The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-30
OUR GERMAN CRITICS
Impressions of the Kaiser's
Agricultural Party.
AMERICAN HOSPITALITY PRAISED

Distinguished visitors Who Have
Been Touring the United States say
we Have a Wonderful Country, but
seem sIxeptical as to the Profit to
Their Land From Their observa-
lions.
Seemingly skeptlcal as to whether
they have gained sufficient knowledge
to repay them for their seven weeks
tour through the United States, the
delegation Of forty seven Germans sent
to this country BY the kaiser 70 study
American agricultural methods recent
il left for their native land, says the
New York Times Before they left
they gathered at the Hotel Belyedere
IN New York the other day at an In
formal luncheon rendered TO John
Schultz Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture. who accompanied
them officially.
After the luncheon Erich Speck Won
Fluegge, imperial counselor on econ
omy and the kaiser's personal repre-
sentative, was interviewed
'This Is a big country, great coun-
try, a wonderful country he saiT
1--WE admire 1t very, very much. 7
most Of all do we admire the people.
They have been SO kind. 50 hospitable,
to us. You have magnificent schools,
and the men in charge Of them appear
TO me to be very, very clever men.
we marveled at the means you have
for supporting your institutions Of
learning. The agricultural experimental
farms especially interested us, for, you
know, we came here to learn about
your methods Of agriculture"
May / say that you are leaving this
country with impressions that will inn
prove your knowledge OF agricultural
things in generalT' the reporter asked.
mo, no; don't say anything about
that. Don't say anything about that at
all" quickly answered Won Fluegge,
shaking his head theoretically and
holding up his hands. but You can
print In big letters how much we APP
preciate the hospitality the splendid
hospitality the Americans
Rittmeister Lemcke, who, besides be-
ing captain Of cavalry, is the owner
of feudal estate comprising 5000
acres, was indignant over sleeping car
accommodations on American rail-
roads. In loud tone he declared:
"The Pullman accommodations were
dirty and filthy too bad for utterance.
We didn't want first class Pullmans,
but we wanted at least comfortable
accommodations And then those dirty
negro servants who made up our beds,
they We're something VILE
He was not satisfied with the meals
either. with tremendous sums Of
money we could purchase meals that
were not at all adequate or satisfac-
tory" he said. sAt other times the
meals we got for less money We're very
good"
on Rittmeister Lemckes estate are
large forests, and he was especially in
terested In American woodlands.
American farmers he said, "are
doing away with wood in their big
forests entirely without thought Of the
future. In the west we found big piles
Of wood decaying and not used because
it had been cut down without necessity.
SO long as the American farmer makes
money today he does not think Of the
future. within ten years they will
have to be importing their building
wood from Germany. Our forests will
never give out. The cutting is regu-
lated BY the government"
Mr.. Gain, also a large feudal estate
| holder, said he was going to come back
in two years and buy up lot Of land
In the west and cultivate it.
II win have to use fertilizers
though" he said THE farmers in this
country are exploiting the soil without
discrimination, and in six years It will
be much less productive than It is now
Then they Will have to send to Ger
many for fertilizers
What impressed itself deepest on the
mind Of Karl Fuhrmann. q student a