The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-07
MEAT PRICES SOAR IN BERLIN
WORkHEN CiN'T M II
HRiTH az iINST tGRiRItNS.
Opportunity for American Diplomacy To
Break Down Barriers-I. .. Domi-
mates Liberal Christian COagPess-

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BERLIN. Aug q Representatives OF
the American pack ing houses are watch
ing with much interest the remarkable
situation in the meat trade which has re-
suited from the exclusion of American
meats The prices of all foods are in
creasIng in Germany with alarming ra-
pidity II was announced this week that
the price Of meats will be Increased from
10 IA ~ per cent
Tn" German new papers assert that tn.
caus" 81 these increases - the shortage
IA the domestic supplies, which cannot b"
augmented 10y importation The quantity
OF meat available Ia the market Of Berlin
this year ~ almost a third less than ia 1870
The butchers and the retl lers declare that
they aTs powsr''s- tn remedy the con
dit,ons and blame TIA. influential agrarians
and Cl;ilnmen. whose alleged ANXIETY ia
r.gari To ia" purity ~ imported meats ~
declared To b" a transparent pretencr.
The public ~ clamoro,is and demands
removal OF the bars against foreign meats
Workmen bitterly protest that they at.
not able TO eat meat at the present pro-
hIhitive prices II the American Govern
ment would seize upon the psychological
moment and urge the removal of the re-
strICtIuns against american meats n
would be able Ia count upon The strong
support Of the masses ia Germany.
The American delegation Of ministers
and educators Ia tn. Worlds Congress
~ Iiberal ChristiavitY Religion ard
Progress which ~ ~ session here. ~ -tTorK
enough numerically Ia impart All American
tirg- To the proC-"iirgs. M other
country - better represented or more
likely To leave AN impress on thS CON
gr"-- The majority ~ the 49, American
delegates arrived on Friday Tn" dele
gates include the Rev Thomas X. ShCer
~ New York. Rabbi Emil q Hir-ch Of
chicago the Rev Samuel A Eliot Of Bos-
ton. Prof Francis q Peabody of Har-
ward. David starr Jordan. president 81
Leland stanford University. California
the Rev Frank Oliver Hall II New York
and Prof Thomas e Hall Of New York
The majority IT the American delegates
10 the congress- are women The congress
IN dedicated Ia the cause ~ religious
freedom. and lts propa ganda especially
interests Germany. where the Government
r.cogn,z-- only three churches tn. State
Evangelical the Catholic and III" Jewish
All Other denominations ar" cla-s,d as
,Iss..ut~r-
Tn" r.guia~ -es~rnns - 'r- congress
ut..u.d TODAY a; 80 VI ~ the AUDI
forum ~ the university Dr Ad"lph
Haruack Iruf,.>-nr e theology and dIrec
tor - ~" royal library IA Berlin d.lly
cred ~. uIr.niug address lie -pok" ~
the duutd. gospel - the New r"s'a
nent About seven hundred PERSONS are
attending the congress Two thirds -
thu~" IA attendance are aum.n
THIS afternoon the delegates made
visit to PotsdAm aud wreathS were lad
IN ih. monument - Luther IN" Rev
charles William M"ndt" - B"-ton de-
lly-red an address ~ the preliminary
session yesterday
Th, influx - American tourists shows
no sIsuls - diminishing Americans 10
the. numi-.r 10 seventy 81 ght were reg
Ist.r,'d a. me hotel to-day owing q"
the -NtrAnrdinary passenger trafic the
prompt delivery e mails - Imp,-ssihls
Germans are complaining and III" Ger
man post offic- grAN-Iv assures the m-r
chants that ia" DELAY - due tu the tour
i-t- and that everything will tie all right
when tn. Americans depart
Tn" Rev John X trusS@r ~ chicago.
the new pastor - the American church
here. arrived here tins week and later
went To- Ot-rainin"rgau III" will deliver
hIs inaugural sermon "a September