Morning journal and courier., 1884-01-31
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. OUR PORK PRODUCTS Which Are BOycOtted By
 Foreign Countries. A. COMPASSION OF INQUIRY. Congress Advised To Make
 Haste Slowly. THE CAREER OF A MURDERER. His Criminal Exploits On Long Island.
A. COMMISSION OF INQUIRY.
THE CAREER OF A MURDERER.
His Criminal Exploits On
 Long Island.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Our Pork Pr0ducts-The BoycOtting
 System PractIsed By Foreign Countries Relief Measures Taken By Our Gov- ernment.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-The President has sent to the House communication from the Secretary of State in response to a resolution of that body calling for correspondence and information relating to the exclusion and re- striotion upon the importation of American swine products into France, Germany and other foreign countries. Secretary Freling- huysen in submitting this report avails him. self of the opportunity of presenting gen. :eral review of the prohibitory legislation of foreign countries inimical to the swine pro- ducts of this country and the efforts of this government to impress upon these foreign countries the conviction it holds that the pork products of the United States are not the means of disseminating disease and death in foreign countries. The action of the lead ing governments in Europe against our swine products the Secretary says took shape in 1879 and 1880 and was partially simultaneous in several countries Italy first in 1879 on grounds of the alleged frequent discovery of trichin@ in hogs meat coming from Cincin- natl prohibited all pork products from the United States Hungary in September of the same year followed suit and year afterwards the prohibition adopted in Hungary became universal throughout the Hungarian empire. By an imperial decree of January, 1880, Ger many prohibited the importation of chopped pork and sausages from America. The French government issued decree in Feb ruary, 1881, forbidding the importation of salt pork from the United States. Several other European States and Turkey and Greece following the example of France soon afterwards excluded the pork products of the United States. Austria and Hungary in March, 1881, prohibited the importation of swine meat, lard and sausages of every kind from the United States. Apparently con- fined to scientific and hygienic considerations the movement soon took, in the great Euro pean countries, an interested commercial as- pect. The governments of France, Germany and Austria seem to have become subject to pressure from adverse quarters. It became the duty of the government of the United States to investigate the question at N0H~AAAA4AeSeASA of the various phases of the pork industry in the western States, covering all the possible causes which might operate to render the product dangerous to health, satisfied the de- partment as to the heaIthfuIness of 8 staple product consumed without evil results by millions of people in this country. The re- suits of this investigation warranted this de- pertinent in representing to foreign govern ments that the prejudicial judgment against the swine product export of this country was ex-parte and unfounded The result, Secre- tary Frelinghuysen says, has not been of such 8 character as this govern ment felt it had good right to expect. The French government showed an earnest desire to meet the proble n in 8 just sense and in November last repealed the prohibition, but subsequently, the French chambers voted against the removal of the prohibition and the government has therefore been compelled to rescind it's recent action
 and the interdiction was restored from the 2Oth inst In Austria, Hungary and Italy Germany the representations of the govern ment took an unusual direction. In February last the President informed the imperial government of his intention to appoint competent commission to investi- gate the asserted danger of American pork products to health and invited that govern ment to send experts here to make such investigation either separately or with the United States commission. The invitation was declined. The President has since ap- pointed the commi sion. To it should be- long in 8 great measure the shaping of the policy of this government toward the pork question in it's domestic or foreign aspects. The Secretary therefore recommends, in view of the prominent part which the results reached by the pork com mission must necessarily play on the further treatment of the question, that Congress ab- stain from any immediate legislative action until the report of the commission shall be placed before it. The Secretary concludes by expressing the opinion that our meat products are wholesome and that when these friendly nations which have inhibited them are con nrinced of this fact they will annul the prohibitory decrees.
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