The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-28
Agrarian Press Approve the Meas
ure Which Is Being Denounced
by the Liberals.
FEAR A WAR OF REPRIsAL.
United States Expected to Retail
late With Tariff Legislation
That Will Further Cripple
Germany's Industries.
(By Associated Press


Berlin. July N.-AlI the morning papers
devote much space to the tariff bill. The
majority OF the Conservative papers give
the provisions Of the bill. with little discus
sion thereof, the tone Of which Is, however,
that the duties have only been moderately
lists need, but that Count Won Buelow, the
Imperial Chancellor. did his best. The
Deutsche Tages Zeitung declares the in
crease In duties set forth by the bill to be
modest and that foreign countries will
breathe more freely since its publication.
Aimed mt United States.
Die Post praises. the wise moderation of
the bill The Post interprets the eighth
paragraph as against the United States, and
says:
1T gives us the means to protect ourselves
against the h!gh-handed manner in which
the United States interprets reciprocity.
We are decidedly Disseminated against uE-
present conditions. We were weaponless
against such treatment in tariff matters. te-
perial Chancellor) literally threw away the
INSTRUMENTATION treatment. This new
tariff shows q determination to insure our
selves place in the sun in tariff matters
and we expect German manufacturers to
agree thereto, since many have suffered
from the supercilious morality OF America
in tariff treatment"
Predict Farther Disturbances.
With regard to this paragraph Of the bill
being the best means of convincing for
eign countries of the value Of commercial
treaties with Germany, the Liberal papers
emphasixe that this tariff bill comes at a
time when German industries are already
In the throes Of severest crisis and that 1t
can only cause new convulsions IN the IN
dustrial life.
Three papers express the fear that the
~,Sfo A., liz Gar.
man shipping, and they also point out that
Germany's allies, Austria and Italy, must
lose a large part Of their German trade.
Even moderate papers like the National
Zeitung confess that their worst fears about
concessions to the Agrarians are not only
confirmed, but aided.
The National Zeitung points out that the
Agrar1ans gain great advantages, besides
those resulting from high duties. through
the abolishing of the present bonded
warehouse privilege on grain and the
abolition of the bill requiring cash pay
ment of duties or per cent interest there
on.
Hoping for Changes.
Some of the German papers interpret the
North German Gazette's inspired state
ment to the effect that the bill Ii only
tentative and that the Reichstag and the
Bundesrath may change it as meaning that
the Government wishes moderation in
agricultural duties. But information OBJ
tanned by the correspondent of the As
ISOLATED Press from Reichstag circles Is
that the Reichstag is more than likely to
make still greater increase in the bill.
All signs indicate that heated agitation
against the bill will break out throughout
the country.
The Liberal papers say the bill can only
make Socialist votes, and in this connection
these papers point out the most recent evil
dence of the growth of socialism In the
results Of the two bye-elections. held in the
Memel district, in which the Conservatives
lost about Is OC0 votes. az against their ma
jority Of 1888, while the Socialists gained
about the same number. In the Duisburgh
Ruhrort district, in the elections had July
Is. the Socialists polled 1900 votes this be-
| INK q gain of 100 per cent In the last three
years.
The Deutsche Tages Zeitung opens the
war upon the tariff bill, and declares:
1.-THE grain duties are insufficient The duty
on tobacco must be increased, and potatoes
must be protected. Every exertion must be
made to transform this wholly Inadequate
| tariR into an effective protection for do
mestic interests, and the Government must
Weld to the full agricultural demands, when
the farmers declare 'kllrp and klar.' in the
keichsfas. what duties the ssriculturalists
Does Not Agree with Koch.
The German newspapers have printed