The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-05-16
ENaLAND,s FOOD SUPPLY.

Advices from London OF late date indicate
= purpose on the part of the authorities OF
fhs United Kingdom to restrict the impofta-
to- CT American beef cattle into that coun-
try It is charged By the English authori-
ties that Americans are sending to England
diseased cattle. The diseases are as follows:
@1The cattle plague, pleuro-pneumonia, and
Che FOOT and mouth diseases" These dis
eases, It's claimed, have been imported into
England, and have caused widespread dis
zster, and it therefore behoYes the English
authorities to look into the subject aud
provide such remedies rs the urgency of the
ease demands. Intelligent persons in the
United States ard in England. who devote
special attention to such su0jscts are conf
dent that the Outcry sgsinst American cattle
IL. IN a large measure, the outgroUth of
Jealousy on the part of English breeders and
butchers, aud is not in any considerable de
gree prompted by considerations relating TO
the welfare of the English people, the great
mass of whom mus have cheap
food or suffer the pangs of hunger.
It is stated by London CORE
spondsnt Of an American journal
tina, for the week ending April 20, seven
steamers arrived az Liverpool from the Uni
ted States with ca-goes of fresh meats, the
Eotal importation being 9,046 quarters of
beef and .065 csrcasses of mutton; also
seven other vessels, with live cattle and
sheep, aggregating 2655 cattle and 2,3l5
sheep. Bat it is stated that this large i'm
F1rtaion for one week had no psrceptible
effect on the prices of the local markets, an
szidencs that, with all the beef and mutton
England can supply her people, the demand
for importation is pressing and must
Sontinue, or the most serious conse-
g1ences must result. Notwithstanding
thsse facts the Government is now serious
1y considering the question Of prohibiting
absolutely the importation of A nericAn cat
Gle. The Duke of Richmond, in late in
-teryieW upon the subjec;, is reported as
saying, when discussing the spread of the
diseases We have mentioned in Eogland.
Ehat at is necessary TO cut out the disease.
Aad 70 that end animals must no longer be
imported from the United States. We shut
mp tho French ports, aad said that no ami
noals should come from France, and We GER
EzInIy must do som sthjng equally severe
90 prevent disease coming from America.
Take recent case under trial in one IF our
quarter sessions, 1 think, Of Cumberland,
where the evidence vas very thoroughly
taken, perhaps a little more critical
than before the Parliamentary Com
xzit:ee, the result OF which was
that the conclusion arrived at was that the
1isease is preveniable. and that three things
were necessary 10 its aanihilstion: (1) That
importation from foreign markets should be
prevented; (2) that the local authorities
should regulate the introduction OF animals
from Irelaal into their districts; ard 81
that the local authorities should be empOw-
cred to deal with the mater az their discre-
ton, instead Of leaving it to be dealt with
By statesmen or the generosity of individu-
ais" 1t is quite likely that England is able
TO feed her arist0cracy on homemade beef
and tn at is about the extent of her ability.
The importation of foreign beef, while II
does not overstock the market,
prevents English butchers and breeders
from exaoting starvation price;
for beef and mutton, end just here lies the
chief difficulty with which American ex
.poriers have to contend. But ii may be as
szmsd. that the English authorities, backed
- they are by the Royal Agricultural sOcie-