remains to
be seen whether or not the quarantine
is 50 vigorous as to be a prohibition.
The officials of the agricultural de-
partment emphatfcally discredit the
probability of American horses carry
ing Influenza into Germany and say if
they do develop it after importation it
is contracted from animals in that
country. The statements of the Ger
man minister of agriculture, Secretary
, Wilson says, are unwaIranted. DR..
Salmon, chief of the bureau of animal
industry, said: 80 far as the de-
partment of agriculture is aware there
is no influenza prevailing in this coun-
try"
The growth of the shipment of
American horses to Europe the past
tour years has been enormous. The
shipments in 1897 aggregated in value
nearly $5,000,000, against nearly ST.
100000 in 1898. The value of horses
sent to Germany in 1897 was 1922, 200,
compared wi h $4,000 in 1898.
Tie STATE department has been no
titled by Ambassador White at Berlin
of modification of the original decree
prohibiting the importation of Ameri-
can fruit. According to Ambassador
Whites cablegram the decree does
not, as he previously advised, apply to
dried fruits, while fresh fruits will be
admitted to enter if an examination
shows it's condition to DE satisfactory.
If this modification has been made it
would appear that the prompt repre-
have received equally prompt consid-
GRAFTON on the other side. 1t is hoped
that examinations of fruit may not be
made unduly severe, for it is believed
that, as in the case of meat products
in the early stages of exclusion DEGREES,
it will possible to make inspec-
lions so harrassing to importers of
fruit that there will be no inducements
to continue the trade. If such a dis
position is shown it will be the duty
of the United States to lodge a firm
protest, otherwise the success of Ger
many in excluding the fruit trade will
have an effect upon other European
nations which under agrarian infiu
ences are seeking opportunities for
cutting down the competition of
American farmers