The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-03-08 00:00:00

THE AMERICAN PROVISION TRADE.

Kr John rrrrrr of Liverpool. writes to the Liver-
pee( Daily Pee :—I have read with interest sundry 104.. r
that has I itely appeared in your columns on the recent
Act of the French Goverwuent prohibiting the impor
rion into France of salted bacon, ha..., and pork front the
Uoited States of Amer ci, on accusal of tho suppose,'
&seen called trichinows. The Prohibition dooe not
extend to lard, which will he admitted at heretofore.
Sue, an important pieca of legiel.ition resolved upon so
suddenly, must cilia great inconienierne to the traders
throughout France, and will seriously advance the price
of these important articles of food to the consumer. A
depostUon of merchants and others interested waited on
the Government rep...omfatter' at Tarts, but that official
thought it his duty to decline to give them an interview.
It will interat. if net tannin'. M‘ily of tom readers to
kuow that In point of value Amer:eta provisions, coaelst-
lug chiefly of the product of the hag. itt the shape of either
h.rur, bacon, or lard, form the second terve, imie in
Liverpool, coitus alone being greater. Uniil about two
yews ago ureic we the second !twit item but at
Present the total value of the inipoitt of provisions Iwo
Liverpool slightly exceeds that of grain. Any interlerrnee,.
therefore, with • trade of each asp tale would ieriunsly
affect Liverpool. Arian, al the chief port of trrival, and
ale° the whale e metry. There Is much ado about nothing
with regard to trichinosis. Yost of the writing on the
subject lately hat been bated on imaginary theories, or je
greatly exaggerated. In fact, wh.rs one person ha. been
made ill from this cause, probably twenty have suffered
far more from eating ripe cherries; and where we hire
bet one death reported in all Europe I rein trichinosis, we
have heard of twenty from hydr.vhobla. The whole
matter, isideed, if carefully looked into, resolves itself
into an absurdity. AeferiCe send, to Great Britele some
:SO million. of pounds of bog preduers annually, a
uheatity about equal to all that. produced in the Unitod
and vet no easel death has ever been pier.' •
to bare occurred in thin country from trichinesie. If it I
were worth erg 'leg on technical rorinrle, erhst.t.er
dilemma swine may be oubject to, the American he i. th. I
Least liable to contract any of them, fed, sail den.r.tle
Oa the open air, upon Indian corn and war. r —being rare d
4. fact, purely as an article of commerce, while we
alt
known that the English pig is chiefly utilised to eat op
the anignal and vegetable cartage and refuse, and Is ton
otos peat up In a filthy sty. Renee all the argument,'
about the healthiness and wholesomeness of bogs' flesh
are la fare= of the American over say other. Tbie
Wreath prohibitive decrees seems a rash proceeding, and
is I think geneeelly regarded at bolas MomPtA by
pikitical or preteciipi .st rather than by sanitary ru• tee..
Ilse consumer" of bean ought to be thankful that a
eensible view of this quirst•on had been tekeie by the
Impish Government, as was expressed by Mr. Menden&
in the Rome of Oolamots jl,l.hotseitbat. fonts
elate of both American producers and Fretvb
decision in Paliament will have due ii.fluencl with
tbe French and other Goyerameata that have acted so
precipitation.

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who formerly lived in Our air• et. A Mord, vagrant well
Untiring at his door tme ia-tina, an M•sti.r
flames.% thinking that Um men *4l. 4b e-baite I enoudh
to aradr, said, rather Indigsantly, N., tea ut nothing
go Si,. Inn : • stroo4 104, -hodie man I,k ymi ought t
iget at:B,l6*nd work at Ir„ as rm forced to 'l do
work at an trade when I ems get ord Us* man
hut tber,.. nothing mach do as la tar trade Jost
Your tat r Pnid lAd Bernal& '1 wonder eat .5 eon a
a trade yours kir ''
rt haymaker Ir• trade.° said the
non. "MO wy leades von slash this Christmas-Whs.—
&Son Sew.