The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 14, 1897, Page 1

T . i——— st oo 4 [ to b | the | ¢ This pey his Paper n(;t\;; e_,taken from | lerary_ 44 MORNING, MARCH 14, 18 97—THIRTY PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CRETARY WILSON'S - AMBITION Vigorous Policy of the Head of the Agricul- tural Department. INNOVATIONS TO BENE- FIT FARMERS. Under New Conditions This Country Will Supply Europe With Batter. RAISING OF SUGAR BEETS TO BE | ENCOURAGED. Protection to Be Secured for Cali- | man snd a scientist. | practical farming were followed by expe- fornia Fruits Against Foreign + Importations. WASHIN D. C., March THE CaLlL corresponcuent met the new Secre- tary of Agricuiture, Mr. Wil-on, at the | department this morning, and he very | willihgly entered into a discussion of the | duties of his new office. Secretary Wilson sbowed by his conversation a homely | Knowledge of farm life, and displayed a | teconical knowledge of agricultural scieace, embracing chemistry, pomology, entomology, microscopy and vegetable | pathology, all of which are divisions of | be has set on foot a line of work which it | thrives in the great corn beit. Now, we not only propose to make all of the sugar that we consume, but after the saccharine matter has been extracted from the beet we intend to feed it to cows—why, my boy, we can raise more sugar beets and fatten | more cows and make more good butter | than any country on earth. One of the | first things I shall do will be to appoint | special agente in Europe to investigate and report on different flavors of butter now in demand over t-ere. Yousee we mustcon- | sult he tastes of those people. The longer | the butter is workea the longer it willi keep fresh in transportation. The more | it is worked the more buttermilk is| pressed from the fat; for buttermilk is| caseine, you know, end the bacteria feed upon caseine.’ Secretary Wilson then reverted to the subject of distribution of sugar beet and other seed. He said that, as everybody knows, this has been a vexed question during the past four years, and Secretary Morton bas persistently opposed appro- priations for this purpose. ““Are we going to get ourseed ?” is the in- terrogation of every member of Congress, especially those from the agricultural sec- tions, to the new Secretary of Agricul- ture. This inquiry the Secretary in- sariably answers in the affirmative. “Yes; but under a different system, and one which will, I hope, develop new indus- tries and a greater diversification of agri- cultural industries and agricultural prod- ucts.” Secretary Wilson is bringing to the management of the Agricultural Depart- ment a happy combination of practical experience as an agriculturist, a Congress- His long years of rience in Congress, and since then a scien- tific study, combined with practical ex- perimentation, in his work as director of the State Experiment Station of Iowa, In the few days in which he has been in charge of the Department of Agriculture is believed will supply to the farmers of the country, through the usual channels of distribution by the members of Con- gress and the experiment stations, an en- | tirely new application of the system of | seed distribution, and one intended not | only to diversify and increase the produc- | tion of the farm, but to add largely to the | value of farm products and keep at home | enormous sums of money which are now being sent abroad for agricultural prod- | ucts, while at the same time making a| warket abroad for the producis of the | the department over which he has as- | snmed control. Secretary Wilson talked to THE CALL correspondent for more than an hour. “You will understand,” said he, “that my first week in office has been fuily oc- cupied, and when you ask me to tell Tux CALL's readers what the policy of this dé- farms of the United States. | Mr. Wilson’s experience as the head of the experiment station of his own Btate, { in which he coupled practical farm expe- | rience and intelligent scientific knpwledge | of the value of the various kinds of agri- | cultural productions, has resulted in a marked improvement in the value and di- THE AMERICAN POLICY. | It will be our aim to be ever watchful of our National honor and to insist upon the enforcement of the rights of American citizens everywhere. nish the juicy steaks and palatable, strength-producing chops and cutlets are now more in: demand. Leguminous partment under my administration will | versification in land products in Iows, and | plants, which are deep-rooted and rich in be I can only reply, in general terms, that | plans which he has already outlined to | nitrogen, Japanese beans, field peas and at first it is my ambition to encourage the raising of the most remunerative farm products, and second to find a foreizn | market for them. Ishall try to remove the disability now existing against our meat exportations to Germany and other Buaropean countrigs. Do you know that butter-making and butter exportation promises to be a great industry in the United States? 