Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-01
NOTICE 70 GERMANY
United States Will Make Its
Power Felt in Trade
Relations.
Articles Deleterious to Health
May Be Barred Under
Dingley Act.
Long List will Be Published for
Benefit Of European
Countries.

i Germany, of the tremendous power
lodged in the hands of the United
States government, which can be used
to retaliate effectively against any ma
ton which, by unjust discrimination,
excluded American products of farm
and factory from it's markets This no.
tice will be given by the publication of
| a list compiled by direction of the sec
ticles are imported into the United
| States from Europe which are deieter-
ious to health and which can be exclud-
ed under the authority of the Dingley
| tariff act and one of the agricultural
appropriation laws, which give the
president the power to retaliate when
American goods are Disseminated
| against.
This list is long one and will give
Europe something to ponder. 1t also
will act undoubtedly as a deterrent up
on any power which contemplates I'M
friendly steps of commercial nature.
Germanys latest discriminative ac-
| ton does not become operative until
| October, and Secretary Wilson's long
! list will be particularly interesting to
that country. and it may have consid-
| cradle influence toward convincing the
| kaiser's government that the American
| goods which is proposed to exclude are
not half as bad as they appeared TO be
before this persuasive list was pre-
pared.
| Commercial warfare is disastrous
both for victor and vanquished, and it
is with great reluctance that any ma
ton provokes such a conflict. Secre-
tary Wilson's list, therefore, has an
ot' er useful purpose. 1t is to feel the
public pulse so as to, enable the admin
| istration to determine whether the peo-
pie are in favor of retaliating against
nation which discriminates against
American products and are willing to
submit to the losses which will fol-
| low a commercial warfare. 1t is the
| hope of the administration that within
a short time public sentiment on this
question will crystalize so as to give the
government plenty of time in which to
pre- pare to take the steps which will be
the most effective.
| When Secretary Wilson was seen by
| a press representative last night he
| declared in the most emphatic manner
| that the action of his department was
not taken with a view to retaliating
against Germany and insisted that the
| list of articles which have been sub
| jected to preservatives and other chem
I ical action was made up from the pro-
| ducts Of all nations regardless of
whether they had excluded or proposed
to exclude American goods for alleged
reasons of impurity or unwholesome-
ness.
| The president has ample power. to
retaliate" was the significant remark
of the secretary, but the entire ques-
ton will be submitted to the press and
the people of the country. 1t is for them
to decide what steps shall be taken.
| The matter Is in their hands and the
president has abundant legal authority
| to protect our trade. When the list
| pre- pared by my direction is made pub
| lie it will give notice to the entire world
that we have an effective weapon with
| which to fight our commercial battles
"Of course we do not desire a COM
mercial war with any one, and when 1T
becomes known how strong the United
States would be in such conflict this
knowledge would have wonderful eff
feet in securing fair treatment of
American goods in foreign markets"
In the last agricultural appropriation
act, as we'll as in the one previous to
| it, there was inserted a carefully pre-
pared proviso intended to give the sec
rotary of agriculture specific authority
to retaliate against discrimination by
foreign countries. This paragraph was
designed to meet the emergency which
has now risen, and the language of that
act was so significant that it is worthy
of careful study. A general appropri-
alton for the bureau of chemistry was
designed, among other things, Ito In
vestigate the adulteration of foods,
drugs, and liquors, when deemed by the
secretary of agriculture advisable: and
the secretary of agriculture whenever
he has reason to believe that articles
are being imported from foreign coun
tries which, by reason of such adultera-
tons are dangerous to the health of
the people of the United States, shall
make a request upon the secretary of
treasury IOF lIOlu
packages OF such articles for inspection
and analysis; and the secretary of the
treasury is hereby authorized to open
such original packages and deliver
specimens to the secretary of agricul-
ture for the purpose mentioned, giving
notice to the owner or consignee of
such articles, who may be present and
have the right to introduce testimony;
and the secretary of the treasury shall
refuse delivery to the consignee of any
suc.. goods which the secretary of agri
culture reports to him have been in
spected and analysed and found to be
dangerous to health because of such
adulteration."
Some of the articles which will be
included in the list are macaroni, wine,
lees, cocoa, coffee, brandies sausages,
olive oil, muriate of potash, sugar,
cheese wines and beer.
Wedding at Dubuque.
Dubuque, April 1.-The first wedding
after Easter occurred last evening at
st. Johns Episcopal church. The con-
tracing parties were Miss Grace Clark