Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-05-04
The Method Of Retaliation Point
cd Out by q German
Editor,
Adulterated Wine and Dyed
Sox Furnished a Plan
Of Action,
Special Dispatch 10 tbs BSp

cation of Minister Sargents commu-
nication to this government concern.
Ing the prohibition of importation of
American pork into Germany, public
interest on the subject has been
aroused afresh, ani the questions In.
volved are being urged snsw In the
press of this and other countries.
Hermann Raster, editor of The II
llnois Stats Zsitung, this morning, In
reply to q reporters request for an In.
terview, said: "Had 1t not been for
the pig headed stupidity of American
pork packers, such prohibition would
never have gone into effect. The
Stats Z,itung months ago urged them
to have measures adopted to prevent
Il, but because the price OF pork was
just OF the time high enough here
not to make the German market
of any great account to them, they
would not take any trouble In the
matter and allowed the measures
there to be completed and put into
force, and now they find themselve,
effsctually cut off from that market.
If you want to know how feel about
prohibition 1 will tell you that few
weeks before congress adjourned ct
the last session, I had resolutions in-
trcddced whiob, had they teen
passed, would have prevented any
such leglslation In Germany, but
there was not time to get them
through, and congress adjourned
without anything being done. The
resolutions were to the effect that the
president should be empowered, In
case any foreign country prohibited
the Importation of American products
before the meeting OF the next con-
gress, to retaliate by prohibit.
Ing the importation of the
products of that country. 1t
would not have required any
legislation by congress to have pre-
vented the German law from being
passed. A mere threat of retaliation
would have been sufficient to hay 70
prevented any such laws being ever
thought Of 1t would be suffi ,ient for
this government to say, "You have
prohibited importation of our pork
now we are going to retaliite by pro-
hibiting the importation of all your
exports" But if prete4t Is wanted
1t is not necessary to institute any
investigation. Their own courts fur.
nish evidence enough that some OF
their wine is adulterated and that
should be sufficient to warrant prohI-
billion of 1t all. 1t would enough for
the government to say "Some of your
hosiery contains poisonous dyes
ard we mean to protect our
people against danger from them
by total prohibition of their importa-
tions." The German government
very we'll tknow that any trichinae
they have In Germany they get from
German swine. I look upon their
action as an insult to this country.
The position taken by Sargent has
been mine tor years past and Presi
dent Arthur should give him his
hearty cooperation. am not lawyer
enough to know If the president has
power to Issue q proclamation, on his
own authority, prohibiting importa
tlon of any thing which might be dan.
gerous to the lives and health of our
people, but l think hs has, and if he
has am In favor of him using it with
out waiting for the next meeting OF
congress, to take any steps In the
matter"
HoGGIsH SENSATIONS.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-Ministel
Sargent writes the department of state
from B,rlin, under date of April 13
that In consequence of reports pub
lished In the continental press, tha'
an alarming outbreak Of trlchin osls
caused by eating American pork, hat
occurred among the garrison at Tilsit
Germany, he had instructed the near
est consular officer to make an investl
CATION and report the facts. The pub
lished statements were positive as t.
the source of the disease and statet
that 13 deaths had already occurred
On examination 1t was found that l.
cases Of tricbilosis occurred among tn,
soldiers of the garrison OF Ti!sit, all We
slight, and oil persons attacked hat
been restored to health. The mea
which produced the dlsease was no
Issued to the soldiers In their garrison
rstions, aud beyond that there was n
evidence whatever as to Its origin
The general surgeon of the first arm.
corps aud the mayor of Tilsit said
was impossible to obtain any proof a
to whether the pork was native or fol
elgn; all that vas known was that tn
soldiers attacked had obtained mea
ontside of the garrison and probabl
from their relations In town. l.
probable the meat was the native ra