The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-02-06
CERMANY'S ACTION
NOT A BLUFF
AOrarian Demands Being Literally
Conceded by Government.
fruit Decree kill Probably Staad, and Is
Ooly a rofenBaer Of More Import
an. Steps 10 Be Takes.

Berlin. Feb 5.-Ccopyrlgh,ed By Assocl-
atcIasod Press 1885, -Thc frecJom which
The rclchstag and the Prusslan diet con
ccdeu this week to the agrarlans. VINO
Formulated numerous wishes and com.
plants \ significant. The minister OF
agriculture. Baron Won Hammerstein-
l,oKtcn. promised tho government that hs
would grau' as many Of their demands as
passlhlc AZ the moment he was making
l,is declaration. measures were preparing
70 stop the importation Of American
fruits. and decree IN that conacctlon had
already been issued. The liberal press
opcnly droops over the policy OF the agra
rInns for the naval bill.
T..s leading commercial journals point
20 tho indignation such measures are
bound to produce h. America ard to the
tutilily Of prohibiting the importation OF
an article Germany could not produce
with -uniciercy The newspapers claim
the only rcsul, will be thaS frrl, will BE-
imported from the south OF Europe al a
higher cost than s now being paid for
/ American frulis
Dr Friedorich Won Kuegcr. OF the agri-
cultural hish school. upon whose report
the authorities here are u derstood to
have acted. has been making an extensive
series OF experiments and examinations
| OF American plants ana fruits supposed
20 hc Infected by the san Jose bug. After
many failures no finally discovered a bGg
" three experiments Of peaches and pears.
Dr.. Heinrich Dorhru. preslden, OF the
chronological stcttin. writes that the sal
Jose bug has long been known b. Ger.
many as the blut Iousc and has devastat-
od orchards In various parts OF the coun-
Try especially In the neghborhood OF
Frankfort and stettln. He adds:
/ The present scare Is as unIustlfied as
! the late Colorado bug scare"
! The United States ambassy l. continu.
I ing iie rcmonsirances. as protest
/ against tho uniouudcd rumors. alleging
! that Il was weakening. Several OF the
newspapers express the opinion that the
dccTce viii not be permanent ard that Il
was only minded as temporary act OF
retaliation FOR American treatment OF the
German sugar
Inquiry made al the foreign office at the
Prussian agricultural department. how.
ever, shows the steps taken TO be only
the fore-runnerS OF Others OF more i'm.
portance the government having con-
Cluded that somethirW must be done tc
gratify the agrarlan demand for retalla.
ton on the United States, There was a.
oNemplIhcatlon In the prestige on Tuesday
when Dr. Hahn. fried Of Prince Bis.
marck. demanded the prohibition oi
American horses. claiming imports had
Increased In 1897 10 i979.cO marks. and
that something must be done Ito show
those overbearing Americans that the
German government exists"
| Baron Won Hammenstein- Loxten, IN the
diet. declared that American horses de-
vclopcd Influenza after importation, add.
Ing;
III the lmportations increase we shall
certainly be forced TO adopt suitable
quarantine In order to protect ourselves
The total excluslou of all living cattle
and hogs is also under consideration,
The sugar producers have petitloned
the imperial chancellor, dema2ding that
no tarlft agreement shall be accepted un.
less tho United States tarlft on German
| sugar IL reduced % per cent from the
present rate, and assurance given thai
no other country will be more favorablN
| treateh.