The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-05
NO DARGER IN aOGs.
Facts About American Pork from the
American Agricultural ASsOelAtIOn'H
Annual Journal.

Facts About American Pork from thI
American Agricultural ASsoelatiOn''
Annual Journal.
NEw YoRK, April 4,-From an advance
sheet OF the "Journal Of American Agri'
cultural Association" On the strength oI
q report issued by George Crump, acting
British Consul at Philadelphia, in De-
cember last much excitement had risen
over the pork product OF the United States.
This association has made an extended
Investigation OF the subject In the inter-
ests Of American producers, and finds that
there Is no occasion whatever for the
scare. Crump speaks OF the hog cholera
and not OF trichnobis aa the prevalent dis!
ease; that the former exists and has ex-
listed to an extent most injurious 10
the producers 1t would be folly 10 deny.
But 1t hes not affected the pork product
for the reason that the animals dying from
this, or any other disease are mot, or eau.
not be marketed for food. From cholera
the farmer only Is the sufferer. Trichino-
sis exists, but to more limited extent,
probably, than any disease known to men.
II Is believed never to injure the hog, and
scientific experts unite In the state
ment that Ii can never enter the hu-
man system except through Insult ,
ciently cooked meat, In which it
happens to exist, As TO danger from the
use OF American pork, either by home or
foreign consumeu, there 10 absolutely
none,
First, from the almost total absence Of
trichinosis. .f
Second, throsgh protection by cooking.
Curers OF provisions In the United States
are amopgst the most honorable, pains
taking and skilled merchants and manu-.
facturers, to whose interest i 10 To-
put up only the best and purest
products. The pains they take and
the methods they practice are
quarantine against danger. Swine or
lard butter and cheese are referred TO by
Mr.. Crump. The former is a,fraud and
swindle that deserves the seysrest con-
demnation; but IL cannot be dangerous to
health as lard can only be rendered at q
temperature that will kill the AnimAlCulW.
0leomargl lrine 10 an iniquitous COM
pound as the swine. Against the manu-.
iactuTe and sale OF both, there should be
laws; because Of the injury
they have done producers and consumers
of natural butter, they have been 0
curse TO the country ard its farmers, An
ti.huff cheese Is an article OF cheese made
from milk from which all the cream has
been taken, and In the place Of which o
small percentage Of lard Is incorporated.
Sold under lis proper name II need cause
no prejudice against American cheese.
Only two small factories arc yet
10 existence, and none In the
West, as Crump has been led To
believe. 1t proper to observe none these
deliberations are Chargeable to the farm.
or. He is interested In preserving the
character and reputation Of his products.
Adulterations are introduced and manu-.
iactured safely by apeculators, who
are regardless ol the Coun.
try's prosperity when 1t conflicts
with their interests. Every attention
should be given 10 the matter Of keeping
our food products pure and beyond suspi-
cion. On this our future prosperity as q
nation hinges, for II we lose our export
trade In produce, we may Close our doors
and evaCuate our farms. =.