The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-05
Observation-Disclosures

Observation-Disclosures
EDICT AGAINST AMERICAN FRUIT
ATTACKED BY ERMAN PAPERS.
Under the Heading, "Order, Counter
Order, Disorder" One Asks IL the Ma
ton Is Drifting Into a Fierce Tariff War
with United States-How Issue of Decree
Originated.
Berlin, Feb. 4.-Under the heading
"Order, Counter order-Disorder," the
Tageblatt to-day describes the bung
ling of Prussia with American fruit
and asks "Are we really drifting into
a fierce tariff war with the United
States because we have petted the
agrarlan desire?"
The Voerwaerts publishes an article
headed "Agrarian Attacks on Ameri
ca" detailing the stupidity which the
various revenue stations display in in
terpreting the prohibitory decree and
other papers make similar comment
The issue of the decree was brought
about as follows: The minister of ag
riculture, Baron Won Hammerstein-
Loxten, saw DR.. MIGUEL the minister of
finance and vice president of the min
istry on January 80, and, pleading
earnestly, he asked that decree be
issued forthwith, prohibiting absolute
ly the Importation of all American
fruit, fresh and dried and all products
of American nurseries. DR.. MIGUEL tel
tions, making it effective on February
T. The United States ambassador, Mr..
Andrew D. White, Immediately vigor-
ously demonstrated at the foreign Of
fee, both In writing and verbally, and
the decree was temporarily annulled
on February O. During the annulment
the fruit was released at Hamburg,
Emmerich and Dusseldorf. The decree
was re-established on February 8 in a
milder form, being made enforcible
against fresh fruit only.
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ned making strong protests to Baron
Won Buelow, the minister for foreign
affairs, who, in consequence, had a
special audience of the emperor yes
terday morning on the subject, result
ing in the bundesrath yesterday after
noon holding a meeting and issuing
yesterdays resolution, the text of
which has not yet reached Mr.. White,
but 1t Is known that the wording is so
loose as to be open to a score of in
terpretations 1t is generally sur
missed that it will practically mean pro-
hibition.
Mr.. White yesterday evening lodged
another formal protest with Baron Won
Buelow as in spite of the bundesrath's
resolution American fresh fruit is still
excluded.
The United States consul at Dussel-
dorf photographed to-day that only
dried fruits had been released and that
there were about 1000 barrels Of ap-
Piles in the bonded warehouses there.
The United States embassy, during
the week, has been flooded with ap-
peals from fruit merchants, dealers
and shippers who have been injured by
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thanked Mr.. White for the vigorous
measures he has adopted.
1t appears that DIR. MIGUEL and
Baron Won Hammerstein-Loxten issued
the decree without the authority Of the
Prussian cabinet or Of the Bundesrath.
The Reichsanzelger, this afternoon,
publishes the following:
''The American agricultural depart
ment's report on the San Jose shield
louise led to an official inquiry here as
to the circumstances under which
American fruit is imported. Professor
Frank, on January 20, found on Cali
fornian pears, arriving at Hamburg,
numerous living, breeding shield lice
absolutely identical with the true San
Jose shield louise. He consequently ex-
pressed the opinion that the home fruit
cultivation was exposed to a grave
material danger thereby. A conference
of other prominent specialists and the
reports of the imperial office of health
confirmed this view in every particular
Thus the necessity for prompt meas
ures for protection was fully demon
strated."
The Reichsanzeiger then describes
the extraordinary harmfulness' of the
San Jose louise, according to publica-
tions of the Washington agricultural
department and the measures taken in
America, notably in Oregon and Brit
ish Columbia, and continues:
Tt is thus the unavoidable duty of
the government to give protection to
the home fruit industry from the dan
ger of disease here"
The Reichsanzeiger then gives the
regulations adopted as already cabled
and concludes with pointing out phyl-
loxera as an example of the danger OF
not adopting immediate protective
measures, while the Colorado bug, it is
added, is kept out in time.
JUDICIAL SEPARATION