The San Francisco call., 1901-12-15
KAISER CURBs
BEER DRINKERS
William Believes the
Liquor Interferes
With Work.
Germany Will Not Try to
Seize a Harbor In Vene-
zuela.

BERLIN, Dec. 1.-THE Emperor, among
variety of new subjects engaging his
attention, is looking into the relations of
the German workmen's pFoductiveness
and the use of beer during working hours
His Majesty's inquiries among employers
and students of social questions indicate
that he regards the beer now drunk regu-
larly on factory premises as apprectably
detrimental to both accuracy OF work
manship and amount of product.
A movement is on foot to exclude beer
from the factories because of the Kali
ser's criticisms. Several works have al
ready educated their operatives to dis
pense with the morning and afternoon
beer recesses. 1t is quite common for
workman to drink ten pints Of beer day
In the shops, while the average Is not
much below gallon per day, especially
among molders.
An American firm making electrical ap-
paratus here has kept records OF the work
done before and since the prohibition Of
beer. The result is 10 per cent in product
per man. Part of the increase Is due to
the time saved. The theory of the firm is
that beer drinking during working hours
makes man physically and mentally
inactive and that consequently he is less
capable cd doing his best work, especially
toward the end of the day
The Foreign Office officials announce
that Germany has not the remotest Idea
to obtain satisfaction of her claims. Ger
many has not any Government claims,
and those connected with the mistreat-
ment OF sailors and Germans resident in
Venezuela are substantially settled. Ger
many might push some private business
claims, but she regards the whole matter
now as insignificant and would gladly be
out OF 1t altogether, particularly because
OF the constant misunderstanding of Ger
many's intentions by American and Brit
ish newspapers.
Baron Won Kardorff has been elected
chairman of the tariff committee The
Government desired that DR.. SPAIN, the
Centr1St leader, should be chairman but
the CentristS declined to take so much re-
sponsibility. Hence the Conservatives put
forward Baron Won Kardorff who is an
extreme agrar1an. Twenty Of the twenty
eight members of the committee are SEEM
ingly in favor of the principle of the bill.
Russian agents and German manufac-
turers are getting much material for use
IN IN, agitating against the tariff measure
Zeltung (National LiberaD noting that
the imports Of American writing and cal
culating machines are largely increasing
the imports of the latter alone amounting
to 2,15OeOO marks from January to OctO-
Der, urges quadrupling the duties on these
machines. The new tariff increases the
duties from "A to so marks per metric hum
dredweight.
Inquiries made among the textile manu-
facturers of the F'rieburg district with
reference to the shortage of the Ameri-
can cotton crop indicate that they much
doubt that the United States crop is real
ly short, but they add that If the rapOre
is true it will mean disaster to the cotton
industry of Germany, which is already
working on reduced time. Some manufac-
turers say that even the short crop Of
cotton may be found sufficient for the de-
mands of an already dull market. The
supply Of cotton in Germany will suffice
for two months