New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-16
AMERICAN POEM IN GERMANY.
TALK WITH CONSUL CATLIN.

Germany in relation TO the proposed action OF INC
| German Government prohibiting the Importation
| OF American pork and hog products into the Ein-
pre- In reply TO the inquiry what elect such p' ;
hibition would probably have upon the American
! market Mr. Catln very emphatlcaliy concui4eu IA
| the opinion already expressed by ME- Arihou1 an"
! other prominent dealers that the passage % '',0
law IN question would not result III any app
| do+r,rn,t IN American trade inasmuch as Oh late
Years ONLY a comparatively small portion OF tie an
nual supply Of hog products hau oeeu AA@ ~
WAY directly into Germany.
| 1Vaat view do the German consumers tueh-
sci YES take of the matter = be vas asked.
! They have been prejudiced undoubtedly
airs, American hog prodncts.' he replied. by" the
! crusade made against them in France by the news
| $40, article, which have constantly appeared on
+bs snlisct and by the i1eess and persistent efforts
Of dealers in the German native products to raise
MI the hue and cry possible against every ham and
shoulder from across the Atlantic The papers teen
with illusions 10 trichiur; no case of poisoning
which can possibly he attributed to that cause
allowed to pass unnotced. la soire parts OF Ger
many where American hams are advertised the
dealer talrs esrecial pains to add that they are
fee from trich.na' Is any wonder that under
such Influences the German consumer breads TO
brin- an American ham INFO his household, bat pre-
fer, Father 10 pay from to lO cents more per
mound and to enjoy the sweet satisfaction Of knoN-
Ing that he and his brood viii not wake up next
morning N another world 2
"Why. do you think. has this measure been N
IroducedY
Probably by SOM demagoguc who wishes to
make capital by doing SO. l6 IS the fashion IN
Europe to attack all commercial things that axe
American That French sueer Mt our Navy the
OTHER day is a piece cut ont Of the cloth. 1t
tt,ot . .a pf ttts prO
motive plan represents that eleDent among Ter
manor rather all foreign-producers AID manu-
lactCroIs wAO arc constantly C0npaiulnZ about
our high protective tariff. and thao tins mc!suie -
SIMPLY hit back It u because we won lei IN
fleir sAs ana poIcel7ius, and wines, exc. free or
nearly free of du'y t. the sacrifice ~ our own mah
ufaciulng and producing int T. SIS.
H. there such class OF diSCOHteutcu ores among
the European manufacturers!
Yes. EVeryv hele that there IS manufacturing
going on over there there are complaints that our
iari IS high ana they want Us TO lover 1t so that
a very pretty scheme-tEey may grow rich AT our
expense. his talk OF reciprocal tarIIis ana com
mptclal treaties aud favored na;lOLs ana all that
NAV sound very nice, hut you viii hnd nine times
ont of ten that where they want to apply II TO our
case the proposition involves tW0thlrds OF The
bargain for tnec benefit, and the rest for rs if we
can get II. That the trouble, thought, with
Mr. con ChoiteaU's plan. IL would have been
good thing Tor France had it been carried out
How about the suggestion thai American
hams can be sold in Germany just the same a. ever
Ia spte OF the proposed law, provided they are
nrst taken to England aud then imported thence
INTO the Empire
= The plan is perfectly feasible ii would SEEM
leaving out of question Its fairness. Here Is
precisely in point While Consul at "a Rochelle in
| 1879 WAS asked by IL leading hard"2re dealer
| there TO order Tor him nlty dozen American Jack
! knives from n ccrta Connecticut cutlery COM
| many Before send NJ he order took the pains to
| inquire at tie custom house IN Rochelle what the
! French duty on cutlery trom America would be.
| The reply was that the imp rtaton Of American
| cutlery iuto France was pronlbi-cd ANA that tile
goods therefore could not enter the country at all.
/ so informed the hardware dealer. He met me
some time aiteTward ard smllnely remarked that
he had got it American lacH-"hiNes ne Wanie4
anvhov How dill you get them into france !
inquired. oh. he answered, / oIdefed them
from sheffield in England Now what IS TO hinder
the Same RUE applying to American pork p
"WIll the lover citsses eat 1t unques1oningly II
introduced IN that way
a. think so The Germans are great meat-eaters,
and prov ded good article OF pork IS offered them
guaran ecd rs coming from England, they won't
stop to inquire whether 1t is American or not
! Can NUrtemberg the disi.Iot Of vOur consulate.
lie said to represent 10 this question the general
views of all GeIWany
Certainly. Nuremberg has two millions popu-
latiun and in ana people be iIkened say to
tie stale or Massachusetts Sie imports her Iall
share of American products. There are IN stuttgart
two American groceries. Where bonny' peanuts.
maple sugar, canned oysters and all the various
Amer can products OF that klnd are sold We have
Saddle Rocks and Blue Points freshly delivered
there and advertised IN ire papers every fortnight
during the winter season. American plOugAs
American watches, American photographs amer.
lean starch, American OH are 10 he seen on sale
/
country railway stations with NeW- 1ork or Fblia-
dcpnia brands them and as Tor our blue hea led
barrels of petroleum. one sees train-Ioads oil them
Does Wurtembe1g IN return export largely to
the United StatesT
About a million dollars worth annually, of
which fully one-thrd represents shipments of cor
sets. Qulniue aud other mugs form the next prin
qipa item of export, and there also sent con
siderable quantities OF colors leather, lewelry,
musical instruments, BOOKS and woven fabrics
Bnt all classes of manufacturers have begun 10 feel
the effects OF the large emigration that has been
gong on 20 America
10 the Wurlembergers generally seem DESTROYS
of ENGRAVING
"TLe farming ahd small tradesmen classes do
Last year the kingdom lost nearly per cent of It's
population from this cause, contributing over
5000 ersons to sw ell returns on this
side. Wurtemberg furnished 10 our army during
the Rebellion greater proportion than any other
German State. Why, ] know of one little tow of
BaiIngen, in the soutneastery part OF the kingdom,
which. with population OF about 1000, furnished
thirteen so ders to the Cuion army. The relation
existing between the Nurtemberg and the Amer
lean people probably closer and more intimate
than those we have with any other German state.
and we yet no better element of emigration than
the sturdy Suabans. And no wonder they flock to
US so eagerly from land where, toll and deny
themselves as they may. they cannot on the aver
age hope TO over % cents dav per- capita. |
should like to talk with you mote fully Oh these
points. for they possess details OF great Importance
and interest but have elaborated them already in
several official reports which have made 10 the
Department of State. and you will lind them
already vIInted in the monthly volumes which tie
Department issues.
docs vour experience lead you TO believe that
the publications of these consular reports have been
of value"
attention of foreign readers everywhere. have Seen
generally commended and commented upon by tho
foreign rress and II is of late reported that the
German Government Will follow our example and
shortly call upon It's consuls for similar contrlbu
tons Tor publication