1 see you are surprised; for, liké many others, you have read some poetical con- ceits about the milkmaids and dairy farms of the old country. These old songs appeal to our imagination, but I can de- stroy all of this sentimentality with one | blow when I say that there is not grass encugh in Europe to feed cows enough, | consequently not enough cows to muke the butter consumed over there.”” The Secretary of Agriculture is the least bit eccentric in his manner, and, afier | making this declaration, struck bis desk a resounding whack with his huge fist, and then, peering beneath his palm, keenly cbserved the newspaper interviewer to see what effect his statement would have. His next statement was even more start- | liag. Rising abruptly in his seat, he asked, almost dramatically, Xnow that we are now importing millions of dollars’ worth of sunshine from Ger- many every year?” THE CALLcorrespond- ent confessed his dense ignorance, where- upon the new Secretary said : “Well, T mean sugar. Sunshine makes sugar. We have enough of sunshine and good soil in our own broad land. It has| | been demonstrated that the sugar beet “Do you | the members of Congress with whom he has talked show to them that this intelli- gent system is to be applied to the entire | agricultural ares of the United States. Corn, which in his own State brings no | more than 10 or 15 cents per busnel for | marketing, is in his opinion worth-several | times more than that if properiy fed, and | be has already put on foot investigations | of ‘the experiments made in- this line in { the various States, especially with: refer- ence to the utilization of these and other farm produets for feeding sheep, a system through which he believes the agricul- | tural products may prove more valuable than in the past, especially by reason of | the d:fficuity farmers have had ‘in procur- ing other classes of food animais to which to feed the enormous grain crops which this country bas been producing during the past few years. But it is notalong this line alone to which he is confining bis | experiments and researches snd plans. In the distribution of the seeds he is pre- | paring to supply the farmers of the coun- | try with the class of plants which have | proved especially valuable in other parts | of the world, and in experiments which | have been conductcd in few of the States | | of this country. reople of the world now, Mr. Wilson finds, are demanding nitrogenous food | and not requiring such quantities of the class of food obtained from the fat-pro- ducing grains which have sent American lard all overithe world, but for which the demand has of late somewhat falien off. In other words, fats are less in demand, | and the nitrogenous products which far- vod-besring plants generally are found to be more valuable, where they have been tested in this and other countries, and the farmers of the country will find their seed packages of an entirely differ- ent character in the future than those ‘which they have been™ scenstomed™ 10" ré- ceive. .3 3 In the experiments made in the of Jowa during the past few years all the world has been ransacked for classes of nitrogen-producing plants with which to supply the demand which the new order of things in consumption of animal food | has created. Field peas from Canada, Japanese beans and clover from the Orient, a peculiar | class of pod-bearing plants from the south, | and other products of various portians of Europe, where these matters have been carefully and scientifically studied have all been brought into requisition in the | experiments made by him so sucgessfully | that he is preparing to apply this informa- | tion to such other sections of the country s are likely to find ii useful. In the ex- periments which have been made in cer- tain of the agricultural stations, especially that of Tows, it has beén found that by a combination of deep-rooted plants it is | practicable to furnish a succesion of crops which shall give from. the opening of the season until snowfall a constant supply of nitrogenous food for animals, which adds | greatly to their value for food. It isin | the hope and exvectation of applying this system to the great stock-producing Continued on Second Page. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE WILSON SAYS: “It is my ambition to encourage the raising of the most remuncrative farm products and to find a foreign market for them.” fil f i RSO PEo ItIs a Proposal to Makse Boso Petrovitch Governor of Crete. READY TO FORCE GREECE TO DISARM. Kaiser William Also Anxious to Resort to Extreme Mgasures. BUT TEf “CONCERT” OF THE POWERS IS FLED. Russia, Germ:ny and Austria May Be Leit to Proceed Against Gre:ce + by Themseives. BERLIN, GERMANY, March 13.