The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-21
MEAT INSPECTION BILL
Will Not Be Further Considered
Until Autumn.
MIDLAND CANAL DEFEAT
Emperor William VIII Use His Personal
Influence to Have the Bill Passed
The Plan An Absolute
Necessity.
Copyright 1899 by Associated Press.

Berlin, May 20.-The reichstag has adj
journed for the holidays and will re-
assemble on June 6, when it is the in
tention to pass the following bills: In
valid insurance for postal employees,
which will abolish a score of private
postal Institutions: the Gerverbe-Ord-
hung law, regulating the number of
trades, and an additional appropriation
bill The leaders of the different parties
have agreed to pass these measures and
leave the Judiciary and other bills, in
Guiding the meat inspection, until the
autumn. 1t has been decided to divide
the persons entitled to invalid insurance
into five classes at from $50 to 1850
marks annually.
The rejection Of the Midland canal
bill by the committee is much COM
mented upon in the press. From inside
information the correspondent of the,
associated press learns that this does
not mean the defeat of the bill. In a
plenary session of the diet Emperor
William intends to use his personal IN
fuence to secure the support of the en-
tire left and center part of the reichs-
whose votes would give the bill a clear
majority. The government is deter
mined that the measure, which is the
result of 20 years deliberation shall not
wait, it being claimed that such canal
scheme Is impera lively needed, in view
Of the fact that the state railroads are
about to come to an end of their carry
ing capacity. The conservative plan of
constructing system of subsidiary
railroads will not be adopted. The main
reason that the government, and par
ticularly the emperor, so strongly ia
vors the canal project is that in case of
war with France or Russia, or both, a
net work of canals from the eastern to
| the western frontier of Prussia would
afford the best system for the convey
ance Of field hospitals and supplies for
| the ordnance department.
| The agricultural depression was heat
edly discussed in the diet this week and
much interesting matter was brought
| to light. The lack of rural labor for the
| large estates in the eastern provinces
was thoroughly ventilated. Baron Won
| Wanheim, president of the confedera-
| ton Of husbandry, said that unless a
| radical change was wrought more than
half the holders of their estates would
| be ruined within five years and it was
| impossible to obtain the necessary
| number of hands in harvest times, even
| at higher wages than formerly The
influx of Polish and Russian laborers
| during the harvest is wholly insufficient
| and for national and race reasons is not
| favored by the government The latter
announced that ten million marks
would be spent in settling small owners
In the districts most affected.
i The press and the government are
much interested in the so-called anti
lingo movement started by German
Americans in the United States. Fred
er1ck Hollis, secretary of the United
States delegation at the peace conVan-
ton at The Hague, while here thor
orghly Informed the minister of foreign
aHalrS, Baron Won BuelOW, and the for
eign officials as to the extent and pur-
| port Of the movement. He carried as
surances from Washington that so far
as the movement meant the preserva-
ton OF good intimate relations between
the two countries the administra ton is
thoroughly in accord with it,
The German press freely comments
with satisfaction on the fact that Ger
man-Americans have exerted, them
selves toward the re-establishment OF
the former pleasant international rela.
tons.
George M. Fisk, second secretary of
the United States embassy here,
continued this week his conference with
the officials of the German foreign Of
hce on the points at issue between the
two countries, which are of great i'm
| POI tahSe III leSotldl ling the new treaty
OF commerce. The German officia Is
still maintain the accuracy of their
statistics regarding German imports
and exports to America, and claim the
American figures are inaccurate, as
they do not take into account Ameri-
can exports entering Germany at Ant
werp, Rotterdam and other places, and
that they are therefore misleading.
They still adhere to the view that the
balance of trade in favor of America
and against GERMANY in 1898, amounted
to over 50S,000.000 marks. and that I'M
less considerable changes are made in
the terms of the new treaty, Germany
would be a big loser in her dealings
with America. 1t is believed that an
understanding on this point will be i'm
possible.