The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-15
ITS A REASONABLE BILL
Meat Inspection Measure Favor
able to America.
AGRARIANS TURNED DOWN
They Denounce the Bill as Grovelling to
the United States-Wanted a Tariff
War With the Whole World.
Ask for More Protection.
Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.

Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
Berlin, Jan. 14.-The United States
ambassador, Andrew D. White, said to
the correspondent of the associated
press to-day for publications:
"Our relations with Germany are
thoroughly good and are steadily i'm
proving. | look to the proposed meat
inspection as a step calculated to help
rather than hurt us. What thinking
men on each side wish to secure is a
single inspection which will be valid
throughout the empire and supersede
the various local inspections, which are
often prompted by panic arising from
isolated trichinae cases, justly or I'M
Justly attributed to foreign meats. We
1lave been laboring to secure this in
spection for a long time and now have
strong hopes of successful issue.
There are unreasonable men on both
sides of the Atlantic, but we believe
that reasonable men here and in Amer
tca are in the majority and they are
more and more understanding the i'm
portance of good relations between the
two countries.
Regarding the question of acqusi-
tons in the Pacific and elsewhere the
feeling of the two governments is ex-
cellent The German foreign office
shows every desire that this state of
things should continue, and the Ger
man officials in every way work in har
'unony with us. In the Pacific, as else
where, there is not the slightest cause
at present for the slightest i'll feeling
arising out of the ambitions of either
power and all questions are being stead
lily placed on a better footing
The bundesrath considered the meat
inspection bill this week and the favor
able view taken of the measure by the
American ambassador is contrasted by
the fact that the agrarian press this
week very severely criticised the bill.
The Deutsche 'Tagezeitung, comment
ing upon the Cologne Gazettes discus
sion of the bill on Jan. 3, when that
paper took the ground that the measure
would be in no way detrimental, but
rather advantageous, to American
meat describes the measures ''unheard
of groveling before the United States
and predicts that the reichstag will not
confirm such a bill.
The Deutsche Agrar Correspondent
which, as the organ of the federation of
husbandry, recently fiercely attacked
the scientific attache of the American
embassy for having in the German
press disposed of false statements set
af1oat by that body. goes even further
than the Tagezeitung, heaping abuse
upon those who are responsible for
framing the bill, and on the measure it
self. declaring it is utterly impossible
for the reichstag majority to indorse
some of the essential provisions of the
bill especially the one delegating to the
bundesrath its own powers of prohibi-
ton. On the other hand, the liberal pa
pers joyfully welcome the moderate pro-
visions Of the bill The Vossische lei
tung says: IF the agrarians had their
own way Germany ere this would have
been in the throes of a tariff war with
the whole world. England. Russia. Ar
gentina and every agricultural and ex-
porting country"
The Tageblatt remarks that if a
Rhenish paper is correctly informed the
bill will not be approved by the agrar-
ians, for, the Tageblatt adds. the lat
ter declare they intend to have it franz
ed SO as to prevent American imports.
This causes the Tageblatt to say: TT
would be an enjoyable symptom if the
government began to show little more
backbone towards the agrarianS.'
Official statistics of German exports
to the United States show that they
amounted during the last quarter in the
northern part of Germany, excluding
the Zittlau consulate. to $12 sos 161,
compared with $9,044,19S for the same
period in 1897. In the southern half the
German exports to the United States
amounted to $S,S15,1S9, being an increase
f OF Sb26,539. The total increase for the
past quarter amounted to about S., 000,-
00O mainly due to sugar exports, which
came to a standstill during the last
quarter of 1897. The exports for 1898.
however, show a decrease when COM
pared with those of 1897 This also is
mainly traceable to sugar. of which
from the Brunswick consulate alone the
exports diminished over 81 500, 600 The
ssemi-official Berlin Post, summarizing
Germanys export trade for 1898. says,
referring to the United States that en-
cepting in the one item of sugar Ger
many's exports We're not nearly SO poor
as it was at first feared they would be
strong movement in favor of pro-
tectlye tariff has been set on foot by the
horticulturists of Germany. A meet
ing of over 1000 Of them has addressed
a strongly worded petition to the i'm
peria! government reCitng their reasons
for advocating protection. The minis
ter of the interior, Count Won POsadOw-
ski Wehner, has summoned the pres-
dent of the organization to furnish him
with additional informant ton on the sub
ject and there is reason to believe the
government intends to frame a tariff
measure which will meet the horticul-
turists' views.
A sensational high treason trial has
been fixed for next month before the Su-
preme court of LCipSiC. The prisoner, Il
Pole named Goldhumer. claiming to be a
dealer in precious stones. was arrested at
Metz on his arrival there from Paris. 1t
is said the evidence collected directly i'm
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