Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-06
AMERICAN PORK ABROAD.
The President and Secretary of State oil
the Commissions Report.

The President and Secretary of State on
the Commissions Report.
The President has transmitted to the
House Of Representatives the report Of
the commission appointed to examine
into the condition Of the swine product of
the country, says a Washington special
Of the LIST inst. to the New York Times.
In bis message of transmittal he says;
The views and conclusions of the COM
mission deserve the most careful consld-
Grafton OF Congress, TO the end that If
any path be legitimately open for Temoy-
ing the prohibition which closes import
ant foreign markets to those products 1t
may be followed and appropriate leg
islatlOn devised. l earnestly recommend
that Congress provide for reimburslng
the expenses incurred by the Com
missioners on this praiseworthy service,
and l should be glad also if some remu-
neTative recognition of their public-spir-
tied action in accepting the OnerOus and
responsible duties imposed upon them
were to suggest itself to Congress. At all
events, in view Of the conflicting. theories
touching the origin and propagation OF
trlchlnOsis, and the means of eXtirpating
1t among domestic swine, and consider
ing the important bearing which precise
knowledge on these point would have on
the commercial aspects Of the matter, l
recommend provision for special research
in this direction"
The Secretary of State also transmits a
communication on the subject, in which
he says: The report is thorough and
impartial to a degree which cannot fail to
commend it to public consideration here
and abroad" He says the report shows
conclusively that hog cholera is not pres
ent in meat packed 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 the living trichin9 or their
germs are transmitted. He adj
vlses further investigation OF this
point. 1t is known, however, he
says, that the process of packing
/ and the time between the slaughter of the
animal and the consumption of the pre-
pared flesh abroad so diminish the vital
ity and prOpagative power of the ira
chime as 10 prevent its development IN
the human body. No single instance
based on competent, scientific testimony
/ can be adduced of tTichinOsis in Europe
arising from the use of American packed
swine products. In every single case in
Germany it has been found that the dis
/ ease is traceable to the consumption of
I freshly klllcu udt4AC nO5ss anu ludL It's
/ Virulence diminlShes with the lapse OF
time between the killing and the con-
| sumption Of the hog.
/ In speaking of the objections to inspec-
/ ton of meat products, the Secretary says
/ there does not seem to be any objection
/ in principle to such inspection whenever
! it NAV be required. When a government
! imposes upon the importation of foreign
/ products no more restrictions than those
/ imposed on native products, conformity
with those conditions IS requisite and
/ reasonable. If home inspection with due
I certification will open foreign markets for
our swine products it will certainly pay
/ the American exporter to submit to in
! spectiOn. In conclusion, the Secretary
urges that Congress shall pay the eX-
/ penses incurred by the commission, and
also give compensation for the time de-
voted by it to the subject. He also rec
ommends that an appropriation be made
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