The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-23
Are Such That Industries Are unabis
to Compete With the
American Manu-
facturers.
TO PANAMA EXHIBITION
Germany VIII be Well Represented
Even If Privy Councillor
Gets No
Medal.
lBy Karl H. Won wiegand, Berlin Cor

respondent Oh the Oulteu IrSSo.J
BERLIN, Nov. 22.-On the ground
that the sociological laws" which in
clude an elaborate system Of compul
sorry insurance for employees, are prov
ing such burden upon employers.
that German industries cannot COM
pete In price with American 1nanufac-
turers in the race for the trade of the
world, the conservative and national
liberal members will make an attempt
at the coming session Of the reichstag
to have the laws modified. At present
an employer must pay one-half OF the
employees old age pension, sick and &C
cident insurance and 1t WAS the inten-
ton to add to these an unemployment
insurance.
1t Is declared that these burdens to-
gether with heavy income, property
and military taxation amounts to fiji
ten per cent OF the gross profits and
Is proving serious handicap in bid
ding for foreign trade.
BERLIN, Nov. 22.-What is nc~
generally spoken Of as "Ballin,s eA-
i pOSlLiOu 10 IdQluly t6lhih6 lSiih nhA
organization for private participation
| of German exhibitors in the San Fran
cisco exposition. Indications are that
this participation will be on much
larger scale than even the most optim-
istic had expected
The tip has gone out that Herr Ar
thur BALM, general manager Of the
Hamburg American line, is working
with the approval of the kaiser. Balm
is personal friend Of the kaiser and
one of his closest business advisors. It
| Is freely stated that the chancellor
4 and the kaiser were mystifed If not,
] actually misled into the belief that
i there were few persons in Germany
who wanted to exhibit. Now that the
kaisers eyes have been opened to the
disappointment not only In the Unit
ed States but equally 80 in Germany
by the governments decision, It iE
said that he has let 1t be known that
he approves of private participation on
large scale. Privy Councillor Max
Ludwig Goldberger, head of Germany's
permanent exposition commission
vehemently denies that he is respon-
sible for the governments decision.
Nevertheless the disposition in many
quarters Is to lay the entire blame OF
the governments decision to the adj
vice of himself and his commission.
Goldberger spent several weeks In
America some years ago and then
wrote a book about 1t. He has numer-
GUS decorations. many of them from
countries where Germany has exhibit
: ed. Persons not we'll disposed toward
, him go as far as to intimate that he
| was opposed to Germany's participa-
: ton in San Francisco because he
: could not thereby add to his collection
$ of orders and decorations, the Amert-
| can government not having such off,
Y cial souvenirs to bestow.
BERLIN, Nov. 22.-Greater Berlin
, has taken up the question of inaug-
I urating workingmen's insurance
: against unemployment. The prob
y lem of taking care of the unemployed
> is daily becoming greater. More than
} 10000 persons slept one or more
nights in the various municipal and
: charitable shelter homes during the
: month of August.
The cost of unemployment insur
ance will be divided between the
: worklngmen and the city. 1t is esti
!. mated that the latter will have to con
;. tribute 100000 annually.
' BERLIN, Nov. ~ Despite the II,
a most efforts of the health authorities
the number of cholera cases in Sergia
q is rapidly increasing. AS feared, the
q. soldiers returning to their home
n after the two wars, are proving to bt
N "bacili carriers" and have carried ths
ia cholera to every corner of Servia
70 The government attempts to suppress
" the figures which are daily CROWN,
Ia larger The figures given out of TIL