The evening times., 1900-01-16
GERMAN SENTIMENT CHANGES.
The Commercial Exposition Brings


Commercial Exposition" as follows:
When. a few months ago. the prospec
tus and plans for the exposition of th'
Philadelphia Commercial Museum wer'
circulated in Germany, they were general
ly received with either indifference or ill
concealed resentment. The invitations
which were extended TO European dele
gates, offering the hospitality OF the ex
hibition and an opportunity to participat,
in its proceedings, did something, but no
much, TO allay the general suspicion thai
the whole enterprise was simply a scheme
to foster American export trade at the ex.
pense of rival manufacturing nations il
Europe
The debates in German chambers OF
commerce over the question of accepting
or declining that invitation we're mainly
a rehearsal Of the grievances of German
exporters against the tariff, the Treasury
and custom house regulations, the toe
alert and searching activities of the United
States consuls. and the defects in Ameri-
can merchandise. delegation, limited
! as to numbers, but of the highest ability
/ and efficiency, was sent to represent Ger
! man interests al the exposition.
These delegates have now returned and
have, through newspaper interviews. lee
/ lures before boards of trade, and various
/ industrial associations, disseminated a
vast amount of fresh and original infor-
NATION concerning the United States.
he effect Of these reports-attended as
/ they have been by The Samoan agreement
ana the Executive suggestion OF a Joint
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oughness certain questions which are now
more or less al issue between the two
countrles-has been to change suddenly
and TO a surprising degree the tenor of
newspaper comment and popular feeling
toward the United States
Ihe German delegates were surprised
py The numbers and high character of the
representatives OF other nations. particu-
larly those from Great Britain. South and
Central america, Australasia. and eastern
ASIA Ihey were intensely interested in
. the display OF commercial SAMPLES from
foreign countries. but think that. in con-
sequence OF the rapid change in STYLES and
lhoaeis, these will have for the most part
only temporary value On the other
hand, they have found the Bureau of Com
merclal Information at Philadelphia a
( model OF completeness and efficiency far
in advance of any other institution of its
KIND yet organized in Europe and a model
lor the Immediate imitation Of Germany
ana othef exporting nations which hope 10
maintain their place in future competjtion
Inc recent address in Berlin of DR.
Nosberg- Rekow, director of the association
OF German business men for the preparation
OF commercial treaties, was emphatic on
this point and an important meeting will
De held on the 18th instant to discuss the
part which the Imperial Government will be
asked TO take in supporting such an enter
prise
The annual meeting of this powerful
association. which acts as purveyor OF
technical and commercial information for
the government. is fixed for the 18th and
10th Of December. The principal topic be-
fore the meeting will be the proposed
creation Of a commercial museum and
bureau OF information, 10 be organized and
managed on lines similar 10 those of The
same institutions at Philadelphia.
DIR. Nosberg- Rekow's declaration that
he had critically examined the processes of
meat inspection and preparation at Chica-
go. and had found them admirable is the
first official testimony of that kind which
has been able TO check and silence-for the
moment. at least-the long sustained and
tedious chorus of agrarian denunciation
"a -AAAAIA ANHA tOOu piOuuClS- his duUTeSS
was delivered before the Berlin Association
of Merchants and Manufacturers. the
members of which are generally men Of
superior intelligence, who are above the
small jealousies and selfishness of trade
and who realize how dependent are the in
dustrlal and laboring classes in German
cities and manufacturing districts upon
imported bTeadstuffs and meats
similar in tenor and deductions was
the report of Herr Wirth, a linen manu-
facturer of Sorau. who had attended the
exposition as the representative of the
chamber of commerce in that busy city.
In his report. which was delivered before
a special meeting few days ago, Mr..
Wirth confirmed the principal observations
Of Or. NosbeTg- Rekow, described the i'm
preston made upon him by the great fac
tories of Pennsylvania and New England,
the fourtracked railway lines crowded
with traffic. and the resistless energy and
enterprise OF the people Great as indus
trial Germany has become said the speak
er she is vet far behind the republic in
natural resources and productive capacity.
In oppoTtune though apparently acci-
dental, accord with these manifestations
of a friendlier spirit, there has appeared
within the past few days an important
contribution to the controversy concerning
the danger 10 German farms and orchards
through the invasion of insect pests of
American origin.
When in January 1898, the sudden and
drastic edict of the German Government
concerning the San Jose scale practically
paralyzed the import of fresh fruits from
the United States, DR.. II. Dohrn, Of Stet-
tin, a scientific horticulturist of high au- /
thority, declared and gave reasons for his 1
opinion that the new pest would, for cli /
matte and other reasons, prove as harm |
less in Germany as the Colorado potato !
bug had been several years ago. As re- I
suit Of the discussion which followed. the
horticultural society at Stettin, of which
Dr.. Dohrn is an old and influential mem
Der, offered prize for the best scientific
treatise on the whole question of Ameri-
can insect pests in Germany.
The prize has just been awarded to
Prof. Leopold Kruger. The conclusions of
Prof Kruger are summarized in the two
sentences:
" That until now, no insect of any i'm
poTtance or danger to agriculture has ever
been introduced from North America into
Germany.
That the climatic differences between
the two countries render highly irnprob
able any noXious invasion from that coun
try, so that there is no fact to justify or
render advisable any panicky fear, such as
now prevails concerning the invasion Of
the San Jose scale and was formerly
awakened by the Colorado potato bug
The Census Printing.
Members of organized labor, particularly
he members of the allied printing trades.
ire protesting against having the printing
Of the Census Office to be done anywhere
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