The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-04-06
EAE AMERICAN HOG.
owiss PrsSsets 81 the UsitsA ststes-Rs.
pert 81 ths Csuusssiss.

owaso RreSuets 81 che UsltsA states-1e.
ps~s 81 tAs Csnnsssiss.
Those who have an abiding faith In the
American hog and were rciolced To hear OF his
complete vlndication BY the Commission re-
Gently appointed to inquire into his health.
have now an opportunity OF reading tho Report
and judging for Themselves. ON the facts there
presented. as to tho true merits OF tho case
II has always been admitted that the regula-
lions which govern the transportation and In
spection Of swine to their ultimate destination
In the barrel. have been perfectly satisfactory.
The real cause Of the German and French
Governments prohibiting the importation Of
American pork was the specific charge that
trichine existed In American hogs. and TINT no
system Of microseopical inspection existed In
the United States.
After careful perussl Of the report II Is I'M
possible to rise without q feeling OF disappoint-
ment. and belief that u more lame and iinpo-
tent apology could hardly have been presented
to the Directing Governments OF the 1S6
| pages OF the report lis are devoted to inter-
esting. but perfectly irrelevant matter, We
rad Of much about the yorid's supply Of hogs.
their Ysght. ya!ue. and astribasion IN ,h 70
Of hogs and live stock. Page after page 10
but low sss ha foSsSy wsny
| TO thlrty pages " Statistics bearing on things
sioss ~ ra lae Sre hoDs to6aoeo Vine
ny ssSns ,sss's d. ss:n m sn
nia!s n A N sas and laSye
d.yo,ea s%sn hat G"ss ii
moro infected with trichipa thUn those In the
n's sss Ssas i sasf les rrsnss
wero useless. their glasses dirty. and the in;
At snssh na
ton at issue, viz. the niobable nunbsr OF hogs
All the statistics which the Commission could
| rake together or would acknowledge relating
meat In any form. appear to be ten n number;
| these range over ten years 1873 to 1883. This.
therefore. is at the rate of one eYnninationb 4,
these but one was made by tho Agricultural
Depurtnment during the sitting Of thy Commits
nsse VIM
d t .s!;f
fass.A ns p psr cert "a o sss snt ssas b.
Dsys,Sn. " psr Gent NsT osltS y NJ e. s.p
:H' S af cent sa'ss'F free 'n
found on all occasions. the execution being an
a part THE .southl where the hogs, are com
paratiyely free from infection: These fig.
or less Infested with the parasite, and
| that certain districts are centre Of Infection
It's average o over g psr cent o,hsr
| States enjoy an unenviable reputation OF per
cent, while In certain DISTRICTS PARTICULARLY tho
Of these facts fall to regard the repeated de.
mnnds OF foreign Governments for system
unreasonabis. neither does it appear TO me 10
| alter the case II all the hogs IN Germany are
Tie fact hs ,Se
| acknowledge the danger by maintaining q
small army OF m icroscopists.,
United States have from year to year reiterated
the statement TINT the tricbinR did not exist.
Necessary ss The Asricailursl pb aUartment has
either officially endorsed this view or Ignored
the
trishtne 10 American nork.
The result has been that in twelve rnonthe9
$500 oo9, followed BY the total Closing Of the
ports Of Germany and France to that form Of
Which honesty Would have been s, the les, poIicy
for u candid admission OF the truth. followed by
authorities and stimulated the export trade In
this important industry,
during the laat ten years trichinte were always
Amsrisn hogs when amy search wa.
TSst The " aceasena pre- u sriene ns
comparatively unipportant fact Is shown by
the rarity Of trichiniasis among human beings,
BoarSs Of y from tho
This is a remarkable theory to advance. in the
Health as that Of lie city Of New York. However j;
Hs e on
States had had NO cases Of trichiniass. and
among them Pennsyvania;
with trichinlasls IN the year 1881. at Erie. tie
Gsrmsr. the local oiiieer Of health. Part Of the
psoas muscle was forwarded to me and was
found To- contain ont consdera6le number o.
this case the hams OF the infected animal con
But even II Il records had been kept they would
never have revealed accurate returns even o.
4y By
be made. Little 10 known about the subject
but after following the matter up for some
both In tho human subject and swne la, an
forced to belief that. rs II rule. infection b!
eases. II such it can ba called The fact tina
over 10 per cent. OF swine In Indiana could b'
whons shownS any LOSS q health
y were otherwise the swine themselves woul!
d." and the disease would ex5ermnats itself
serious combinations nre undoubtedly OF Z
m st Alarming character and warrant the popu
The only trouble which can happen from ~
attack OF triehiniasis !: NJ the time OF II,
young pArasltes boring their way through th'
intestinrs. This would cause infap matiol
and diarrhcea. with fever. but II the parasites
were few In number. these symptoms wou!c
the muscles their. presence would not b.
noticeable. In such cases the patient would
doubtless attribute tho attack to somo ord
nary gastric trouble. and unknowinxly become
host for trichtnn for the remainder OF hi,
life. Thera are probably thousands Of persons
who persist In eating raw or partly cooked
pork, who have passed through this mild form
In the violent forms Of trichiniHsls the para.
sites must he In such mum bers as to create Ar
intense inaammation during the boring pro;
believe that the latter form OF the disease Ii
caused chiefly by eating raw pork from q hog
which itself hal boon recently infected in sucl
casn the trichinT wuul Le uncnpsulated md
ready to uttacE forthwith their victim. Such
found to b- the case in the instance / have
quoted from Erie. Pm.
After all. trichiniasis Is certainly the mosi
| preventnbe Of diseases. az every mnn has the
remedy in his own hands which will keep him
from infection. by sirnply sustaining from raw