New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-10
HOGS FREE FROM DISEASE.

HUBS FREE RUM OlOEADE.
THE INQUIRY OF THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE WHICH coNFeRRED
WITH THE BRITISH CONSUL AT PHILADELPHIA
NO FOUNDATION FOR THE ALARMING REPORTS
SENT TO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LEGTsLA-
TON RECOMMENDED.
A meeting o. the provision trade of the Produce
Exchange was held yesterday to take action in re-
aIon to the report of the prevalence of hog cholera
in the West, and to receive the report of special
committee appointed 10 confer with the British
Consul at Philadelphia in regard to the reports cir
culated by hun. Forrest II. Parker, who presided,
said that any attempt 70 inlnIe grea. co ~
SINNERS, should be severely dealt with. Few persons
outside of the trade realized That the preparation 81
hog precincts was as much manufacturing 0usl-
ness as that of cotton WOOL and that the exports
of hog products ranked third IN importance IN tnls
country. If any serious apprehension preyalled &c
TO the safety of the consumption, the elect would
be disastrous to the farmer and manufacturers, Is
well rs to consumers who required this cheap AMI
NAL food. AS the serious disturbance OF
trade in EngaDd-in consequence OF the alarming
reports enanatIng from the British Consulate at
Philadelphia of disease in hogs IN the West-be-
came known 0y him. Dir. Parker said, he consldored
that the gravity of the SITUATION demanded prompt
action, and Immediately placed the Exchange in
communication with the authorities at WASHING
tOu and also requested the British Consul at Phlla-
delphia to receive a committee from the Exchange.
On Saturday he cabed 'the Exchange correspond
ents at Liverpool COntradlctDg the alarml9g reports
on the authority of the Commissioner OF Agrcul-
ture and assuring all interested in foreign coun-
tries that they could consume hog products manu-
featured in this country with impunity.
The Philadelphia Committee then made its report.
which was in part as follows:
At PhiladelphIa we conferred with British Consul
Cpperton and V.ce-Consul u0rmerlv Consult Crump.
The former had not teegaphed TO his Government any
December q Mr.. Crump forwarded to England BY mail
sanitary report IN which. among other matters ne
an Alarming EXTENT in the United States. THIS report
did not make its appearance officially IN England I'LL the
latter end OF February when IL referred 10 III the
Brtisb Parlauent and extracts printed In
The London Times and other English Journals He had
taned and referred your committee 10 The ViccConsul
for further information Upon the request Of the COM
mde TSs Declared ahss 100000 head Of swine had
died in 1880 of hog cholera III Illinois, and that trichlna
sprals seems to be the increase in this country.
=" Two persons" the COnsuPs report stated recently
died ia Milwaukee and enc In Cbieseo In the city
several people Ill with II At the present time. and one
entire family, attacked absuta month ago. Is not yet out
Of danger case Just reported rom kansas
family. In this the victim Is farmer de mas peep
III for some time and became m9eh REDUCES S So nesp
WORMS his flesh by the millions, being scrapea
creeping through bis desh literally eating up his sub
stance The disease thought to have Oeen contracted
by eating sausages Trichlna spiraIs be conveyed
10 human beings thought by the gross authorizations
the manufacture OF butter and cheese OF winch
there is some expectation England. The former Is
aduterated wtE lard and grease which, ia many cases.
are taken from places where hogs die OF diseases
and then rendered into grease glue etc., ana INC atIer
by a commodity called anu-huh'
The committee critically examined the Vice-Consul'
Mr. Crump, relative to his sources Of information and
his ability to treat nelgenty the subject referred 70
in his report To many of the questions Mr. Crnmp re-
fused TO make answer when his Of nforma-
ton were insisted upon he declined TO state futherthan
that they were obtained from Chicago and claimed the
privilege of an order of his Government that census
should not discover third parties the means by which
information is obtained" Mr. Crump did reluctantly
admit however, that when he wrote his report he was
aware that the mortality among hogs In 1850 was not
r eater than in 1872 and OF what was in years prior
20 that date he had no knowledge whatever.
The impressions formed by your committee after Mr.
Crumps examination that he was sadly ignorant
OF the questions Of which he proposed TO treat that As
means Of alton meagre that such knowledge
"a he did derive through them i'll digssted and that
his strangely worded report, predicated thereupon
which he forwarded to his Government, was intended
for sensational effect To the great detriment
qnintentonaIy, doubtless on wei, MS az pa5t the
American people who deal IN pork products.
~, aa as is
the time be admits that ne was aware paC tns
70 Ice aware that hog cholera always existed mostly
among young pgs as cholera infantum has always e1-
Inc a S ts Of
thai heahfu condition OF hogs IN the Snea STATES
in 1880 unusually good ana better than lot some
years previous; aud he refused TO believe TINS
uness II was confirmed through ms own CHANNELS OF
secret formation He gives revolving and exagger
ated picture the disease ITSELF but withholds The In
Formation that IL may from using other kinds OF
animal food and may rendered entirely imperative
by the Simple and natural process OF cooking the meat
prior It's
The aggregate value OF animal food product exported
from the United States In 1880 1852 100000, and
wei IL s on us such cOnceiyed reports these thaS
foreign Legislation relative 10 commerce is sometimes
based TIE evil seems 10 he growing The French
GOyernment for some unknown cause, has suddenly IN
terdeted the impOratons Of American provisions Into
France and t Is stated that other European countries
MA ka
therefore recommends that the gravity OF the situation
should be properly represented TO the home Govern
meut and that it be respectfully urged TO take such
prompt action through international legislation, as VIII
the free movement OF our mercantile commodities as
heretofore.
Upon the motion of Mr.. Armour the recommends
tions were approved and the president was author-
lied 20 take such action was deemed best IN the
premises.