Assembly of tax and economic reformers

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The Assembly of Tax and Economic Reformers was an association of German farmers founded in 1876 to represent the interests of agriculture in politics. A particular focus of the work was to protect the German market from Eastern European and American grain and the associated rising agricultural prices.

The association behind the assembly is counted among the agrarians .

Party of the "tax and economic reformers"

Back in February 1876 in Berlin which was party association of tax and economic reformer been constituted. The statutes can be read under and.

Twenty people were elected to the party's committee. These included:

First meeting

After the party was founded in Berlin, the first meeting of tax and economic reformers took place on September 25, 1876 in Eisenach . About 50 participants, who also consisted of members of the party committee, came to Eisenach for the original assembly. Half of all participants were from the Province of Hesse and the rest from “ Thuringia , Province and Kingdom of Saxony ; smaller farmers were not represented at all. "

Elected Presidents:

Elected Secretary:

Elected assessors:

  • Sontheim (member of the party committee)
  • Otto Ludloff, brother of Hermann Ludloff

The first speaker was Freiherr von Erffa -Wernburg (member of the party committee) on the subject of the representation of the Agrarian Party by the press . An organ should be created for the party that is not in the “pay of the national liberal progress party ”. Following on from this, Mr. von Stein-Rochberg presented the Thuringian Courier as a possible party organ. Following a proposal from Niendorf and a vote, a committee was elected to organize the Thuringian press , consisting of von Stein-Rochberg, von Erffa-Wernburg and von Beust .

The next speaker, Franz Perrot (member of the party committee) from Dresden, then represented the following theses:

  1. the privileges of movable capital in tax law are to be eliminated
  2. the trade regulations must be improved
  3. the liberal party only represents the interests of big business based on previous policy.

This attitude would have meant a culture war that would have removed the small farmers from the gathering. Perrot, however, reaffirmed precisely this intention by pointing out, if the policy was maintained, the "destruction of Christianity" that this entails.

Ultimately, however, the theses were accepted.

Response from the Frankfurter Zeitung

In 1876 ​​the Frankfurter Zeitung reacted sharply to the founding of the agrarian party. Some economic demands were recognized as justified, but the founding of a purely agrarian party was considered “absurd”. Due to its composition, this would not express any concerns about the high military burdens.

Political activity and disputes

The self-image of the participating farmers and the explosive political power that characterized the party over the next few decades can already be read from the minutes of the first meeting of the association. The association of tax and economic reformers competed with the Congress of German Farmers and the German Farmers' Union . The influence of the association on the Reichstag is well documented.

Around 1884 there were disputes with the German Agricultural Society initiated by Max Eyth . Max Eyth noted that the party was the “most radical branch” of the agrarians and continued to write angrily of “pure-blooded agrarians”. Later, differences with the German Agriculture Council came to light again and again .

Meetings (selection)

Once a year, usually in February, the general assembly of the association took place in Berlin.

The following reports are mentioned as examples:

  • 1893
  • 1898
  • 1903 with the following topics: new customs tariff , trade agreements
  • 1904 with the following topics: handicraft development, wealth tax legislation, USA influence in the economy
  • 1907 with the following topics: Sanctions against the SPD

Other known participants

credentials

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  2. ^ Bavarian regional history. Retrieved November 25, 2017 .
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  4. ^ Meyers Konversations-Lexikon: an encyclopedia of general knowledge. Gottland - Holar . Verlag des Bibliogr. Inst., 1876 ( google.de [accessed November 26, 2017]).
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  6. ↑ a b c d Franconian courier . Fränkischer Kurier, 1876 ( google.de [accessed November 25, 2017]).
  7. ^ History of the Frankfurter Zeitung: 1856 to 1906 . Osterrieth, 1906 ( google.de [accessed November 26, 2017]).
  8. ^ Prussia (Germany) Landtag House of Representatives: Stenographic reports on the negotiations . Preussische Verlagsanstalt, 1893 ( google.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  9. ^ Stenographic reports on the negotiations of the German Reichstag . Verlag der Buchdruckerei der "Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung", 1898 ( google.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
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  11. ^ F. Stephan: The 25-year activity of the Association of Tax and Economic Reformers (1876-1900). Bureau of the Association of Tax and Economic Reformers, 1900 ( google.de [accessed on November 25, 2017]).
  12. ^ The protocols of the Prussian State Ministry 1817–1934 / 38. Retrieved November 25, 2017 .
  13. ↑ a b Wilhelm Gerloff: The financial and customs policy of the German Empire: together with their relations to state and municipal finances, from the founding of the North German Confederation to the present . G. Fischer, 1913 ( google.de [accessed November 25, 2017]).
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  16. ^ Association of Tax and Economic Reformers Berlin: Report on the negotiations of the General Assembly of the Association of Tax and Economic Reformers in Berlin ... 1893 ( google.de [accessed on November 26, 2017]).
  17. ↑ The economic situation of the districts and the provinces in Prussia. Retrieved November 25, 2017 .
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