The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-06
WILLIAMS NAVAL BILL +.
1t Was the Cause of the Exclu-
sion of American Fruit.
TO CATCH THE AGRARIANS
The Policy Disapproved by the Entire
Liberal Press-Bound to Produce Ill
VIII and Retaliation Other
DEGREES Matching.


Copyright 1898 by Associated Press
Berlin, Feb. 1.-THE freedom which
the reichstag and the Frussian diet
conceded this week TO the agrarians,
who formulated numerous wishes and
complaints, is Significant. the MINIS
ter of agriculture, Baron Won Hammer
stein Loxten, promised the government
that he would grant as many OF their
demands as possible. Al the moment
he was making this declaration meas
ures were preparing To stop the impof-
tation of American fruit, and the de-
cree in that connection had already
been issued. The entire liberal press
openly disapproves OF the policy, and
asserts that IL was government trick
to obtain the vote of the agrarians for
Emperor Williams naval blli
The leading commercial journals
point TO the ill-will and Indignation
such measures are found TO produce in
America, and TO the futility of prohib
iting the importation of an article
Germany does not produce with suf-
ficiency. The newspapers claim the
only result will be that fruit viii be
imported from the south of Europe at
higher cost than is now being PAID
for American fruits.
DIR. Friedrich Won kueger of the agri
cultural high school, upon whose report
the authorities here are understood to
have acted. has been making an ex-
tensive series of experiments and eX-
aminations of the American plants and
fruits supposed TO he infected by 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 devastated orchards in vari-
Gus parts of the 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 contin
uing its remonstrances, as a protest
against the unfounded rumors alleging
that it was weakening. Several of the
newspapers express the opinion that
the decree will not be permanent, and
that it was only intended as tenn
porary act of retaliation for American
treatment of German sugar. Inquiry
made at the foreign office and at the
Prussian agricultural department,
however, shows the steps taken to he
only forerunners of others of more im-
portance, the government having con-
Guided that something must be done to
crafty the agrarian demand for retail
alton on the United States.
There was an exemplification I'm the
reichstag on Tuesday, when DR. Hahn.
friend of Prince Bismarck, demanded
the prohibition of American holders and
claiming the imports had increased In
1897 to 4,279,000 marks and that some
thing must be done ito show these over
bearing Americans that an energetic
! German government exists"
The views of the Prussian cabinet are
gaugeable by declaration made by the
minister of agriculture. Baron Won Ham
merstein- Loxsten. in the diet. who de-
clared that American horses developed
influenza after importation, adding If
the importations increase we shall GER
tainly be forced TO adopt suitable quar-
artine in order to protect ourselves
The total exclusion of all living cattle
and hogs is also under consideration.
The sugar producers have petitioned
the imperial chancellor, demanding that
no tariff agreement shall be accepted un-
less the United States tariff on German
sugar be reduced 20 per cent. from the
present and an assurance given that no
other country will be more favorably
treated.
The Prussian cabinet has adopted En-
peror Williams plan to remove the Bef-
lin university, royal library and other
scientific institutions, which are now in
the center OF the city, to the Charlotten-
burg. The buildings evacuated will be-
come the residences of royalties and the
government offices will be centralized.
The plan is beginning to arouse oppo-
sition.
The present years imperial army ma
neuvers will be between the army corps
of the Reichsland and Wurtemburg. bat
they will not be as extensive as those
of 1897. Probably no more than 10000
troops will be engaged.
The government is disagreeably dis
appointed at the considerable diminution
of the imports duties and taxes of the
last six months of 1897. In December
alone they fell off 100000 marks. ow-
ing to the enormous decrease in the
sugar exports to America.
The Prussian agricultural council
opened its sessions on Thursday and the
emperor was in attendance on Friday
and participated in the discussion Of the
question of extending network of river
canals in Prussia. The proposal is u
connect the large rivers for shipping.
A meeting of the Berlin produce deal
ers. who have been on a strike since the
introduction of the new boerz law has
passed a resolution reafiirming the assa-
cations determination not To return To
the produce exchange So long as the
present regulations remain iii force.