The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-28
THE NEW GERMAN TARIFF.
Provisions Of Prospective Measure
Cause Much Discussion.
THE BILL COMMENDED AND CRITICISED
Eighth Paragraph Inserted to Protect
Against American Interpretation Of
Reeiproeity---Other News.

Berlin, July 27-hll the morning papers
devote much space to the tari0 bill The
majority of the conservative papers give
the provisions Of the hin with little discus.
sion thereof the tone Of which Is. however.
that the duties have only been moderately
increased and not g, much so MS the agri.
culturists need but that Count Won Bulow,
the Imperial chancellor, did his best.
The Deutsche Tages zeltung considers the
Increase in duties Sc: forth by the hill to
be modest and that foreign countries will
breathe more freely since Its publication
The Die Post praises the moderation OF
the bil. which, Il says, renders Il accept
able abroad and at home The Post Ia.
against the United States and says. III
gives us the means TO protect ourselves
against the high banded manner IN which
the United States internrcts reciprocity, We
are decidedly discriminuted against under
the present conditions, We were powerless
against such Leonine treatment in tarif
matters because Caprice (the late former
German imperial chancellor delihprHtNlr
threw away the most favored nation treat
mcnt The new tariff shows a determine
tion to insure ourselves n place In the sun
in uun matters and We expect German
manufacturers to agree thereto, since many
have suffered from the supercnlouS moral
lty Of Americans In taH6 treatment"
With regard t. paragraph S OF the bin
countries Of the value Of the commercial
treaties with Germany. the liberal papers
emphasize the fact that this larin Oili
comes at a time when German industries
are already In the throeS Of the seNcleSt
crisis aud that IL can only cause new con
vulsions ln the industrial life. These pa
pors express the fear that the United
States will adopt roprsals upon German
shipping ana they also point ont thai
GermanY'S allies, Austria and Italy must
Lose large part OF their German trade
Even moderate papers Hike The Natlonni
Zeitung confess that their worst fears
about concessions 20 the asrarOns are not
only confirmed hut exceeded The Ma
tlonal Zeitung points out that the agra
rians gain great advantages beside those
resulting from high duties, through the
abolition OF the present bonded warehouse
privileges on grain and the abolition by
the hill OF the old law requiring daties
of 4 per cent thereon
Some Of the German papers interpret
the North German Gazette inspired state
mcnt to the effect that the bill Is only
tentative and that the reichstae and the
bUudesrath may change NJ a. meaning
that the government wishes moderation In
agricultural duties But Information oh
tanned 10y the correspondent of the Asso
clated Press from reichstag circles ls that
the relchsinG is more than likely To make
still greater increases In the blll
All signs Indicate hat heated argument
against the bill viii break out through
OUT the country. Tho Deutsche rnges
NcitunG opens the war upon the tariff aud
declcres the grain duties are insufficient
J
potatoes must be protected Every exer
zion must he made 10 transform this wnol
~ inadequate tarlr into an effective pro
lection for domestic Interests md the gov
ernmCut must yield to the fun agrlcultu
raj demands when the farmer declare
'klpp aud klar' In the relchstag what du-
ties tl$ Sgriculturallsts need To exist
The liberal papers say the hill can only
make socialist votes and in this cnnnrc-
unn the papers point out the most recent
evidence NJ 1he growth Of socialism in the
O. 3
Mdhel district. in which the conservatives
lost about 1000 as against their majority
Of 1888. while the socialists gained ahout
the same number In the Duishurg Ruhr
district in the elections held July ~ the
socialists pollcd 1900 votes. this being
a gain OF 100 per cent in the last three
years.
The German newspapers have printed
lengthy reports Of the address Of Robert
Koch before the British congress on tnber.
cuosis. held in Lordon this week, hut few
opinions on DR.. Kochs theory have been
expressed. Prof. virchow, the well.know
scientist, after having dlsscnted at meet
ing OF the Medical Scientists society from
DR., Koch's expressions IN London. has OK
pressed still stronger dissent from these
views in an interview in which he said:
81 am emphahcaly against Dr Koch
deductions He Ignores everything we owe
TO the investigations and experiments Of
the Goptnhagcn school. The committee 81
the Danish government conducted the most
thorough experiments. the result Of which
are most fatty contradlcted by Or. Koch
You can not say Rome has spoke, because
Or. Koch Is not Rome and the matter is
far from being settled"
~
The celebration AT Bayreuth OF the quar-
ter centennial ami, ersary Of the Wagner.
ian theater awakens much interest Last
evening the production Of the "Valkyrie"
aroused phenomenal enthusiasm, especially
for Herr Krauss, In HIS Interpretation OF
the part Of Sigmund The orchestra was
conducted by Herr Richter and Madame
Patti was present NJ the performance
John u. Jackson. secretary of embassy.
Berlin. and Mrs Jackson are attending the
festival an Beyreuth. whore they win re
main until August g