Show THE GRAIN DUTIES Germany Considering the Expediency Expe-diency of Suspending Them JT WILL ONLY BE TEMPORARILY Th Emnomr la Desirous of Suppressing ntemperanca Fair Commissioners Cor uialiy Received In Russia BERLIN Aug 29 Copyright 1S91 by Now York Associated Press Orders have been issued by the government calling upon agricultural district officials to report re-port as to the condition and probable yield of wheat and rye Judging from the altered tone of members of the official circle cir-cle a suspension of the import duties on grain is becoming a recognized necessity The minister will not wait till November to submit the question in the reichstag bu4 immediately upon the conclusion of the gathering and digesting of statistics will declare the duties suspended The Xorui German Gazette published an article on the subject in which it avowed that the main reason of the government in hitherto ro fusing to lessen or suspend the duties was the fear that the reichstag would once they wore abolished or reduced never allow them to be restored This statement raised a storm ot protests ia which the agrarian journals joined Tho notion that a suspension o the duties meant permanent abolition id denounced as absurd ia view of the fact that the reichstag which has yet three theory ready to reimpose the duties when the government desires In the meantime what measures are possible will be taken to lighten the hardships resulting from the dearness of rye The Reichs bank has been authorized to make advances up to twothirds of the value of grain placed iu the depot Importers Im-porters have made every exertion to sup ply the depots Until yesterday when the Hessian prohibition came into force the frontier railways did a great carrying trade Mixing rye with wheat already has been largely resorted to and nothing but tins mixture is now used for making bread for the army The Freilsinnigc Zcituna has decided to oppose the main clauses of the government bill for the repression of drunkenness The ultimate fato of the measure may bo pre dicted as it is modeled after a bill of sim ilar imprt which was introduced in the releasing in 18t > l and dropped ia committee Leading ministerialists are the only sup port or the present bill and their supporti due simply to the fact that the Emperor who is the father of the bill is m earnest in his efforts to suppress the growing evil of intemperance Handy Peck and Butler three members of the foreign commission of the Chicago Columbian exposition who have been visit ing Russia describe their reception by M de Giers Russian prime minister as of a most cordial nature Vishnegradsky minister min-ister of fiilance promised ho would at an early date appoint an imperial commissior to attend to all matters pertaining to th4 proper representation of Russian art industry in-dustry and manufactures fcjTbe eleven days lour Messrs Gros venor and Lindsay in Switzerland covered every industrial centre Everywhere they were told they could rely upon a representation represen-tation of Swiss products Percy Tiighman who at one time was United States consul In this city but who subsequently became notorious for his swindling operations has been at his old tricks again having swindled Banker Landry Lan-dry at the Hague out of SrJOO The fall of President Balmaceda ot Chili is received with general satisfaction here The position of the newBalmacedoa warship the President Pinto which ia now at Kiel is a matter of discussion among naval officers owing to the different circumstances which now attach to her Her commander expects to remain at Kiel until ho can obtain orders from the constituted consti-tuted government at Santiago do Chili |