Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-08
Won BUELOW FOR The FlRMER
Espeass. Case u A~srisultur. fr.m Duty
ird Desire.
DLTINOI PROVISION Of nav IAHIIT BlL
chancellor Terms Alleged differences
Between Himself and Emperor
william ON Economic Affairs
Mere Fiction.

BERLIN, Feb. 7.-At q banquet tonight
bf the German council Of agriculture
Count Won Buelow. the imperial chancellor,
IN a long speech, declared that he had
aspoused the cause OF agriculture not
merely from a feeling Of duty. but with
bis whole heart.
"a chancellor without sympathy for ag-
riculture would be a strange fellow" said
Count Won Buelow. ''and he would soon
trip up"
He declared the alleged differences be-
tween himself ahd the emperor on economic
AFFAIRS to be obviously a fiction. for while
attempting to advance the Interests Of ag-
ricuIture he had also carried out the wishes
Of the emperor, while loving and wise
solicitude for agriculture could always be
counted upon"
The emperor completely endorsed the ma
Eional economic policy, continued the
speaker, which was aimed at benehting
TO the utmost the agricultural class without
unfairly damaging the other classes Of the
population.
Politics Not Always Benevolent.
The chancellor said 1t was true that
IN politics things we're not done out of
sheer benevolence. In the tariff bill, he
continued, the federal government had gone
n long way 20 meet the wishes Of a~gricul-
ture, and ought to be supported by the
agricultural Interests. Exaggerations and
prejudlces must be set aside. The federal
government had agreed on the corn du-
ties, which they proposed to mark at the
highest possible limit without, on the one
hand, burdenipg the rest OF the popula-
tion, or, on the other hand, interfering
with the concIusion OF commercial treaties
rs they had 70 consider agriculture, in
dustry and trade, which must reckon sta
BILE. uniform and peaceful conditions.
Is It was very doubtful. continued the chan
pelior, whether higher corn duties than the
bill proposed would benefit agriculture IN
the long run, for they might provoke reac'
! ton, under the influence Of which the
legitimate protection Of agriculture would
also fail.
Tariff Bill In Charge.
"In View of this frank explanation of thu
federal stapdpoint, 1 am led to hope tina
the disappsaFance of the tariff bill. owinl
20 unacceptable and excessive demands
such as the increase OF the minimum duty
will be frustrated by the friends Of LANDED
interests. / tell you, as the honest steers
man. that the tariff bill ship can c~ertalnl,
keep ahoat. but with a still heavier carg
the waves will eventually swallow up, no
the captain. but the boat"
4 The imperial chancellor attacked the rad
teal newspapers. and recorded in conclusion
his full agreement with the serious warn
fngs addressed to the representatives Q
agriculture by the plenipotentiaries Of tn
South German federal state by Count vol
Posadowsky- Wepner, the imperial secre
tary OF state for the interior, and by tn
Prussian ministers.
.'As little" he said, "as I ever with
drew, OF. shall withdraw, behind the crown
% little do I think OF exposing my feilo'
workers and colleagues TO FIRE and retreat
ing myself from the front"
: Count Won Buelow concluded by callin
for cheers for the council OF agriculture.