, 1881-02-20
THE PROVISION DEAL.
An Unexpected Movement IN
Favor of the Bears.
Importation Of American nos
Meats Prohibited ip France
The Restriction Does Not Apply to
Lard-Interviews.

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The Chicago provision market was oec'oeois
~. A ..~s,ordav. and the ustute spectators
panicSy sestc1oas. 49, r,rod,,c, were thrown into
in the American nos p1ouues su.ats<,7, hy VIM
n fever OF excitement and dc'noralizauot os 'ue
receipt of cablcgra'n that tno tfcncn 1ouhe. 1sa
OF MINISTER'S, ;,.,.,,,e ,hs t,onortation into
Issued IN order pronioien1s tue 4s..f 49, sa,,,o
Franco Of American noE ~ " sa;nn,en1s"
can'e o'spaau .atahas s xrcrr received by several
Similar dispatches ,a, wcsr NV ,ycr< ~ ounounccd
pros'son 1arh t ,e % nnrk nit on Change woke up as
,a'dst ans there was general scramble to sell.
April pork TINT hs closed ff'aas s, ~ ~ s0 f s3s ~
barrel aud opened ycsterdns at slo-'. .e's 49,:
cents. closing at Sl4.921. Short ribs fell on -:
to % cents per ,o ,n pou ,5. - ,ras understood
cents on .ue Nv pouAus. o,,;s;.;a1, IT'D not in
subsequently tnst no plou'u!au ,a,,o mr. mess
pork the to .na' ana shoulders prn-
cipally. It was also understood tna1 otue,s n"e
heen received here to sell meats that had neen
hov,ht fo,s EXPORT As result Of the news
oo!aets .o rnsa VET "a..d IN, 10 failures were
Ssne +ed howeycr. tut it was said that
sonee snecuIntors wcre severely pitl%cheu % aao ~
there was general and huEfaeo 40 ers who
Unload on me aad more nnrk than they Cared
NV 1-xnE,, sttu CIRCUMSTANCES.
~ so,,-so ther, was no real guod reason why
ne polh a.a - rier ~, hams and shoulders that
ps??n q? III ony,on,hify hut temporary. but they
Nas ~ ~ p,naphv with The inter and the spec
'.I -. i.,arost ~ ard the customary course or
trade IL tns ma1 ',T Fl source Of shipment SO i'm
.a.t ~ - f,htcsco packers and the producers OF
['s ~ .,,o+ sraa -rrv serious matter. and
tSpfai tne W. T. r..searctes and interviews were IN
Iehor'g s1or tnstanfcr' Tbe first gentleman called
s,unn WAS Mr. Jules DcClercq. French Consul; no
sea.Sa 1aa, ,aI T haen issued by bis Government nor
ol9et M laa oct nc anv photographic notice; proha-
: oly ~ ..,s, ,roots or 50 he would
rs.cnive n letter fully posting him about tho
-nut+ar HE explained that 1t was customary
& 1or eos -, 'erdr ~ that in question, and he
.od g. 1ne rnnorter the official journal Of the
GnverTmcnt Containing orders similar to that
rcierfea , to ~snce ne from SPUN because Of plcu
calue antnnnin ILL., vas sig,ied py the Presi-
Ja!es Nd eeoats5s5gns1 on eamps1ec p
ne Nin'sSa Moea ol 17ers II De Ccrco said, origi-
1afan from Ibe C.uncil, and were tal. 50 far as
a.; thinH I rhar his latest prohbtory edict cut
not tntns t ei .hin,nant If american hog meats
uns .ens 1nnre w T fhan temporary measure in the
WIS n1oa n'.r,...-D., ., ~; Tr1r p17ut1c HEALTH
INTEREST of 1nh ionle -. ,,a
and veal generally. He had fcAo ~ {ae's M s.t1a
Havre newspapers accounts Or liiuesseS NV ~
LAS AAVAs ,,a1,I 20 tarpa1x- in
~ a. d.d mt think there was any clnss Of
,s ns o,1ntrs. Who would bc likely to influ
meu o,,aa ~ W. '1 3ss,nu of such IN order il might
pending the adop0n o't Of baa sys
AI tEa uAA ts .nd asn for the purpose OF crc-
.etine .o,sEs,4 3 !ereni1e.
a GnatIS Goupselman, q we1'-known packer and ID
EAHEase3 :H.isI = nseEa1s was nert interviewed. He
Efnr4sssafsf*rtnnrfer that b. did not think the
lulossassESosondsd lulossass1$;s -. n nrrmunenr one: it was
fk,of ts}
put restract ,e, ao hod bacnsne 50 Troublesome in
bt,fh b"f France md Gern,any. There was no sys'
a ten h nt sH the order was made to keel
~. re, h hod mests mil soucthtne could be done
saeo o The imnnrtnr lions Of meats properly
inspected sppe:tee c,,,,3n. of tho firm of Gabsir
rroa Commission merchants ut Havre. Mar
.ns,, and London. and representative Of th'
IShtnnr, h,,,st. of rn,ur s. Co., WIS found
Ca.caso 3,,sc,vaf ~ tho ntt;cc Of the latter an
@ s!s eopu ;nn ..,in:;nIc informatiou Regarding tn
1natfer ia hand Mr. Gnbain said the order wa
ndlrect pf"nntoTy Ut noscnt ossc and thore was II,
I,ow;p1 ~ tor how lonx u time He di
nnt ,h191lx r. wu11fd he permanent, however
not .nta ~ u eh;nmaots ot,t,s1' he thought the,
ea,td hMre 70 be- sent to other markets ol
rhnir arri,,,1 nt Frenct, ports The order, b
believed, hud been issued through the lnnuenc
of the aRTiculturists OF france Ines ny Mefs st ~
very larae producers Of hog meats: me eaic nc
might also hare neen ~ ~ @ t,s " ,estd 81 ~ ~ -
public health 1or there n'o oee'4 soou A'A%
RAD LOTS OF AMERICAN HAND
.,d shoulders so,r into FRINGE, which ha
n'4ead au - 'rcat d.at NJ DEMONSTRATION. Thcr
ealuseu q s.1o1 e..srnro ~ of insnerrion nr<Freuc
~as no" & ~ S'aee t,ard nvn1nstf th
Potts auu e s;eoaeod ami n,srrjd rnents b
lupp1ts.uaa ~. -. 80 ,rac rnntcTnniufet] Mt.at
9H.1,,o a ~ ;n E,,nca VS. the health in
were Only Mspsc.cu .,,.,.s ~, ;nsns.1rd them. nh
Hpectfn W tae ~ .o Eo.h tssnmh11. had passI,
AoMeE ttouss ~ @ ~ ~ euo.h.,lf trnt rer p,n1u
~ plartn1S p+1 aa1e ~ " anG 1he inner Hou seth
tax: cigb1-tenths Of 4 cent per pound. n
Gubain thought IT Ike tne ome-oal Az ceu, =; - -
a woSia oe G. eraGa [t ,ba ca,'se Of the prohibition
XXI meais. There had been a great deal t.
troublc about large quantities Of bad shoulder