The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-15
AGRARIAN EDITORS WRoTH
ALL ARE STILL BITTER IN DENOUNC-
ING THE PROPOSED LAW.
The Measure Described by One Paper
as "Unheard-Of GrOveIing Before
the United States.'
(copyright, 1sge. by the Asgociated Pregs.l

day for publications: Our relations with
Germany are thoroughly good and are stead
lily improving. 1 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 single in
spection, which will be valid throughout the
empire and supersede the various local in
spections, which are often prompted by
panic arising from isolated trichinae cases,
justly or unjustly attributed to foreign
meats. We have been laboring to obtain
this inspection for a long time and now
have strong hopes of a successful issue.
There are unreasonable men on both sides
Of the Atlantic, but we believe the reason
able men here and in America are greatly
in the majority and they are more and
more understanding the Importance of good
relations between the two countries"
The Bundezrath considered the meat in
spection bill this week, and the favorable
view taken of the measure by the American
side is corroborated by the fact that the
agrarian press this week very severely
criticised the bill. The Deutsche Tages
Zeitung, commenting upon the Cologne Ga
zette's discussion of the bill on Jan. 9, when
that paper took the ground that the meas
ure would be in no way detrimental, but
rather advantageous to American meat, de-
scribes the measure as being 'unheard of
groveling before the United States" and
predicts that the Reichstag will not confirm
such a bill
The Deutsche Agrar-C Correspondent which,
as the organ of the Federation of Hus-
bandry. recently fiercely attacked the scien-
tifc attache of the American embassy for
having in the German press disposed of
ia Sat a nv hat
goes even further than the Tages Zeitung.
heaping abuse upon those who are respon-
sible for framing the bill and on the meas
ure itself, declaring it is utterly impossible
for the Reichstag majority to indorse some
OF the essential provisions of the bill, es-
its own powers of prohibition.
On the other hand, the Liberal press joy
fully welcomes the moderate provisions of
the bill. The Vossische Zeitung 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, Argentina and every agricultural
and exporting country"
The Tageblatt remarks that if Rhenish
paper is correctly informed the bill will not
be approved by the Agrarians, for, the
Tageblatt adds, the latter declare that they
intend to have it framed so as to prevent
American imports. This causes the Tage-
blatt to say: ut would be an enjoyable
symptom if the government began to show
a little more backbone towards the Agrar-
ians."
Official statistics of German exports to
the United States show that they amounted
during the last quarter in the northern half
Of Germany, excluding the Zittau consulate,
to $12, 703 161, compared with $9,024 947 in 1897
In the southern half the German exports
to the United States amounted to $8,S15 1856,
being an increase of 1926, $50. The total In
crease for the past quarter amounted to
about S. O00,O 600, mainly due to sugar exports.
which came to a standstill during the last
quarter of 1897. The total exports for 1898,
however, show decrease when compared
with those of 1897 This also is mainly
traceable to sugar, Of which from the
Brunswick consulate alone the exports di-
minished over $2.500000.
The semi-official Berlin Post summarize
ing Germanys export trade for 1883, says,
ing in the one item Of sugar Germany's ex-
ports were not nearly so poor as it was al
first feared they would be.
A strong movement in favor of protec-
tive tariff has been set on foot by the hor-
ticulturists of Germany A meeting oe
over 1000 of them addressed a strongly
worded petition to the imperial government
recting their reasons for demanding protec-
ton. The minister of the interior Count
Won PosodoWsky-W elmer, has summoned
the president OF the organization to fur
nish him with additional information on the
subject, and there is reason to believe that
the government intends to frame a tariff
measure which will meet the horticultural
lists views
A sensational high treason trial has been
fixed for next month before the Supreme
Court of Leipsig. The prisoner, a Pole
named Goldhumor, claiming to be a dealer
IN precious stones, was arrested at Metz on
his arrival there from Paris. 1t is said that
the evidence collected directly duplicates a
number Of high government and military Of
ficerS in France. > =
Some stir has been created by the fact
that the government organ the North Ger
man Gazette, and the Kreuz Zeitung and
otLer inspired journals this week have pub
lished editorials representing that the two
years military service system adopted in
1895 has not proved a success.
The exceptionally large number of officers
retired from the Wurtemburg army corps
at the instance of the Emperor has caused
deep-seated dissatisfaction. The Wurtem-
burg local newspapers point out that there
are now $50 retired higher officers, many of
them under forty-five years of age, COM
pared with seventy-seven in active service.
There is some anxiety in official circles
at the exceeding stringency of the German
money market which, it is feared, may en-
danger the success of the coming German
and Prussian loans. These loans, it is now
semi-officialy set forth, amount to far less
than 2OOOO0,OO0 marks, which it was orig
inally expected would be the amount
Considerable indignation is evinced at the
unfavorable reports emanating from Lon
don concerning the economical and financial
conditions of Germany, especially the state
ment that the leading English banks re-
Gently declined to accept PTuSSian bills for
a large amount This statement is declared
to be utterly untrue and calculated to I'M
taVorably impress the German bourses with
respect to the impending loans. The Ma
tlonal Zeitung In an inspired article points
out that the present financial tightness is
of German industry which has absorbed
immense quantities of capital adding: This
LED to a rise in the rate of discount and a
slight decline in PruSsian and imperial
loans. If, however, the hnanciers allow
time for recuperation of capital. for which
and If the German financial undertakings
abroad are restricted for a short period to
a rate of discount, which, from perfectly
natural causes is higher in Germany than
in France and in Great Britain, Ii will
speedily diminish. In the meanwhile there
and there is no reason why the rate of in
terest should be raised above the present
8 per cent" ."
Facts have come to the knowledge OF the
government showing that the Austrian pre-
mier, Count Thun-H ohenstein. for num-
Der of months preceding his attack on the
German government in the Reichsrath. sys-
tematically accumulated every shred of evil
dence tending to demonstrate that Germany
had exceeded treaty powrs in expelIing Aus
trian subjects. A decree requesting all from
tier officials to watch and report such cases