The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-03-06
American swine Product.

WARRINGTON, D. C. March 1.-The
president to-day transmitted TO tie house
the report of the commission appointed
so examine into the condition of the
swine products OF this country. In his
message of t,ansmittal he says: "The
views and conclusions of the
commission deserve the most
careful consideration of congress, to the
end that If any path be legitimately open
for removing the prohibition which closes
important forsIgn markets to those pro-
ducts, il may be followed and appropri-
ate legislatIcn devised. earnestly rec
ommend that congress provide for
reimbursing the expenses Incurred
ny the commissioners in this praisTor-
Thy service, and should be glad also If
some remunerative recognition OF
their public spirited action IN accepting
the oneruuS ard responsible duties i'm
posed upon them were TO suggest itself
to congress At sli events, in view OF
the conflicting theories touching the
origin and propagation of trlChinosis
aud the means of exiermIDatlDR II
among domestic swine and, considering
the important bearing which precise
knowledge on these points would have
on commercial aspects and matters, l
recommended a provision for special
search in that direction"
Tue secretary of state also transmits a
communication on the subject in which
he says; "The report is thorough and
impartial to degree which canAot fail
to commend It to the public considera,
ton here and abroad"
He saws the report shows conclusively
that hog cholera is not present in the
VanHo6 for human food and in no
event IS the disease communicable to
human beings. AS TO trichInosis, the
report is less conclusive, because less Is
certainly known of the manner In
which living trichinR or their germs are
transmitted He advises further inVcs-
tigs,ion On this point.
1t is known, however, he says. that
the process of packing and the time be-
tween the slaughter of the animal and
the consump' ihn of the prepared flesh
abroad so diminishes the vitality aud
propagatlve p.,wer of trichiDe as te pre-
vent It's development IN the human
body.
No single instance, based upon compe-
t. mt scientific testimony, can be adduced
OF trIchlDosis in Europe arising from the
use of American packed swine products
In every single ease IN Germany 1t has
to the consumption Of freshly killed ma
tive hogs, and that its violence dimln-
ishes with the lapse of time between the
killing and the consumption.
In Speaking eff the obj ctions to the
inspection of mest products. the secre'
tary says there does not seem TO be any
objection in principle to such inspection
whenever il may he required. When
government impose upon the fmporta-
| lion IF foreign products no more restric'
lions than are imposed upon native pro
ducts conformity with those conditions
is requisite and reasonable. If home
| inspection, with due certIficstion, will
! oren foreign markets for our swine pro
ducts. it will certainly pay the American
| importer to submit to inspection. In
| conclusion the secretary urges congress
to pay the expenses incurred by the
commission, and ais, compensation fol
the time devoted by them TO the subject
He also recommended that an appro-
| priat:Ou be made TO continue the investI'
| CATION,