—Behind the circular which Russia has sent to the powers proposing that each of them send 2000 troops to Crete to occupy the island and compel the withdrawal of the Greeks is & proposal which has been communi- cated hére from Vienna and probably sent io other governments that Boso Petrovitch, an uncle ot Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, be sppointed Governor of Crete with a guard composed of Monte- negrin troops sufficiently large to main- tain order in the island. The understanding here is that Russia wants the powers to present an nltimatum to Greece within 8 week dernanding a gen- oral disarmament of the Greeks and the withdrawal of the Greek troops now in Crete within seven days and notifying the Greek Government that if the demands are not complied with within the specified time ‘the powers wiil resort to coercive measures to compel compliance without further notice, and the suggested mixed occupation of the d will become an accomplished fact. The Kaiser is understood to be favor- able to a resort to extreme measures, pro- vided that Russia will join in formulating and presenting an ultimatum of the character mentioned, and has refused to take part in the English negotiations upon the subject of presenting a collective note in reply to Greece’s reply to the powers. The attitnde of the Berlin Government, is that Germany’s share in diplomatic action in re:ard to Crete is ended, and if there is to be no coercion the German Government will, not discuss the Greek note atall. 3 Austria concurs with Germany in this view of the matter, but Italy and France are hesitating, though the belief in Ger- man official quarters is that they will both ‘join’ the' German-Russian-Austrisan com- binatio! if England declines to do sn. It ¢l bates on the Graek situation whifch' will take place in the French Senate d Chamber of veputies on Monday in the concert, Italy may hold aloof from that time on. In'such ' casathe three imperial powers, Russia, Germany and Austria, will pro- ceed against Greece by themselves. It is the belief that the breaking up of the con- cert of the powers is imminent, that Rus- sia has brought forward Boso Petrovich as 'a candidate for the governorship of ‘“Crete, "and = the ' BSt. Petersburg Governme must certai kno it ment to the office," as it would' forever blagt ber hopes of acquiring Crete. = 8o.far as the ultimatae fate of the island is con- certied théré has not been: a. single: word eiven out by the .diplomats conducting the negotiations thas furnishes the slight- est indication of what the.end will be. In any event it is known ‘that meither the Czar nor. the Kaiser will permit a plebi- scite or any other reference of the question to a popuiar vote of the Cretars. LONDON, Exc., March 13.—Gleaning opinions upon Lord Salisbury’s Graco- Cretan policy from all possible quarters, it is discovered that the oalance of opinion in the lobbies of the House of Commons, in the leading London and provincial clubs and in what diplomatic circles are accessi- ble, is decisively in his favor. Evenamong the Radicals, who naturally contend that the Kuglish Government might have taken 8 better way to satisfy the prevalent feel- ing of the Greeks, it is admitted that Lord Salisbury is acting with infinite. tact and prudence. 'His own sentiments are known to be more with' Greece than Turkev, and if all the difficulties 'he’has had to meet and continues to encounter were publicly known he wonld get mostcredit for st mansh.p, which is at 'once Christian &nd. politic. His own ‘dud Mr.. Curzon’s declarations in Parliament are necessarily lacking in respect of sorhie of the most im- portant diplomatic developments arising since the Greco-Cretan situation became acute. . The Cretan blue book disclosed negotia- tions only up tothe end: of September ana many of the most vital ‘matters :.on which Lord Salisbury .and, the chiefs of the European powers have been at issue wince then receive no official declaration. The Foreign Office has, however, permitted some part of the past and. pending nego- tiations to transpire which lights some bidden corners of the European ‘“con- cert” ' policy, and if the British™ Gov- ernment ' could publish a blue book up to date it would be shown'tnat Lord Salis- bury has been endeavoring to get the best terms for Greece compatible with'any pos- sible maintenance of the so-called concert, and that his main and most uncompro- misiug opponent has besn the German Emperor. Lord Salisbury desired that the Greek troops should not' be ‘withdrawn from Crete until the scheme of autonomy was promuligated and partly acted upon, and tnat the withdrawal of the Turkish troops snould be sim ultzneous. ¢ The Kaisor took the init iative in insist- |- ing upon the Greek troops withdrawing upon no pledge as to the abolition of the Turkish regime or the retirement of the Sultan’s soldiers. X Lord Balisbury suggested that the scheme of autonomy should include the appointment of a Greek Prince—Prince George or some other—as Governor of Crete, with power to appoint his own Council and conduct the administration, and again on the initiative of Germany the _proposition has been practically re- jected. Inofficial quarters here it is believed that if the European powers can be got to leave Greecs to the tender mercies of the Turk, the powers will form Greec: and let King Gzorge fight 1t out with the overwhelming forces which the Porte can bring into the field. The Liberal leaders in Parliament are not ignorant of these facts and know that they are paralyzed in ituek;n‘-lard ‘Salisbury on: the ground that he lacks sympathy with Greece. If they ventured 'upon challenging his policy, a tentative and prudent ose, by & Vote of censure, should prevent France from taking MJM’ would fail to get the support of many Liberal membersand would stultify themselves before the country. A distinec- tive policy of their own is not even within sight of the Liberal leaders. 1f the Liberals were in power aud threw Great Britain on the siue of Greece, a European war ‘would follow in whith Eugland would have no allies. Even as it is Lord Salisbury may soon be compelled to openly denounce the powers’ coercion of Greece, “According to the St. James Gazette, _many Conservatives would approve a war .with Russia as a final, arbitrament of tue Eastern question, including Greece. RIS O T BLOWN UP WITH DINAMITE. Turkish Troops Slaim While Crossing a Railroad Bridge. ATHENS, Greece, March 13.—A dis- patch from Larissa, in Thessaly, says that a railway bridge over the river Varduari, nesr Salonica, Turkey, was blown up while a train with 3000 Turkish troops on board was crossing it. A large portion of the bridge was completely wrecked. Sev- eral of the cars were overturned and fell into the niver. Many of their occupants ‘were unable to get out and perished before assistance could be rendered them. Other soldiers who managed to get free from the cars were dragged down by the weight of their accouterments and drowned. Itis not known how many lost their lives, but it is reported that the number is large. The transportation of troops in the direction of the Greex fron- “tier has been suspended pending the re- pair of the bridge. It.is supposed that the explosion was caused by Macedonian malcortents. Adyices, from Canea show that the pil- laging of the houses of absent Ckristians in that city is being continued: not by tne Turkish troops alone, but by the Turkish municipal authorities, and ‘despite the fact that soldiers and marines from the foreign warships landed ostensibly to protect the town are still on duty no effort ‘has been made to stop the work of the Tobbers. In fact, more pillaging is going onin the presence of the forces of the powers, ‘who have received no orders to check it. Last night and to-day the municipal su- thorities went to the houses of Christians who fled from the city, and opened them ‘under the pretext that they were to be used as lodging. places for some of the many refugees who have reached Canea. The real object of the officers, however, was to steal anything they could lay hands on. 3 They even took away the furniture and household utensils, to say nothing of the other more vaiuable.property they found. In some cases the houses were completely dismantled. LONDON, Exa., March 13.—A dispatch from Constantinople says that fighting has, occurred near Gravenna between & number of Macedonian insurgents and a body of Turkish troops. Details of the ftight are lackin e ‘AN OLD GRENK TRADITION. . "It Will Be Fulfilled if the Crown Prince 5 Grts tie Throme. NEW YORK, N. Y., March 14.-J. Irving Manatt, professor of Greek in Brown University, is in the city. Profes- sor Manatt was United States Consul at Athens for four years under the Harrison administraticn, and is known as the writer of Greek history. In speaking of the present ctisis in the affairs of Greece Professor Manait paid a hign tribute to the character of the men who are giving an object lesson to the halting powers. “King George,” he continued, ‘had the balance-wi.eel of the Greeks for thirty years. He is one of the boldest of men. He has tempered the impulsiveness of his people, and has guided his subjects care- fully through the difficalties that have be- set them, When we eonsider his remark- able conservatism, this present stand with regard fo the Turkish control of Crete is ificant. He has. in - my opinion, staked his throne on the issue of the ques- tion raised by the Greek occupation of the Continued on Sccond Page. CUBA FRIENDS INLINE Preparations for the Big Demonstration Com- plete. MAYOR PHELAN MADE CHAIRMAN. Ladies Will Decorate Metropoli- tan Hall for Saturday Night. EASTERN LEADERS APPLAUD SAN FRANCISCO. Speakers to B: W. S Barnes, S. M Shortridge, T. V. Eddy, W. W. Foote and W. H Jirdan. If the success of the mass-meeting in favor of the Cuban cause, to take place at Metropolitan Temple on next Saturday evening, is to be gauged by the earnesi- ness and enthusiasm of tbe committee that is arranging for 1t, then the big ball will not hold the crowd. 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